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happy hump day!! hehe!!

well gosh, its been since friday since i checked in here!  i’ve been writing in my health journal, tho.  if you havent checked that out, click on over and have a cuppa tea with me! :D  i’ve been posting my food log every day, too (cept the weekend).  so if you’re weerd like me and you like to know what other people eat, the secret has now been revealed! haha!

*gets out the raw milk cheddar cheese with gluten-free almond crackers, and serves up some cranberry spice hot tea*  hehehe ;) 

let’s chat!! :) 

things have been a little busy here, which is a tad strange for me :)  since i work at home, i dont have a whole lot of excitement going on, especially during the wintertime.  and now that the holidays are over, you’d think things would be winding down!

you may (or may not) remember me talking about volunteering with a local agricultural institute all last summer.  in the fall, i ended up helping them with some outdoor education things as well.  this was right up my alley, as my college degree is in outdoor recreation management!  unfortunately i have never held a paying position using my degree. (long story!)

until NOW!! =)

the ag institute wants me to fulfill the role as their youth educator :D  the BEST thing about it is that its on a project-to-project basis (sub-contracting), so i’m not committed to an office job or even a part-time job.  their programs are sporadic and when a request comes in, they’ll okay it thru me, and then i’ll do all the planning.  i am SO EXCITED!  

this will be THE FIRST time i’ve made MONEY from my college degree!!  YAYY!!!!  (it’s been 10 years since i graduated…and yes, i’m still paying for the loans…ROTFL…)     

my first project is in february.  a dozen teenagers from a school in chicago are coming for a 4-day outing.  just this week i’ve been in touch with the school, and this afternoon i’m meeting with my boss at the ag institute to go over budget, lodging and program activities!  YAY, feels good to use my creativity again!  plus i love workin with the kids =) 

they also have asked me to do some other volunteer work this month, so a few days a week i’ll be there helping them out! *watches as my dusty dayplanner fills up…!* ;)

THEN, on top of that…there’s a pet supply/pet gift shop i go to every week to get dog and cat food.  its kinda cool, cause the owner of it grew up in the house we are renting! (yep, small towns. hehe.)

she asked me if i’d be interested in managing their website! :-O  so, i’m meeting with her this week or next to get started on that.  woohoo!  this may be considered a part-time job, but i think i’ll be able to do most of it from home :D

on the health front, if you’ve been checkin out my health journal at all you’ll have a little peek inside my crazy mind as far as my obsession with healing my endo and losing weight goes :)  these last few days in particular have been very challenging for me, tho, and i didnt mention it i the health journal.

in the last week or so, i’ve had some light-headedness that in the last several days have turned into full-blown dizzy spells.  spinning room, shivering, ringing in the ears and nausea—the works.  it’s freaked me out!  i’ve never felt that way, and was very concerned.

monday night i barely slept at all.  i had to sleep with the light on because i kept waking up every single hour feeling REALLY dizzy…and with the light OFF, it made me feel dizzier when i opened my eyes!  ACK!  poor hubby moved to the couch :(  of course by then my anxiety was high and my heart pounded every time i woke up. :(:(

i contacted my naturopath yesterday and she said it means my body is “shifting.”  meaning partly that i am starting to get enough (really, too much) of the supplements i have been taking.  in addition, since i have been detoxing my liver, it could also mean i’m finally ridding myself of some pretty toxic heavy metals.  YAY.  

plus on top of that, i’ve changed my diet somewhat drastically—no wheat or gluten.  this has forced me to eat pretty durned healthily—tons more fruits, veggies, and higher quality carbs than before.  if you’ve ever gone off caffiene or sugar (or even cigarettes) cold turkey, you’ll understand what i mean when i say i’ve been having withdrawal symptoms! LOL! 

so, yesterday and today i am not taking any supplements at all.  tomorrow morning i’m going in for a nutritional balance, even tho i just went a few weeks ago for a follow-up.  since its impossible to predict when my body has had enough of a certain supplement and is ready for the next step, its really important for me to pay attention to the cues my body gives off.  i guess this one was pretty hard to ignore! hehe! ;)

oh and by the way, i slept WELL last nite, and have been feeling better since i stopped taking the supplements.  i am feeling much more normal today!! (as you can tell by my superdooper gabby fingers. teehee!) 

so anyhoo…that’s SOME of what’s goin on with me…how about you?  how’s your new year goin? =) 

i also wanted to let you know about a new “search” feature i’ve added to my site.  if you look in the navigation bar, at the bottom of the 7th yellow cube (yep, WAY down there. hehe.) there’s a white search box :D  so, if you ever wanna see if i’ve yapped about something you’re interested in without sifting thru my archives, give that search box a whirl!  it’s pretty spiffy :) 

and lastly…remember my (WI)nter wonderland about a week and a half ago?  well, it is no more!  mr. heat miser dropped by! LOLOL!

our front yard, just this mornin :) 
our back yard…lonely with no snow!

 

 

 

 

 

over the weekend and early this week, we had 3-4 nearly 60 degree days!  we also had thunderstorms (lightning and all!) and even tornadoes!  crazy huh??  and its january—in WISCONSIN! it’s back down to the 30’s now, tho, but i dont mind :)

in the first pix, if you click on it, look in the lower right hand corner of the big window.  do you happen to see a certain puppy dog there? hehe!!  btw, that’s the big picture window featured here. :)

and yes, there’s one lonely chunk of snow in the back yard.  i think it’s remnants of a HUGE snow ball hubby and i made—it was almost as tall as me. hahah! 

so anyhoo, that’s whats happenin so far in my new year!!  things are looking up, for sure.  i’ve had some rocky times already with my anxiety issues, but i’m determined 2008 will be the year i get much healthier :)  AND accomplish many of my other goals!

have a wonderful rest of the week!!!  

~josey~