Kim in Appalachia
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I wasn't able to run yesterday. I had hoped for 3 miles, but my day was full and I was tired. This morning I ran 4 miles.
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I have a few thoughts and some questions.
The place you would move to, is it somewhere you would like to live? Is it near family? Would you being leaving a place close to family? Or does it not matter?
As for the job itself, it he did want to eventually teach college level, then he should be teaching now. Also, I'm assuming, that as a teacher at a school (unless it's private) he could eventually qualify for a pension. That can be a big deal.
Another question is, how secure is his current job? Hourly paying jobs can be cut quickly (so can teacher's jobs, so I guess it depends) Along with that, how secure would the new teaching job be?
And, how happy is he with the current job? No stress is nice, teaching is very stressful. Some people are much happier in general if they can leave their job each day and just forget about it.
It's so hard to make those decisions. Good luck.
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4 mile run this morning. I've been going through some tough things with my dd17, as well as with homeschooling in general, and it made this morning's run a bit harder. I felt like stopping and crying for a while. The park is so pretty this time of year. It was nice to run through that and good to work out some of that stress.
We have a concert tonight then next weekend is recital weekend, with 4 of my kids having recitals. I am also looking forward to our vacation in 2 weeks.
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The double walled CamelBak will be your least expensive but good quality option. If you can swing it, I would go for the HydraFlask. It will keep your drink colder during the summer, which is nice.
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I ran 3 miles on Saturday and 4 miles today. I'm hoping to have a mini running streak. Maybe 5 days in a row? Tuesday will be the hard day to get it in. But maybe I can get back to some sort of normal schedule with my workouts. I've been lucky to hit 3 or 4 days a week, and it's taking a toll on me emotionally. You really get used to having that time and your body gets used to being able to work out all of that stress.
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I haven't seen a date yet either. I can't wait. Both my dh and I loved that book and it will be fun watching some of it play out.
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I'm so sorry. Dealing with cronic illness just sucks. And people who suggest you not do meds in favor of "juicing", "no carbs", "just cut out sugar", whatever the trick, are just stupid. There is really no other word for it. They are stupid. I'm all in favor of healthy diets and hitting things on all fronts, but no diet is a cure all. And such suggestions are only painful.
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It's been another crazy week. It has to ease up, right??
Sunday --went to church then came home and slept for 2.5 hrs. I had wanted to do yoga, but I was too wiped out.
Monday-couldn't get out of bed to run. Did manage to back into someone's parked car after dropping my kids off at violin. Bad day.
Tuesday- 4m run. The weather was so nice.
Wednesday--I'm planning on a 4m run after I drop my son off for baseball. I spent the morning getting my gallbladder tested. This test took 90. I had to lay there for 60 minutes, then drink something that was not pleasant and lay for another 30 minutes. Fun times.
Tomorrow will be 90 minutes of hot yoga. I am really looking forward to this.
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Ashtanga Primary Series- 50 min
Mutu- 10 min
500 chatarangas, made it through the first rounds with the 5 rounds each of Sun Salutation A &B but then we started seated poses with the jump through and pick up each time, um no. Can't do the pick up and the jump through, I just started doing the jump through, I don't have the strength to do multiple ones, so I stopped those after hurting my pinky toe, best not to push it and break my toe.
Walk planned later :)
I know that you're not supposed to, but I use blocks. It helps a lot. You can also to a "3 part" jump through. There was a tutorial on YogaGlo, and the last part really work your abs.
It is a lot of chatarangas. I start losing form. I need to be good and drop to my knees when that happens, because you can injure your shoulders.
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You know, my dd was so unexpectedly busy the few weeks before the test that she didn't get in much prep at all. I was a bit nervous, but now I think it's good that she didn't have time to get nervous!
Anxiety can definitely wreak havoc on some test-takers. Given your dd's previous math score, it clearly happened to her.
If she's a junior, maybe she can take a break and take it again in fall. If she's a senior, I'm not sure what the best thing to do would be. Will any of her schools super-score? That would certainly help!
She's a junior, so she'll take it again in the fall. This afternoon I decided that I'm going to take her for a psych educational eval. I think she has something going on that we haven't addressed. She's been struggling in school, falling apart during a test. I was thinking that she wasn't studying enough, but now I think there may be something else at play.
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Just checked my dd's scores. She has raised her Science (29) and English (28). Her Reading has always been good, though this time she got 30 (she had 33). But her math keeps sinking. She got 23 the first time she took it. Now she got 17, failed it. She has convinced herself that she can't do math. The first time she took the ACT was in the beginning of 10th grade. She had only completed Alg 1. Now she's done Alg 2 and geometry and her score has gotten worse. This will not help her math issues. Her problem is she can't finish that section. I'm unsure how to help her out with this. I had her take math at the local college, but that made her feel even worse. She's currently doing TT at home, and does well with it. I'm unsure what to do next. I tried to get her to work on KhanAcademy, but she refuses. :banghead:
She's convinced that if she went to a "real" school she would do better. This child is going to drive me a bit crazy.
On a different note, I had my ds15 (in 9th grade) take it just to see how he did. He got an overall score of 22. Not bad for a 9th grader. He has no test anxiety, because, as he puts it, he doesn't care. :tongue_smilie: :001_rolleyes:
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I decided to keep reading Kate Atkinson's, Case Histories. I'm enjoying it so far, but the beginning was so sad, that it had me down all day after reading it.
