August 9,
2012
So it has
been a very long time since my first post and a lot has changed. Kane is now 11, Noah is 7 and Aubrey is 2 and
a half. I no longer work at the plus
size clothing store and while I am still scoping, I am also working for a
manufacturing company doing document control 20 to 30 hours a week.
I think the
most significant change in my life is the fact that I had gastric bypass
surgery on March 13th. While
it has by no means been an easy journey I find myself down 81 pounds from my
starting weight and I have gone from a size 28/30 to an 18/20. Along this journey I have hit some stumbling
blocks both with my health and with my depression. I have fallen off from taking my medication
and found myself spiraling back down into that black hole. It wasn’t just my
antidepressants I quit taking, it was everything so I have also been battling
anemia, Vitamin D and B12 deficiencies.
The ADD has
been a major struggle as I can’t seem to concentrate on anything lately for
more than three minutes. It doesn’t help
that school starts again in about a week which means fundraising meetings and
Cub Scouts and this year the addition of Boy Scouts for Kane. All this on top of getting school supplies
and uniforms all ready for two kids and at some point I am going to have to
nail down daycare for Bree. Then there
is the four birthdays and two weddings this month.
I have begun
the idea of setting goals for myself in an attempt to tame the ADD and the
depression. The first goal, which I have
hit for the last week is to get my medication in daily. My next goal is to blog at least once a week. I am still trying to decide exactly where to
take this blog but its main focus is to give me an outlet and maybe help
someone else in the process.
Til next
time,
A Blue Mama
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