Friday, October 18, 2013

TGIF

Today marks the end of Midterm Work at both ISU and DMACC.   Apparently it's been a rough week for students but it was fairly easy-going for me.    I made awesome progress on grading as I had to submit midterm grades by today.   I've also worked ahead and did prep for upcoming weeks as major assignments are due in November and December for most of my classes.

Jon and I went to Weight Watchers on Wednesday.   Not pleased by my weight status but wasn't shocked either.   I've been eating whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted in the past months.   I'm happy to be getting back on track but I have to also bump up my physical activity.   The snow will be flying soon so I'm sure my motivation to be outside will start to dwindle.    I wasn't enthusiastic to be outside in the summer either due to the heat.   You just can't win in most Iowa seasons.  

I am attending a conference all day Sunday.   I'm excited to see some presentations for health as I'm teaching more health classes now a days.   We have to leave Ames at 5:30am.   I have a feeling I'll do much of the driving to and from Storm Lake too.   Sigh.  I've needed more professional development for my annual evaluation so this conference should help.   We are hosting it at ISU next fall too and I wanted to get a firsthand account of how well the conference functions.   I've attended it before and it's been wonderful.   I've also attended it in the past and it was poorly organized.  

I need to start prepping and cooking more meals at home.   I wish I was versatile with my culinary talents.   I can make some stuff really well but I'm awful at trying new recipes.   Sigh.  The crock pot needs more action too. 

I guess that's all for now.   Sadly I'm rather dull and I don't have anything of great excitement to write about.


1 comment:

LeAnn said...

Congrats on having a productive week. We all know how tough the weight loss stuff is. If I had the magic key to making it easy, I'd tell you. I'm sooo not looking forward to winter weather.

Well us Smith ladies are all about the conferences - Mom went to one, I went to one, and you're going to one. I enjoyed mine. Hope you like yours.

The culinary arts weren't ingrained in us or genetically passed. As usual, my cupboards and refrigerator are pretty sad and empty. I think the next "big" meal I make will be chili.

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