Yesterday was tiring. I had a dental appointment to get my teeth cleaned and I struggled to just relax and be still. It was not a noticeable struggle. We stopped at Harris Teeter on the way back home to get lunch. I wanted to get food from the salad bar. Caleb had choices from sushi, the Asian bar, fried chicken, rotisserie chicken, sandwiches, or pizza. he doesn't like the salad bar. He did not want anything to eat though! I was shocked! Normally he eats so much during the day. I got my egg salad, tuna salad, artichoke salad, and roasted red peppers over spinach that I like. I only ate until I felt better, which was half of my container. I saved the other half for dinner later. I was proud of myself for not overeating just becuase it tasted good and was in front of me.
I thought I needed to beat the clock to get home for my zoom meeting with Coach Nick and Coach Brandi. It turns out that I got the timing wrong! The meeting was for 1500 CST, which meant 1600 EST. I don't know why I thought it meant 1400 EST.
I took a much needed nap, and then woke up a few minutes before my zoom meeting. The meeting went well. I learned some new stuff, and was able to express myself. I called my dad afterwards and we got into a conversation about what happened with us while we were in the Army. I told my dad about how I was treated when Caleb was an infant and we lived in Korea. Caleb had diarrhea one morning and man was it a mess to get him cleaned up. He was only a few months old. Caleb was enrolled in the daycare full time during the week. Well, their policy stated that if your child has diarrhea, do not bring them to daycare. Ok. Got it. I told my NCOIC that I would be late getting to work because I had to clean Caleb and his bed, but then I remembered, hey, I can't bring him to daycare today. What am I supposed to? Well, I was never given a new parent briefing about to handle such things. I let my NCOIC know that I could not take Caleb to daycare that day and needed to stay home with him as I had no one to watch him while I worked. She told me to take Caleb to the Emergency Room. I refused to go there because I knew wait times were for hours. Soon after that my First Sergeant showed up at my apartment door with his battle buddy, a SFC. Where was my battle buddy? Anyway, I opened the door and let them in. I was not expecting them. First Sergeant put me at parade rest. I don't know why this escalated to the point of him coming to my home. It was really ridiculous. I asked him if he wanted to see Caleb. I finally got him cleaned up along with his bedding, and got him to sleep. He said no, like it was an odd thing for me to ask. I was pissed off because I felt like how I choose to care for my baby is not the business of my NCOIC nor my First Sergeant. There I was in a mess of baby poop, having to text my NCOIC (for my protection to have a written record of the conversation) and her arguing with me that I needed to take him to the ER. Like WTF? Why? He did not have a fever and was otherwise ok. Just needed to make sure he stayed hydrated.
I wasn't going to bring him to work because it was likely he would have another accident and that I would need to bathe him again. If my NCOIC said "Go get a profile from the doctor," I would have gone, but the issue was more around proving that Caleb had diarrhea. Wanna see his mess? I could have sent a photo, maybe. I don't remember if I had a data plan back in 2008 on my Korean phone. It still makes me angry to this day. I did not like SSG Hersh, nor First Sergeant Randolph. They seemed to be looking for ways to get me into trouble all the time, when I was trying my best to do the right thing.
Back to the present. Deep breath. Let it go. There's alot of anger behind some of my Army stories.
I woke up around 0400 this morning. It is now 0625. I updated my biomarkers spreadsheet. I made alot of progress in the last 3 month. It has been 6 months total that I have been actively participating in Virta. I got an email that said it has been 12 months since I started, but there was a long break between my start date with Virta and me actually sticking to the plan.
I have to be less than 275lbs. to go on the helicopter ride with Caleb that I want to do. I am currently having a weight loss plateau. I don't seem to be losing weight and I have been out of ketosis for a few days. I don't know why but my readings have been 0.4, when I need at least a 0.5 ketone reading.
I want to go on the shortest flight that covers 8 miles of beaches starting from the Southport Airport. I would like to take my good camera out that day and take some aerial photos. I am excited to reach my next goal of losing 20 lbs. I know I can do it. I don't know what I need to change to make that happen though.
I am still waiting on a response from the pharmD about my new prescription that is VA restricted that was requested by my GI Dr.
I am still waiting for the reponse from my psychiatrist at the VA as to when given the screening reports for Autism, and the results, why am I not being referred to community care for diagnostic testing and subsequent treatment?
Today Caleb has 2 appointments. One is with his psychiatrist, and the other is with his therapist. I think he need to talk about him giving the answer, "No," to me when I give him a legal order.
I bought some books from zulily. I had to. I bought some books about Autism from amazon too.
Caleb got his new shoes yesterday/ Hopefully they last longer than the ones I bought him last month or so.
I think I'm going to cook some pork loin in the crockpot today. I might have to throw away my steaks because I waited too long to cook them. I've got to wash some laundry today. I want to move my stuff from the china cabinet that I have in storage containers currently on the living room floor to the third bedroom for now. I have done about half of my morning routines already. I still need to do personal hygiene stuff. I forgot that I wanted to take a shower this morning. I forgot that I needed to wash my other Far Infrared tank top so I would have one to wear after my shower, so now I will have to go without one for a few days.
I bought a new smaller size Harry Potter t-shirt. I might wear it today with some smaller size shorts! Woop! Woop!
I want to get some exercise into my morning routine. I am finally feeling like I have a good grip on what I am currently doing in the mornings. When I forget what I need to do to get my day off to a good start, I refer to my daily morning routines list that wrote for myself.
I have to get my Capella homework done today after Caleb's appointments and I need to submit my travel pay letter to VA from yesterday. I think I am done with the chapters I was writing for the anthologies. They are either complete and final or in the editing process.
I realized later that I wish I had explained to Coach Nick better about how I do Reiki during the day. I have not been asked that before, and gave an ok response, but not complete. When I do Reiki in the morning, I start by saying the Reiki Principles. Next I draw the Reiki symbols one at a time on each hand and say the Reiki mantra associated with that symbol. I then put my hands in gassho and state what my intentions are for the Reiki. Then I place my hands on my chest, and sit for 15 minutes, concentrating on the Reiki symbols. Then I direct Reiki to my people envelope and send Reiki for about 5 minutes to a group of people. I close with the gratitude statements.
During the day, it feels like things happen too fast. I do not spend that much time on my Reiki practice yet. Right now my intentions are to call on Reiki during the day to help ease my anxiety. I have alarms on my phone to remind me when to call on the Reiki. I call on the Reiki during the day a bit differently than at the beginning of the morning. I do not do a full practice during the day. I simply call on the Reiki master symbol and state the mantra. I sit with the thought of the symbol on my mind for as long as I can before I have to move on and do something or go somewhere.
I do make sure to place me feet firmly on the ground, and to sit up straight when I do Reiki during the day. I also might add some stretches and deep breathing depending on the situation and how I am feeling.
I guess I should finish my morning routines as the light outside has brightened, and the sun is coming out. Be blessed my readers!
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