I haven't had a lot of time to read, just read the one day. Baseball season is keeping me extra busy.
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4 mile run again today. It was cooler than I thought outside. My hands stayed cold the entire time, but still, a good run.
Lisa, I hope your day goes smoothly. I feel for your 11 yo. So sorry she's still dealing with that migraine.
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Catching up -last week was Crazy with a capital C. Dd 11 had a five day migraine which resulted in doctor visits, track meet Mon and Wed, co -op,park day,3 soccer practices, ballet, AHG field trip and then Thursday evening ds 14 broke his arm. This weekend was my yoga teacher training so two days 8-6 an hour drive each way. Yep, not much got done. ( Well, except yoga :). ) I'm going to try to get back to normal this week. Or drink heavily. I haven't decided.
I missed that too! Yoga teacher training? Awesome!
Your week does sound nuts, but I've been in the same boat, minus attempting teacher training. :) You go girl!
Today I ran 4 miles. I thought I was going to stay in and do yoga because of the rain, but when I woke up it was blue skies, and too tempting, so I went out for a run.
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I'm so sorry. :grouphug:
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90 minutes of yoga today.
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I thought I would jump back in here and report on what I've read. The past 6 weeks have been super busy, and I haven't had a whole lot of time online or even to read (or even to run or practice yoga). I can't remember what I was reading when I last posted.
I had finished Trigger Warning, by Neil Gaiman. It's a collection of short stories. I prefer his longer stories, because I think he does better developing the characters and setting that way, but still, the stories were good. One revisited American Gods, which was probably my favorite.
I also read Wild, by Cheryl Strayed. I really enjoyed that. I think it was well written, which was nice. Many travel/hiking memoirs are not. I cried a lot while reading that book. Note to self, don't spend the afternoon reading at Starbucks if the book is especially sad. At one point, it took everything I had not to start sobbing.
I read a Lenten devotional by Henri Nouwen (compiled from his writings) for Lent. His writing is filled with such love and care, it jumps off the page and goes straight to your heart. I am not someone easily moved (despite my wanting to sob at Starbucks). I am a rather stoic person, but Henri Nouwen writes in a way that speaks to me. I highly recommend him if anyone is looking for any "spirtual" reading.
Today, I finished, How Dante Can Save Your Life, by Rod Dreher. Excellent book. My plan was to read his book, then dive into the Divine Comedy. I read the Dante when I was in 7th grade. It was the first "real" book that I had ever read. I loved it. I read through the Inferno at least 3 times, then read the other 2 parts. I'm looking forward to reading it now, as an adult, with greater understanding of it's background and life in general. Dreher book is about how reading the poem helped change his life, and it's really a powerful testament to how a book can affect you in a profound way.
I also have on my Kindle Case Histories, by Kate Atkinson. I read through the first "case" when Dreher's book arrived. I will get back to it, but I can't decide if I should finish it first, then hit Dante, or go straight to Dante.
My weeks are still busy. My ds13 is playing baseball with the public school and I've been running him everywhere as well as our normal stuff, plus it's the end of the semester and my kids have lots of papers and projects due for co-op (our first year doing it, so a new experience). We had a lot of company last month, and that's about to pick up again. I also had been sick a lot, and I am still running to doctors over a couple different issues. Fun times. :P
I have been scanning the book posts, but I'll admit, lately I've been hoping that no new books catch my eye, because I'm out of time. :D
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21 day Vegan Kickstart. It's a 3 week meal plan. You can go to their web-site or there is also an app. It gives you 3 meals a day plus a snack.
You could also check out Bittman's VB6, which is an eating guide, not a plan, but it could work.
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Oh my, how painful! But congrats on your first 5k. Tailbones can take a bit of time to heal, but by 2 weeks I would hope you're feeling well enough for your cruise.
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Beautiful day here. I went for a lovely 5 mile run. The run felt good. I didn't feel sick (my stomach has been a real pain), and I felt like I could keep going. I felt relaxed the entire time. The park looks pretty, and there were lots of people out in the nice weather. I came home and did about 45 minutes of yoga, which also felt great; standing poses, seated, hip stretches and lots of backbending work.
I plan to take it easy today. While it would have been great to go hiking today, I think I'm glad we're home. I need to catch up on some laundry as well as do some cleaning in this house. The dust is getting too thick, even for me. :D
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If she is aware enough of her timing, and she's regular, taking calcium the week before helps. Taking calcium and cutting out ALL dairy helps even more.
There was some study (I have no idea when or where, my dh told me he ran across it) that showed calcium supplements helped alleviate cramps. Unfortunately another study showed that the common advice of exercise does not help.
Also, again if she's aware that she's about to start, take the Aleve as soon as possible, before it starts, before there is any pain.
I had terrible pain as a teenager. It is awful, :grouphug:
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90 mins of hot yoga on Thursday. Today I ran 3 miles followed by 25 mins of yoga, doing my own thing.
Soror, I'm glad you're improving, and the opportunity you have with yoga sounds great.
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Exercise Thread ~ May 3 - May 9
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Soror, Way to go on those poses!