http://jenniferh.buddyslim.com Diet, weight loss, fitness blog from BuddysSlim.com Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:27:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I love summer.   I can actually get a workout in because I don't have to worry about being late for work - and I'm not so exhausted by the afternoon that I can't go for a walk.  And then there's the pool - the baby and  I actually spent an ... http://jenniferh.buddyslim.com/2009/06/09/summertime/ That's all I have to say.  mmmmmmm  I missed breakfast and lunch today - it's the first week of the new semester and I've got new students, new classroom layout, new objectives for the lab... and all that newness means a lot of work, and that means no time to EAT!  So ... http://jenniferh.buddyslim.com/2009/01/22/mmmm-peanut-butter-and-banana-sandwich/ I've decided to look for a job closer to home when the contracts come up in March.  I love the job I have, I love the challenge of trying to help the kids who need the help the most, but it is draining and I hate having to leave my ... http://jenniferh.buddyslim.com/2009/01/17/thank-god-the-first-semester-is-finally-over/ My lab kids aren't taking a final exam, but I've got them taking a practice TAKS test so they know what objectives they, personally, need to study in the next six weeks to prepare for the real TAKS test.  We'll be taking another practice right before Spring Break to do ... http://jenniferh.buddyslim.com/2009/01/14/i-love-finals-im-blogging-at-work/ It took each of my classes about 10 minutes to say that.  Then the students all sat there looking at me for about 30 seconds until someone said, "Where are your glasses?"  So I had to play show-and-tell and show my cool contacts-case to my classes (they hang suspened in ... http://jenniferh.buddyslim.com/2009/01/12/mrs-h-you-look-different-today/ It's not really that big a deal, I guess.  I went prematurely gray, I might as well have premature cataracts to go along with it.  Of all the things to happen, a slow-growing condition that is imminently reversable once it gets bad enough to affect my life is actually not ... http://jenniferh.buddyslim.com/2009/01/11/feeling-less-freaked-out-about-the-cataracts/ I'm 34.  THIRTY FOUR.  And my new eye doctor just told me that the problems I'm having with my vision (glare, night-vision problems) are primarily because they are such a light color, but also because I have CATARACTS. AND I have problems with my right eye drifting outward.  How the $#@^*( did ... http://jenniferh.buddyslim.com/2009/01/10/high-energy-days-crashing-at-night/ And I REALLY took those two weeks off.  I didn't grade anything, didn't PLAN anything... and it's all catching up to me, now. I didn't have time to pack a lunch this morning.  My husband had a hard time getting out the door, so consequently, so did I.  I did eat ... http://jenniferh.buddyslim.com/2009/01/05/first-day-back-at-work/ I LOVE being female - I LOVE that God put a mothering spirit into my heart so that I can nurture not just my own children, but also the children in my classroom.  I love being a mom, I loved being pregnant, and being able to nurse my own children.  ... http://jenniferh.buddyslim.com/2009/01/03/some-of-this-really-sucks/ Hormonal weight fluctuations frickin' SUUUUUCK! I'm grouchy, sleepy, hungry, and feeling claustrophobic but too tired to get it together and get out of my house.  We really don't NEED to go anywhere, and if I do leave the house, I'll just end up wasting gas and spending money on junk at ... http://jenniferh.buddyslim.com/2009/01/02/feeling-cruddy-but-staying-hopeful/