After posting something every day in November, it was a little strange to just stop on December 1. It's not that I planned not to post on Dec. 1. The computer was all fired up and ready to go, but "The Biggest Loser" started and ended an hour later than normal, and by the time I went to the store, made dinner, cleaned the kitchen and watched TV, it was bedtime, so I just shut down the computer for the night and was glad it wasn't still November. Not that I had anything really interesting to say on Tuesday, I was just used to saying something.
Last night we went to T's parent-teacher conference, except here we call them SEP conference. I think it stands for Student-Educator-Parent. I like that the student is involved and listed first in the letter sequence. As I mentioned in an earlier post, T is on the honor roll with a 3.8 GPA. His reading levels are very excellent. He takes a Dibbles (I don't know if that's the right spelling) test to see how fast he can read. He's always had really high levels in all his grades, and he continues to excel; he's way above the standard. Not only can he read quickly, but he understands what he's reading. He took another test to find out his reading retention, it's called the Star test, and he reads at a 12th grade level. He's in sixth grade.
I'm really proud of him. He seems to be enjoying himself and learning this year and he's not literally pulling out his hair. That all makes me happy. :D
I finished reading the book "Julie and Julia" tonight. It was a good enough book. There were times when I giggled out loud while I was reading it, and other times that I thought, "My God! This woman is a nut! Why would she do this to herself?" I have to say that nothing about the book made me want to cook every recipe in any cookbook, much less "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." (I don't even think I want to eat any French food. All that butter! That's a lot of Points!)
What I did like was the thought of finding something to do, just for the heck of it, just because it's there, and then doing it in the timeframe you've allotted yourself. I guess my weight loss journey is a little like that, except I haven't put a deadline on when I'd like to have all the weight lost.
I did set some timeframe goals for myself once, but when I didn't hit the first date, I kinda got down about it, and down on myself. Losing weight is hard enough without putting pressure on myself to do it by a certain day. After that, I just went back to taking it one day at a time, and doing my best each day. I see the results on the scale each week, in the way my clothes fit, and in the way I can push myself a little more each time I go to the gym. That's enough for me.
So, happy December everyone! Let the Christmas countdown and the parties begin!
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