VSG Maintenance Group
Thursday, February 29, 2024 Leap Day
on 2/29/24 6:23 pm
I know in my brain and heart fresh, whole foods are best, though that is not what I usually want and crave. But when I am trying to lose, whole food is my goal.
I joined a FB group for Mounjaro/Zepbound and people post all sorts of stuff about the medicine and how they feel. They also post some food finds and they are inevitably science lab "food". Totally unrecognizable as food in the wild. I just want to shout, eat an egg! Eat real food! Stop with the stuff with 30 unrecognizable chemically named ingredients...
Peps, I so feel your crazy day yesterday. In my career, my district has closed two times "in an abundance of caution" due to threats. Our superintendent at the time was a retired lieutenant colonel. Our current superintendent would probably ask us to come in and sweep the building for explosives ourselves. And you do have to kind of be at peace with the idea of violence, in a weird way. I coldly calculate if there is a school shooting in my building, statistically, I'll survive. Practice the drills so you can rely on some automatic response, then stay calm and carry on.
Gee Liz, I sure understand your nervousness about surgery, and wish you didn't have to go through it. When I was going in for my hysterectomy, DH said to the surgeon, " don't hurt her". He answered, " I have to hurt her a little to make her better." And he was right. Besides my 2 kids, my uterus had brought me nothing but pain and misery, and 20 some years later I am still so grateful that particular pain is gone. But all this waiting is no fun at all.
CC, how could another dog not love Kirby? And the other dog is still young, right? Sorry to hear about the delay of your medication. Luckily you are still at the lowest dose, so it shouldn't impact you too much, once you get your dose again. If you go too long between doses once you're on the higher dose of Wegovy, the recommendation is to start again, and build back up.
Diane how wonderful to get your hands in some nice fresh soil and put in some bedding plants. Or seeds? I don't do much with seeds here, as the growing season is so short.
I will always believe that obesity has a hormone or bio chemical component. I worked very hard, tirelessly sometimes to lose weight before surgery. I mean, tortured myself sometimes. Going to bed night after night, with true hunger, in the hopes of being thinner in the morning. Thinking back, I'm kind of impressed I could do that, but I also feel sad for all the suffering that never got the results I wanted.
It was okay back at school today. Our union presented the tentative agreement to us. It is their position it is not a good offer, but the district would not budge. The plan is for us to vote it down, and then this forces the district to have to again engage in mediated negotiations. I sure hope we don't end up having to strike. This new superintendent comes from Missouri, A right to work state, where teacher unions have minimal power. Unions have a lot of bargaining power in Minnesota, and almost all teachers belong to their union. So maybe he wasn't expecting a fight. All other union benefits aside, I look at my dues as paying for malpractice insurance. If I get sued, the district would throw me to the wolves. I've seen firsthand the kind of defense the union provides. If you are wrongly accused, they will have your back. Peace of mind.
It was the high 50s today, after starting out at 19 degrees this morning. 60s predicted for this weekend. What a strange (and to me, wonderful) winter it's been.
