Hectic

Things have been a little hectic this last week.  On Tuesday I ended up taking more than half a day off of work because I didn't feel well.  When I got home, I had to calm down the dogs (they didn't seem overly happy to see me -- must have made them have to cancel a doggie party or something) and then we took a long nap on the couch.  It was nice to be able to catch up on sleep and after I slept, I really did feel better.  I'm glad that the sleep helped to calm my stomach down because the following day, I was invited with two other people from work to an authentic Turkish lunch.  We ended the delicious meal with Turkish coffee which was an interesting experience for me -- I love the smell of coffee but have never been one to drink coffee; I didn't want to insult the family by turning down the experience and I'm glad that I can now say I have had Turkish coffee.  I'm not sure if it's an experience I would willingly seek out again but it is nice to be able to say that I have had some now.


This week at work I filled in for a teacher who is on vacation in an age group that I don't typically work with -- I was in a classroom with ten 1- and 2- year olds.  What an experience that was!  I give a lot of credit now to individuals who work with that age on a regular basis.  While they can't talk back like older children can, they also can't tell you why they're upset or hurt.  There were a couple of the children in there who were little cuddle bugs and that's always a fun thing.  =)


One of the not so fun things that happened this past week is that my weight loss had experienced a slow down.  I know that it was only a matter of time before that happened but I was really hoping that it would be later, not sooner.  I guess that I should just be grateful for the weight that I have been able to lose and just change things up work out or food wise in able to start things up again.  I know from past adventures in losing weight that there are possibilities of fluctuations in weight loss I was just hoping that it wouldn't happen this time.  Oh, well.  I guess I will just have to keep plugging along and doing what I can do to meet my own personal weight loss goals.


While I had a long To-Do list for myself this weekend, I didn't get as many things accomplished because of something I decided to do for me today.  I had been toying with the idea for a while to make myself one of those fleece blankets with tied edges.  I had to pick some things up at the fabric store today and ended up wandering over to the fabric section to look at the fleece.  I found two pieces that I fell in love with, bought them, and assembled the entire blanket in just a couple of hours.  Granted I was multi-tasking while I was working on the blanket (talking to my Mom on the phone) and I was a good distraction for myself.  I also am very happy with my blanket so that is an additional plus.  =)


I started my laundry and was able to get the dishes washed but the thing that I didn't get more done on is the baby blanket that I have been working on.  I did make some progress on the blanket the day that I came home from work sick but I was hoping to work more on it this weekend.  I guess the only thing to do is continue to work on it when I can this upcoming week after work and see how far I get on it.


Well, I have some laundry to finish, should probably do some sewing and prepare for an uncomfortable conversation tomorrow all before heading to bed this evening.  I will try really hard to get things accomplished this week in order to write more next week.  That'll be my goal anyway!  =)