Originally Posted by Jedi67

slept ok last night. treating myself to a "me" day and going to rest and watch movies. mood is ok. not too elevated or too down. sort of in the middle. sort of meh. not cooking dinner tonight, just not up to grilling. need to whip something else up. well, that's about it. not much to report today. kind of a quiet morning. watching the news. hope everyone is well. hugs.

I so adore following your daily check-in posts, Jedi! You always seem to have a good plan for your well-being, accept bad days as not permanent, and savor good days.

Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25

Today was my first day at work! Still training, no kids until Thursday. But I got my class list and my schedule. I have prep first period which is awesome, I’ll be able to bring breakfast and eat it without hassle, plus have time to get all my materials together for the day. I’m a little dismayed that there are no laptops for the kids though. Apparently they can’t be trusted to use the internet properly. This is going to make most of my past lesson plans hard to use again. But I am a professional and I will overcome! The other English teacher and I are going to co plan.

My stomach pain is back full force. It’s very uncomfortable. I’ve been dragging my feet about going to a GI as the last one I saw dismissed me because I was overweight, or as he put it “morbidly obese”. He basically said it’s my fault I’m fat (after I tried to explain that meds made me gain weight) and that all my problems would go away if I lost weight. I’m afraid of getting the same reaction from a new dr. Plus I don’t get back into town now until 4:30 and most places close at 5. Plus I do t have insurance until nov 1, and then in January it’s changing again for everyone in the company so it’ll be different anyway. I’m hoping l’ll be able to hold on until the new year.

Tomorrow I get more time to set up my classroom. I have a bunch of posters I ordered. It’s a small classroom but I’m hoping to make it look nice.

I'm so sorry that doctor said such things about your weight. It sounds like a form of fat-shaming. Bedside manner seems to be absent in doctors much more than it used to be. You need support, not a form of verbal abuse.

[Victoria'smom]

Blueberrybook CVS and amazon have sorted pill packs with times and dates on them. I know CVS is free (besides the price of the prescription) maybe your pharmacy has something like that?

I am only now sort of catching up with posts here. I was so busy yesterday and Saturday helping my husband with a consulting project he has. I have to say that I've been proud of myself that I've managed to do a kind of "work" that I haven't done in a long time. I'm taking it day by day, but I did sort of ask him to set a deadline for my completion of a certain part. Deadlines help me. I know, however, that if I go over by a few days, it won't be a biggy, but I will try not to. The work I'm doing is actually right up my alley. I'm enjoying it and it's intellectually challenging. I will say that by the end of the day, I'm totally beat. I've started to fall asleep earlier and sleep all the way to 6:30 am. However, when I do get up around 6:45 am, I feel quite good and soon after raring to work again. What a good sign! However, I am doing the tasks with full flexibility in the comfort/safety of my home.

I see my psychiatrist today and will report what I wrote above to him. I saw my therapist yesterday and communicated the above. I do often feel much better and very balanced in the fall. It's wonderful!

[Jedi67]

Originally Posted by BirdDancer

I so adore following your daily check-in posts, Jedi! You always seem to have a good plan for your well-being, accept bad days as not permanent, and savor good days.

thank you, BirdDancer! I adore checking in and catching up with everyone's posts. I may not reply to all, but I like to see how everyone is doing. like I said, I'm hoping to have a low key day and tend to my needs. thanks for the encouraging words! hope you have a great day! hugs.

Having a good day working from home! I'm getting A LOT done work wise AND around the apartment!

I can't wait until my whole place is clean and organized. (It really needs to look better... It looks like a tornado hit it, followed by an earthquake and a tsunami.) So I'll finally be satisfied once it's looking sparkly clean.

I imagine this will take me a few weeks, though, because It's a lot to clean. Or I could take some time off from work and just clean. I might do that, but I'm not 100% sure on that yet.

I hope everyone has a good day.

[Blue_Bird]

I was gonna check in but should someone start a new thread since this one has reached 100 pages?

[Nammu]

I started a new one but I don't know how to link it to here. Hope it works

[Jedi67]

Originally Posted by Nammu

I started a new one but I don't know how to link it to here. Hope it works

I saw the new thread! I plan to use it to check in. Thanks!