MinnesotanMommy's Journal

I'm home! The trip was awesome! I got to go to Cedar Point, The Rutherford B. Hayes "park" or whatever it's considered, got to see Lake Erie, got to attend an awesome church twice, got to hand out a lot of with my sister and brother-in-law, had a fun trip to Ohio but coming home was boring and tiring. I enjoyed flying though. I've never flown before this trip, but I really enjoyed it! I am still exhausted from coming home on only 2 hours of sleep in 24 hours! My body hasn't exactly caught up on the lack of sleep. I posted a few pictures from the trip. I'm emotionally doing really well! The trip was awesome! I just totally enjoyed myself and am so glad I had the opportunity to go! It was great to get home and see Carl and Ethan again though! I finally got a laptop mouse for my laptop. I was sick of the touch pad mouse, hated it. I love having this cordless one now. Ethan started therapy today. He loves his therapist, which I'm SO glad for! He's excited to see her next week. Right now she's doing play therapy with him to get him comfortable with her. So far I'm pleased. Tomorrow I see my therapist again, first time in 3 weeks, I think it is. I'm eager to tell her about my trip. I have other home visits this week too. I need to get this house picked up tomorrow before my home visits Thursday! Couldn't find Ethan tonight, hollared outside for him like crazy, and here grandpa found him sleeping beside the couch in the corner up at their place! He was waiting for grandpa to come out of the bathroom so he could scare him and he fell asleep! So funny! Buddy (my oldest cat) went to sleep in my luggage today! I had it open and she crawled right in, curled up, and slept in it! My kittens (Zoey & Stroller) think its a toy and jump in and out playing, though  Zoey is sitting in it right now cleaning herself. I'll feel bad giving my mom her luggage back with all the fun these cats are having with it in here. LOL. Tanna (my other & personal favorite cat) crawled by my feet at night and slept there. I woke up this morning and she was laying there sleeping! Buddy has turned into a cat-dog sorta. I go outside, she comes out with me if she's awake and follows me. I tell her to come with me and she turns and walks back into the house with me. I start my BED treatment group on Monday. I'm eager to start that! I so need to get into the swing of things. I am doing fairly well at following my goals that were set by my dietitian and I though. Slipped up a little, but overall I did really well on the trip paying attention to my meals and snacks and timing them. But I'm really eager to start this 16 week group. It'll be 3 hours every Monday evening from 4-7 PM. It has a psychology session, a dietary session and then a group meal. First week is to bring a bag meal. So I gotta try to figure out how to manage that for next week when I don't really have money to bring anything. I'll make it work though. I'm determined to make it work because its part of treatment and its important to me. Its amazing what treating and ED can do for a person's mentality and outlook on life. I'm having so many more good days and coping so much better then I ever have! Umm...I dunno what else. I do have oodles of e-mails to answer, but I'll let myself work on that this week and through the weekend. I'm not gonna push myself when I'm so exhausted. I had a wonderful great time on my trip, but I wish I could just spend an entire day in bed doing nothing. LOL. Anyhow, just wanted to touch base. :) Hope everyone is having a good week. :) I know I am!