Sunday

The first week at work went well. Well, as well as it could go considering we have a ton of open positions and the staff that we do have are over worked and wont come in even for a nice big bonus. BUT, I got to see the pretty and pretty ugly sides of the big bosses. The real test will be when I go in tomorrow morning and have to get the payroll done for 3 different departments, bonuses approved, invoices approved for payment all by 10am. Did I mention I have my facility's version of a board meeting at 8:30 to get ready for also? LOL Monday will def be the first super stressful day. No biggie though, I got this! I love the people I work with, which are the same people I worked with before just in a different capacity now. I miss the people I worked with before. I don't think they realized how little they are actually going to see me. My feelings were really hurt when I only had one person tell me they were going to miss me when I am not on the unit anymore. I know they thought it wasn't a big deal since I am moving down the hall. I know that they thought they would still see me all the time. The only time I see them is when I have a reason to be in my boss's office, which is rare since she comes to mine all the time. I have talked to 3 people from my unit since my move. 1 is my best friend, the other is a really good friend and the 3rd hasn't been a work in a while so its the exact same with her. It leaves me wondering if I am going to grow apart from the friends I had. I hope not.

One thing I have learned, I SUCK at sticking to a 1800 ADA diet. Ugh. That is one of my goals for the RD I am seeing before my surgery. I haven't walked the dogs either. I have mini goals I am doing well with, eating more protein at breakfast, getting more dairy in (even though it has been 2% milk instead of skim), eating more veggies....all those are a little better. The actual diabetic diet is the one that is hard. I'm not diabetic and it isn't mandatory to lose weight before my surgery, so having the motivation to do it is hard. On the other hand, I feel like if I cant stick to that diet, how am I going to succeed after my surgery? I have been struggling with that all week.

This weekend off has been AMAZING. I did some PTA things yesterday, then went shopping for office clothes since my scrubs aren't appropriate anymore. After that I went shoe shopping (YAY!!!!) and met my family for dinner in Denton. I haven't had a normal weekend in over 2 years. I have missed this!! C absolutely loves me being home and spending the time with me, and K seems to feel the same way though he has been glued to the new phone he got LOL The dogs don't care as long as they get fed, but I know they missed Mommy time too. I can tell by how they curled up in my bed last night!

Oh! I never told you how Austin went!! I went down there for a State PTA Seminar. That part was just as you would expect, full of classes. I got to know my PTA board much better though. We are def not the stuffy old Moms you think of when you hear "PTA Mom". We are fun, outgoing, and we like to have a good time!! On Friday night, we went out to dinner and just walked up and down 6th street to get a feel for what it was like. I LOVED it. I am absolutely in LOVE with Austin. On Saturday after our classes, we went to dinner and off to 6th Street to have some fun. It was a blast. We got free drinks at the first bar (thanks to me LOL). We had to go down an alley to get there though. That was a little creepy. When we left we went out the back door, turns out it was the front door HA. We went in the bar from the back. I felt like a dumb ass, but I had fun so whatever. I couldn't get into 1 bar because all I had on me was my expired license, I lost my good one. Other than that, it was amazing. My legs and feet were tired from all the walking. I am a moron and didn't bring tennis shoes, only flip flops and flats. Lesson learned there. But K and I will def be taking a kid free weekend there soon. It is so laid back. You had every kid of person out there on 2 blocks of blocked off 6th street and no one got in a fight, no one cared....and everyone was smoking weed. I wont lie, I LOVE the smell of it. And if I wouldn't lose my job (and if it were legal) I would do it myself. LOL I would love to love there for a while. I would miss my family and friends here, but holy crap Austin is so laid back its unreal. I want to go for the biker rally there. My Dad has been a few times and it would be awesome to see that. :) 

Hope you all had  as great of a weekend as I did. This week I am going to stick to the diet better. I am going to prove to myself that I can do it now so that I can have confidence that I will be able to do it after the surgery. :)

Here are some pics from this last week: PTA me, Post-6th street me, my furry babies, C, and C and K having their staring contest lol