aKathys What's for Dinner? 3/16

We are having Cioppino and garlic bread tonight. Tacos are planned for tomorrow but now that I think about it, since it’s Tuesday it feels kind wrong not to do today. 😂 my knee is bothering me a bit from going to hard on my bike yesterday. Probably just yoga and Pilates today for exercise to give it a chance to rest. Have a good day all!

Oh for Pete's sake! That is terrible news. At least you have an answer, though, and you know if you take care of yourself it will heal. But in the meantime, ouch!

OUCH!  I'm sorry to hear that!  Get well soon!     

I've got to e-mail two parents today about the poor behaviour of their children in my class ... complete disrespect ... so tired of it!     

I didn't end up eating pasta for dinner last night so I think that will happen tonight ... easy peasy!     

scrapmaven thank you. I posted this on my Facebook wall today. I think people just don't realize how physical mental health issues are. I'm still sitting here hours later trying not to clench my teeth and my focus and concentration will be affected all day.

5 am...wake up with stomach ache. Think I'm having a digestion issue.

6 am...eat something because I had a light dinner and maybe I'm just hungry.

7 am...start to feel dizzy. But log into work and try to get done as much of my must get done on Tuesday work. Have trouble concentrating, the thoughts are swirling in my head. Must look up how to do something I've done a million times.

8 am...having all the crazy thoughts. Realize I'm clenching my teeth and flexing all the muscles in my legs. Decide to try my new rescue med and hope it works. Lay down in bed. Get up five minutes later because I can't sit still. Decide to run. Put on loud music to drown out the thoughts in my head. Don't do my normal intervals that's too much concentration. Run as hard as I can until my legs feel like they are going to fall off. Then walk until I recover and repeat over and over again. Go 1.4 miles before getting bored and come home.

9 am...take a shower and spend half an hour dancing in the bathroom to the loud music which drown out the thoughts in my head. Notice I'm still clenching my teeth and take 2 ibuprophen for the headache that is coming because I'm clenching my teeth. Notice the thoughts are starting to slow down and my body feels calm now.

10 am...log back into work. Rescue med plus run in the cold makes me feel almost normal again. 5 hours start to finish manic episode.

I may be able to salvage this day.

Some parents are able to cause improvement but usually nothing changes ... by the time these kids are this age (11 or 12), they have set personalities ... rude kids usually continue their rudeness    

New teachers often end up in challenging schools ... your ds will find that out!    

I spent half an hour of the senior hour at Home Goods. I'm reorganizing my pantry and need to buy some stuff. Plus fun stuff I've thought about buying and decided to go for it. DS loves giving me Home Goods gift cards so I had $150 worth in my purse.

Dinner tonight is from our favorite place that has the $29 Dinner for Two with a bottle of wine. Here's what on tap ~ it's Adult Mac and Cheese topped with Pork Carnitas and Tomato-Avocado Salsa.



Hugs and healing thoughts to our tribe-mates who are ailing.

We are having baked chicken with tortellini I think.

Healing thoughts to all my ailing tribe mates may you feel better soon

jeremysgirl Since it was so muddy in areas and not as difficult a hike (except for the winds) I used my older shoes. ☺️ But I do plan on changing to them! Thanks for asking. 😘

Speaking of teaching, here in my area those in the credential program are set up to student teach with the city the college is in.

My dh is in a mentor program where he gets 1 student teacher every year from the local Cal State program. He is at a high school on the campus of a Community College so he has it pretty good. They teach all honors accelerated along with college courses that students take to graduate with a diploma and AA.

Before that he had honors at his old site. District is an inner city, low income district but has great programs in place.

In my city, the Uni sends their student teachers to my kids district.

But honestly the program my dh is in is awesome. The student teachers get a ton of support.

HA!  No, I'm fortunate that our in-store bakery at HEB makes a really good buttermilk sourdough they will slice for you.  Being a former San Francisco resident, it's not as good as the real thing but will do in a pinch!