Sunday Soul, Studying, Gastric Bypass Stuff

Today was a great day, soul wise! I thoroghly enjoyed listening to conference...the true test of all of us will be to put into practice those things that we know we should already be doing, and then add one or two more to that lovely list as we can. Praying for the nations of the world, as well as ours, NEVER a bad thing! I wish I could say that I spent the entire day basking in the whole General Conference thing...I was just not able too!

I have been studying almost non-stop over the past two days! I'm realizing that I really want to arrange my week so that I DON'T have to study on Sunday's. One day off to focus on other things...a totally fantastic idea! I honestly can't avoid it this week, and maybe next week too! I have two classes, and the professors' in both classes couldn't get our reading materials to us in a timely fashion. In order to be current when my next class comes around, I need to read almost 300 pages from various texts dealing with current research topics about teaching methodology for the special needs population, do one homework assigment that encompasses several days worth of work/data collection working with a student...well as I'm on break and don't have an assigned student teaching site, I believe I'll be using old data to fill in that gap...luckily I HAVE that data from my own classroom.

I'm giving it the old college try to get all my work for this week's classes done, and started on the next week's stuff so I DON'T have to do this on Sundays. I HOPE I have the focus for all this.

Wish me Luck!

As for my gastric bypass updates...I know I haven't done those for the last several days. There are several reasons for this...as mentioned above...totally busy right now! Also, I had probably my first real sugar episode since starting this, in earnest about a month and a half ago. I went to my Sister's house for a birthday celebration for her husband, and if you know my sister AT ALL, you know what she is famous for...baking cakes. OMGosh...it was so wonderful. I had the smallest piece...it was really maybe a six-eight bite'r. I let all that wonderful chocolate and coconut cake/frosting just melt all over my tounge in appreciation! My mom says she's never experienced this, so maybe no one else has either, but my mouth tingled through the first three or so bites of it in pure enjoyment! I thought to myself, If I never get to have sex, DAMN I'm going back on the CAKE!!! I can't seem to MAKE myself say it any differently than that! I sit here a day later and am still mentaly distracted by that cake! I am SO screwed up! My body got it's revenge though! I know what's to come if I do go back to that life...and really I don't want to now. To be a little graphic, but not TO graphic, about 10 hours after eating that wonderful few bits of chocolate bliss, my intestines led a revolt against my stomach...and won! What a price to pay for yummy! I stand by what I've said in previous blogs, I'd rather have a child than eat more cake...so that's what I'm going to do. With everyone's support I can muster.

Jen's food Journal:
Breakfast: two eggs, red pepper, bits of cheese, very toasted bread, small apple, vitamins
Lunch: Chicken sliced thinly, Salad with light and lite dressing, various veggies, vitamins
Dinner: in the process...Mom's pot roast(about 2 oz.)beans, cheese, spices if I can find any, salsa, vitamins

No cheating today, and I did get all my water!