Setting Goals - Revisited

So back before my surgery I set my Top 10 Goals for what I wanted to do after losing weight.  I thought I'd revisit them to see where I am at.  My original post can be seen here:  http://lessoflori.blogspot.com/2011/07/setting-goals.html.  Let's see where I am now.

1. Complete - Visited my brother and his family in April 2012, hoping to return again later this year.

2. Complete - When Chris and his family visited in April 2013, Harry, Caitriona and I visited Six Flags and I hopped right on the Dahlonega Mine Train.

3. Pending - One day I won't need the "large" cuff for my arms, but I'm not there yet!

4. Pending/Complete - I wear the capris and sandals without anxiety, but the sleeveless shirts still bother me, it's these dang arms with the bat wings.  I really need to use the shake weight!

5. Complete - Even though I am still in the "plus" size technically, I can buy right off the rack at Belk's and Khol's now, so I'm calling that a win!

6. Complete - Yep, I climbed the big rock at my one year mark.  Didn't do it at the two year anniversary, but that's because I was recovering from the hysterectomy - which seemed like a perfectly good substitute.

7. Pending - Next year, 2015, marks my 30 year high school reunion.  I plan to attend if we have one.

8. Pending - Clearly I need better friends, none of mine go dancing in swanky clubs.  Maybe it's because we don't know of any swanky clubs anymore! I did do the Macarena on the cruise.  Should I count that?

9. Pending - As soon as I can plan a trip I'm going...maybe these girls will go dancing!

10.  Complete - I had more pictures taken of me in 2013 than in the previous 5 years combined.  I even posed for Becky to take a picture of me in my bathing suit.  Now, that one I'm not sharing, but I am including one from our cruise in December.

So I'm halfway through my list.  I better start working on a new one!  Any ideas?

Shingles

I have shingles.  Not, not the kind that make your roof all pretty and waterproof.  I have the kind that produce a nasty rash full of blisters and red blotches that burn deep into your skin and make you want to rip your skin off.  Nice huh?

So much for a great start to the new year.  Thank goodness my HSA was preloaded with money from my employer, cause my medicines alone were over $77. 

Occupational Health cleared me for work since I don't have direct patient contact but I am not allowed to be around pregnant women, people with immune compromised systems or those who have not yet had chicken pox.  So how do I find that out...can you see me asking the 100+ people in my open-air office, "Are you pregnant, do you have HIV, are you undergoing chemo, or have you ever had chicken pox?"  Yeah, I should be a big hit around the office.

I think I'll just work from home for a few days.

New Year

Bring on 2014!  I'm so happy to be in a new year.  The year 2013 was a rough one for me.  It started with Matt's shoulder surgery followed by a completely messed up leave from Target for him, forcing him back to work too soon and an improper rehab.  Then Andrew totaled his car.  After that we had a couple of scares with tumors and lumps.  Then Matt totaled his car.  Then I had to have my gallbladder out.  And that was all before April was even over.  Moving on to the summer I had to replace my car battery - while on vacation, which was not in the budget!  Then Matt's new car was totaled again!  Ugh...enough already with the car issues!

I capped off last year with two big events I have been looking forward to for years.  First my hysterectomy in October and my very first cruise in December.  Believe it or not, both were my most favorite things of the year. 

I did manage to lose more weight and now I am just about 80 pounds from my goal weight.  I expect I'll gain some in February when the Girl Scout cookies arrive.  I wish those darn cookies were sold by Jehovah's Witnesses because I have no trouble closing the door in their faces when they knock, but the sweet little girl across the street and Andrew's girlfriend's little sister are just too cute to say no too.  I also got hit up at work and via an email from several folks.  I did manage to say no to those folks.  Here's the best thing I can say about the cookies as related to my obsession with them...I had two boxes still left from last year.  Now, it could be that I just ordered too many last year, or it could be because I didn't tell Andrew I had two left.  When it came time to order again I told him, and we finished those two boxes that same day.

I did, after all, have to make room for this years delivery.