Birthday parties and church meetings

Birthday parties and church meetings make for a busy weekend. We hosted a party for a very good friends 50th birthday this past Saturday night. It really went great and everyone had a good time. The kids played Wii and spent time in the hot tub. Some of the adults played cards (Texas Hold m) some just visited. Some of the adults were also able to have a chance to play with the Wii after the kids went home. It looks like the bowling game draws the biggest crowd.

Sunday morning was church and the annual meeting of the church where we elect officers and committee members and vote on the annual budget. That part went smoothly. Then came voting on some by-law changes and that didn’t go quite as smoothly. Seemed like a lot of bickering and that tends to make me uncomfortable. But with some minor amendments the changes were voted in.

I really have to get back on track with the weight loss thing. My paper work has been sent to the surgeon’s office and I really need to lose another 5 or 10 pounds before I see him. I should have the date by the end of this week and I’m guessing that the \appointment will be about a month out from now.

I did gain a few pounds this weekend with all the munching at the party and then we went out fore dinner yesterday after church. I should know better, I do so much better on my diet if I don’t go out to eat. Tonight we are staying home and I plan to be in bed early tonight. I was so tired this morning and getting up and to the mall to walk was really tough.

My DH had a big meeting this morning and I know that he was worried about making the right impression. It was with some of the “big shots”. He gets all worked up for nothing. He is good at what he does and he is an excellent employee. People respect him; it’s just something about him. I have all the confidence in the world in him to accomplish anything he sets his mind to.

I am waiting not so patiently by the phone for a call from the surgeon’s office with my appointment. I know that this process is moving right along but for me it feels like such a slow pace. I try not to complain, but I just want to be on the other side of the surgery. I look at this whole thing like a “do over”. I am going to learn how to eat all over again and this time I am going to do it with knowledge I didn’t have before. I know that it won’t be easy and that old habits are hard to break, but I did quit smoking 5 years ago and I was able to do that.

I do get worried though, if I am having such a hard time eating right now and losing the weight I need to lose before surgery how is it going to go after surgery? I hope that this is not an indication of the end results. I want to succeed at this.