So today it's good: 195.8 lbs. I wish I could say I knew what I was doing right, but I don't. I've just stopped trying to analyze everything I put into my mouth. Looking over my food log, I can't say that I've eaten well. I've been so busy, I eat when I can what I can, which I would have thought would lead to a gain. My blood sugar has been very good these last two weeks, and I've been very active. The only concrete change I can point to is that I purged items high in Omega-6 from my cupboard. I do not yet attribute my weight loss to that.
Yesterday's post about the Santa Fe move drew some fire from a reader who thought I was over-thinking the whole thing. He pointed out that h'e giving his kid $45K to go to school, and that food and shelter was the least I could do. I wonder if he's a new reader. I'm guessing his he didn't sell everything he owned and moved to a different city so that his kid could go to school. I'm reminded of the parable of the widow's mite.
But I'm OK with that.
He is right about one thing though: I over-think things. Actually, I probably over-think everything.
So far it's worked for me. I mean, I go though these agonizing periods where I consider every possibility, weight out the pros and cons, and then strike. I've taken huge leaps of faith in my lifetime, and this is just one more. Sure, I'm sick of all the jumps and just want to land somewhere soft and stay there but the time just hasn't come yet.
Anyway...
Yesterday I got everything done on my to-do list. Tay has to have a re-evaluation by Social Security to see if she'll qualify as a disabled adult. It's only been a year since she was re-evaluated as a disabled child, you'd think they could have waited, or used the results from the last tests. Tay clearly doesn't see herself as disabled, and really doesn't give a flip about the Social Security appointed doctor's findings, although she does like the idea of having money coming in beside her scholarships, grants, loans and work study money. She wants to stay in Las Cruces during her college years, and plans on getting an apartment there this summer, which will require a little more than work study pay.
I talked to her animation teacher and asked how realistic it was that Tay could find work in her highly competitive industry. He told me that she was incredibly adept at the computer programs she used, and learned new programs very quickly... much quicker than the other students, and that the work she was putting out was incredibly detailed. His judgement? Tay was more than competitive enough to work in the industry. That's good news, because I know first hand (astrophysics... what was I thinking?) how useless a degree can be.
Yesterday I also took the first steps toward the move: Contacted my apartment manager and asked how much notice she needed (I'm off lease, going month to month at this point) and called Housing to find out how to transfer my Section 8. I also called the president of Prairie Dog Pals and let her know I couldn't be their new education co-ordinator.
Four months may seem like a long time, but it goes so darn quickly!
My biggest concern now is what to do with Tay over the summer, since she won't be able to actually move in with us... she'll be able to stay some of the time as a "guest". I may take her to Las Cruces early, or I'm even thinking of sending her to FL to stay with her sister for a few weeks.
Actually, I wish I could stay in Florida for a few weeks...
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