long day
Thanks to everyone for the well wishes and good thoughts. Gram's service was today. She would have loved it. She was extremely Catholic (had 8 kids, plus another three miscarriages) and kept at my grandfather for most of their 58 year marriage until he finally converted about 40 or 50 years into it. My mom raised the bro and I Catholic and had us make our First Communion, then left it up to us if we would keep going. Now, we're both atheists. :)
So, while I didn't really get into the full on Catholic mass we had, I know she would have. Lots of tears, especially when my uncle's fiancee gave a wonderful tribute to her. I knew as soon as Debbie was called up to do it, that I'd be bawling. She's got an amazing way with words and constantly makes you laugh and cry at her very insightful Facebook posts. It made for a long day, with the full mass, then the internment, then a reception at my aunt's church for the family.
I'm more than ready to get back to a less stressful life. I've been stalled at my current weight, which I expected with all the family stress and difficulty keeping to my eating/exercise/vitamin plan. I didn't realize how off track I'd gotten til I was shopping for the parents this weekend and started having shooting tingling/numb feelings going into my lips. After consulting my buddy Dr. Google, I was pretty sure it was vitamin deficiencies, so made it a point to stick to my med schedule the past couple days. And lo and behold, the tingly feeling is pretty much gone. I really need to find some other on the go protein I can eat that doesn't have calcium in it. That's my biggest sticking point, as I can't have calcium plus or minus two hours before I take my iron pills or they lose their effectiveness. It makes the timing of food and pills pretty challenging, but I'm getting better.
Now, off to bed. Can't wait for sleep.
So, while I didn't really get into the full on Catholic mass we had, I know she would have. Lots of tears, especially when my uncle's fiancee gave a wonderful tribute to her. I knew as soon as Debbie was called up to do it, that I'd be bawling. She's got an amazing way with words and constantly makes you laugh and cry at her very insightful Facebook posts. It made for a long day, with the full mass, then the internment, then a reception at my aunt's church for the family.
I'm more than ready to get back to a less stressful life. I've been stalled at my current weight, which I expected with all the family stress and difficulty keeping to my eating/exercise/vitamin plan. I didn't realize how off track I'd gotten til I was shopping for the parents this weekend and started having shooting tingling/numb feelings going into my lips. After consulting my buddy Dr. Google, I was pretty sure it was vitamin deficiencies, so made it a point to stick to my med schedule the past couple days. And lo and behold, the tingly feeling is pretty much gone. I really need to find some other on the go protein I can eat that doesn't have calcium in it. That's my biggest sticking point, as I can't have calcium plus or minus two hours before I take my iron pills or they lose their effectiveness. It makes the timing of food and pills pretty challenging, but I'm getting better.
Now, off to bed. Can't wait for sleep.