Just to explain, I've had a little bit of news lately about my heart health. I had been feeling tired, which I made the mistake of mentioning to my primary care physician. BTW, this is something you should never tell a doctor unless you'd like to spend quite a bit of time and money on diagnostics.
Anyway, I then had an abnormal EKG, and bloodwork that showed highly elevated C-Reactive Protein levels. In a nutshell, ladies and gents, I am a heart attack waiting to happen. Hmmm... could it have to do with all that chocolate and pasta I enjoy so much?
So, I've been making a real point of improving my eating. My husband wrinkled his nose at my yogurt-flaxseed-protein powder-blueberry breakfast smoothie, but frankly I felt a lot better after drinking it than I would have after a bagel slathered with cream cheese (or so I keep telling myself). Anyway, last night I went out with a friend. We have a long-standing Mommy break where we overindulge in chocolate cake and talk about all the things we don't tell people on the internet.
What did I learn last night? The small scoop of berry gelato with a cup of green tea was, honestly, just as good. It wasn't the chocolate cake I've been craving, it was the company. Huh. Who knew?
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Job Search: Day 7
Day 7 of my wind-down of my primary client. I'd love to say that I worked hard and billed accordingly, but my friend needed someone to watch her baby for a couple of hours, and my girls had a My Gym class (love that place). Now it's 3 pm and I've billed roughly 2 hours.
Today, I am grateful for good friends with cute babies. I am thrilled that my disabled daughter loves her My Gym class so much that I could not bring myself to skip it. She has a blast, even though it is HARD WORK for her to participate in most of the activities. Today, she squatted down to get a ball and stood up with it - and she didn't notice that I let go of her. She did most of the work herself before she noticed. HA! We'll trick her into walking yet! :-)
As far as networking, I have given a business card to everyone who slows down enough for me to catch them. I talked with the receptionist at Aspire, our amazing pediatric therapy office, and she says she'll put the word out. I gave a handful to our babysitter and asked her to put them on the bulletin board at the car wash, the coffee shop, and anywhere else she happens to see that's appropriate.
Something good is looming.
Today, I am grateful for good friends with cute babies. I am thrilled that my disabled daughter loves her My Gym class so much that I could not bring myself to skip it. She has a blast, even though it is HARD WORK for her to participate in most of the activities. Today, she squatted down to get a ball and stood up with it - and she didn't notice that I let go of her. She did most of the work herself before she noticed. HA! We'll trick her into walking yet! :-)
As far as networking, I have given a business card to everyone who slows down enough for me to catch them. I talked with the receptionist at Aspire, our amazing pediatric therapy office, and she says she'll put the word out. I gave a handful to our babysitter and asked her to put them on the bulletin board at the car wash, the coffee shop, and anywhere else she happens to see that's appropriate.
Something good is looming.
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