History Repeats Itself

Just a random update with some random topics:

• The first week on Weight Watchers with Jon was a success.   I dropped 6.6 lbs and he dropped a little over 4 lbs.  My title comes from this occurence as I always do well the first week and the first month and then I become complacent. 
• It's State Fair time and we are not going.  I'm very much OK with that.   None of the concerts trip my trigger and I don't need to be near all the fried foods.   This year's main focus for fried food is the Bacon Wrapped Corndog.   No thank you.   I've had fried Oreos and a fried Milky Way in the past.   Suprisingly they were delicious but corndogs and fried sticks of butter don't sound appealing. 
• Gavin and I got a nice workout today with some functional fitness.  We mowed the church lawn.  We mowed the church lawn with the push mower only.  I hate the new rider lawn mower they got...it's impossible to steer.   Zero-Turn mowers = zero control.  I was happy to push the mower though since it gave me Activity Points for Weight Watchers.
• I tried another new recipe and it was below par.  It was a hamburger-noodle casserole.  We added a little marinara to our servings and that helped.   The whole wheat noodles made it rather blah and I didn't put a ton of cheese in it (followed the recipe). 
• I lead the graduate student orientation that starts on Monday.  It went well last year so it should be fine this time around.   Like usual, I have some students that haven't checked their mail diligently or have communicated with me poorly.   It will frustrate me if people aren't attending mandatory meetings or putting in the effort for class prep.   The usual professor that tries to override my decisions for the orientation is working his magic again too. 
• The upcoming weekends will be busy going into September.   I'm excited to partake in Czech Days on Aug 18.  I'll be going to Waukon the following weekend.   I think (hope) we are staying around home for Labor Day weekend.   We have a wedding to attend September 8.  We're going to Chicago for a baseball game the following weekend.   Gavin will also have flag football on Sundays starting in September.  
• I really should be putting more time and energy into my class prep for the semester.   I still need to finish all of my syllabi for both ISU and DMACC.   I was told that my two DMACC classes may be canceled but I may have enough students enrolled now.   I was really bummed when my boss called and told me they may be canceled but I now have more than ten students in both classes (whew).   I'm teaching an online class for the first time this fall in addition to the usual evening health class. 
• I finally got my way at ISU and have a grad assistant for Swim & Gym too.   I thought it was ridiculous the department assumed I could ALWAYS be present for the program.  Luckily I've never been sick or unable to supervise the program.  It makes me feel better that another employee of the department will be present.  I was concerned that I'd need to leave to attend Gavin's football games but that won't be an issue until next year.
• That being said...7th grade students in Ankeny don't have athletics!!  I was a little pissed to find that out.   Gavin's doing flag football again with a program called I9 Sports.  He'll have football games on Sunday afternoons.   I'm hoping they fulfill my request that he have practice on Monday nights so I can actually get him to practice.   If practice is on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays...I can't transport the lad. 
• Gavin starts school on the 15th.   All school supplies are bought or found in our stash at home.   He has a sufficient amount of nice clothes so school clothes shopping wasn't necessary.   We'll need to buy some jeans in late September or October.   He'll be walking home quite a bit. 
• I've been grateful for the consistent supply of healthy foods in our house lately.   Here have been my appetite fulfillers:
• Smart Ones Chicken Rancheros
• Cheddar cheese sticks
• Cucumbers with ranch and croutons
• Weight Watcher Chocolate Caramel bars
• A & E Lite Yogurt in various flavors
• Smart Ones Breakfast Sandwiches (Canadian Bacon)
• Chicken breasts on the George Foreman grill 

Guess that's enough for now.   Trying to stay in the habit of blogging regularly.