The Final Days

Well, I’m down to my last 3 days of work!  I found out officially that my last day of work will be this coming Monday, April 20. 

As excited as I am to move on to my new career, it is still a little sad to be leaving my company.  I have worked in the same department, in the same group, for the same manager, and with pretty much all the same people for the last 8 years.  That’s a LONG time especially when you’re spending up to 40 hours per week with someone!   I will definitely not miss the actual work, but I will miss the people.  We have some really wonderful people in my department.  At least I’m not leaving the general area so I will be able to stay in touch with my friends!  The core group in our department organizes happy hour’s regularly so I will still do my best to join them once in a while!

Aside from those small feelings of sadness, I am still really looking forward to having almost 2 whole weeks off before school starts!  I have been continuing doing yoga almost every day (I still love it) and working out/cardio on top of that!  Unfortunately I haven’t lost any more weight…I’m not sure why but I have definitely seen my muscles grow and also dropped my body fat percentage, so that’s pretty cool.  I’m trying to use the mirror as motivation as opposed to just the scale.  The pounds will eventually start dropping again (I hope)…I just wish it would go a tad faster.  But with all my time off coming up, I will have lots more time to keep up my activity level!  I also hope to get lots of stuff done around the house, errands run, scrapbooking started back up, and get-togethers with friends!    I can’t wait!

So I will post more on the SW stuff in a pwp post.  It will be the same password as before for all you who got it last time.  Otherwise feel free to leave me your e-mail address and I will send it to you.

The Theology of the Body CD’sI have been listening to have been really eye opening.  Basically the speaker, Christopher West, explains Pope John Pauls’s teachings from awhile back about what God’s original intent for and meaning of the body really was.  Society (and sin) have really warped our sense of what our bodies are for.  In many ways, society looks at people and their bodies as objects.  The theology of the body gives some practical ways to live out the proper/godly view of the body.  I am only about halfway through but it is really good.  I asked M to listen to it also.  I think it’s a little more overwhelming from a guy’s perspective because they are so much more visual!   It is a hard concept to put into practice.  But at the same time, there was a lot of really great points about women and their struggles in it too.   I would highly recommend it!

As for my NaPro stuff…I decided to hold off for another month before getting my hormone series done.  I made an appointment with my primary care physician last week to see about getting some of it covered by my insurance.  I have an HMO and they usually don’t pay for anything that is out of network.  So I had a long talk with my doctor to see how we could word the referrals so that my HMO might be more willing to accept it.  We had several strategies mapped out but it wasn’t even necessary.  Later that day, her office called me and said that my HMO has a special provision that allows me to see anyone out of network so I’m all set…..huh?…come again?

I guess through my work…the HMO’s they pay for will let you see someone out of network.  Now, I’m not sure they are going to cover 100% of the cost, they may only cover the cost up to how much they would typically pay an in-network provider.  But still….even if they only covered 30-40% of the cost, that would still be a huge help!   Yay!  Next year, we will still switch our insurance to a PPO so that if I do end up getting surgery at PPVI (after I finish school), it will at least be 70% covered!

So as soon as my next cycle starts in about 2 weeks, I will start the series!   Needle sticks…here I come! 

That’s all for now!  More on the SW in my next post!  By the way, I am totally delinquent in sending it the next person.  I should be able to get it in the mail tomorrow or Saturday!