Booo..hissss

The major thing that was stressing me out is over for now. I got my result back from the National Board and I did not get national certification. I'm now trying to figure out if I want to appeal my score on the basis that the students I work with make up only 1% of the special education community...and on top of the that, 8.3% of that scant 1% are disturbed enough to be sent out of district for schooling...making it imperative that my work should have been looked at through that lens. When you work with children who are severely ED, what would be considered minimal progress in other cases are great leaps. Plus, I also signed up to redo the 2 parts so that next year at this time, I could be considered nationally certified. I'm fine with the rejection, it was the waiting that was making me totally insane.

It's day three of my 30 in 100. I went for happy hour and then to a wine tasting. I had a fabulous time and came out with 17 flexies left until Wednesday. I have dinner at a steak house tomorrow, so most of my meal has Core potential. Monday we're going into the city to see Keisuke, who is coming in from Tokyo on business. He was Chris' college roommate and he makes a point of seeing us every time comes to NYC. Tuesday night Keisuke is taking us to see Van Halen...with David Lee Roth as front man! Oh yeah.

Hope all of you are enjoying your weekends!

30 in 100

I have finally reached the limit...the end of my proverbial rope. I'm back from vacation and 181.4 according to the official weight watchers scale. I'm ready for a change. A big change. I plan to lose 30 pounds in 100 days. It all starts tomorrow (and I'm not having a last night binge/pity party tonight) and it ends on Friday, July 13...just a few days before my 34th birthday. I am fed up with all this crap I've been doing to myself. I don't know how I let myself get this far...I must have been preoccupied beyond belief with the national boards crap...damn!
I'm at a new WW meeting that meets on Wednesday nights. So no more full day of eating crap like I used to do on Sundays. I'm back to core, but I'm also going to keep track of calories so it helps me watch portion sizes....a big problem for me when I get like this!

Anyone out there having a similar slap in the face recently?

I'm Alive!

Okay, I'm returning to my normal schedule. I sent out the portfolio piece of the National Board stuff and I'm feeling sooooo incredibly good about that. At this point, I could have put poo in that box and mailed it out and I'd feel relieved.

Also, tomorrow is my first day back at the public library. Can you believe that they've been closed all this time? Thank God, because I spent all the time I'd normally be at the library working on the National Board thing. I think someone upstairs wants me to be nationally certified, but now I'm digressing.

I did go out on St. Pats to see my husband's band play. They were mentioned on Blabbermouth because Ace Frehley came and played with them. He's an old friend of hubby's step-father (and band mate). There are also pics on KissAsylum.com. I'm feeling very cool right now. Of course my hubby is not in any of those pics, but his step-dad is. It's frickin' cool, if you ask me.

Hmmmm, what else is news worthy. I mentioned that I'm fat in a post recently because I'm still at 179 and it sucks. I just had no control over what I was eating. All I wanted was fast stuff so I could work on that huge national project. It's over now, so I'm starting fresh Monday. I'm not going crazy eating this weekend, I'm just trying to decompress and not be stressed about anything, including finding the perfect core foods to put in my mouth. The weight will come off again...I just need to give it time. so it's back to my goofy idea of trying to get down to the next ten. My focus will be to get under 170. Once I get there, I'll see what is going on.

I have been away too, too long. I've missed being around here and I have no intention of going away for such a long time ever again!

Can it be true?

Is that the sound of my printer coughing out entry #3 of 4? Am I getting closer than ever to actually being done with this blasted national boards stuff? You bet your bippy! Just one entry left to rewrite 30 times, print out, pack in an anal retentive way and then I can mail out the whole stupid box! Back to the Feds with you!

In other news...I'm fat.

Light at the end of the tunnel

My national board stuff is due really soon, so that's what I've been doing lately. I am lurking at all my usual blogs, i just odn't have a lot of time to comment on them....

I'll be back soon with full Core force! I promise.

Cousin It and Paper Beards

I haven't been around in a bit because I've been furiously working on my national board certification and it's making me loopy. Ya'll will be happy to find out that I did take some time out to have an end of the week party at SOBs!

BK is back, Cousing It-ier than evah!

My mom with a stunning Equal fu-man-chu

BK as the Sugar Colonel Sanders.

Darth Bruce gettin' her paper on.....

Hey, look ma, I'm procrastinating....

Yeah, I'm procrastinating. Wanna make something of it? I need a couple of minutes away from my national boards stuff. I spent the morning at my friend Cathy's new (and beautiful) house where we read some of each other's work and made comments and corrections. So, here is my update...I'm on:

• draft 5 of the first entry
• draft 4 of the fourth entry
• draft 2 of the third entry
• draft 1 of the second entry

I'm fried.