Feeling annoyed.

Well these last few weeks have been up and down, literally! On my last update, I had just gotten a fill and was 286.6. When I left for Kansas (August 2), I weighed myself and told myself that I'd like to come back the same weight which was 283.8. When I came back to Arizona (August 12) I weighed 280.2! I was amazed and super proud of myself for LOOSING three pounds on vacation. I did make it a point to stay on mostly healthy foods while in town and I never over ate. I also went walking with my Mom and stayed very active with my friends/family while in town.

This morning, I weighed-in and was 283. Ugh. Back up three pounds. My eating isn't different and if anything, it's healthier! But I haven't been very active this week, which I know isn't good and needs to be changed but three pounds seems like a big gain for someone that just had WLS! Feeling down and out after my weigh-in I called True Results to see if I could get in this Thursday (tomorrow) instead of waiting another week for my scheduled fill. Luckily I got in and am going at 11:15 tomorrow!

I need to make it a point to ask if I have a 10cc or 14cc band because last Tuesday was my LB support group and when I told them that I have 6ccs in my band and feel next to nothing, they were all shocked. I am 95% sure that I was told that I have a 10cc band so everyone was blown away that I could have 6ccs and not feel it. If I hadn't done a barium swallow and saw it in there myself, I'd be doubting if I even had anything in there at all and maybe this was all some sort of elaborate scheme to get $10,000 out of me. (Did anyone else have that fear? Maybe I'm just totally irrational and silly thinking this surgery was some get rich scheme and I was the target.... haha!) Anyway, back to my topic, I am going to be asking them to double check my chart and see if I have a 10cc or 14cc band just for my own knowledge.

Now on to the big stuff that has been pressing on me for a while now. As most of you know, I am a college student going for court reporting. I was supposed to start classes this last Monday but after coming back from vacation, I found out that my financial aid was not coming through this semester due to being capped for an undergrad student. My only choice was to pay out of pocket for this semester, which is about $800. Obviously, I don't just have that laying around so I had to drop my classes. Luckily, I have a TON of at-home-study material and am kind of home schooling myself this semester while I am DESPERATELY looking for a second job so I can start saving money up. My plan is, depending on how well I do with my home study program, either save up to pay out of pocket and finish one last semester at school and pass all my speeds, or save up and move back to Kansas to save on rent/utilities because student loans will be due by then and finish school online. I have amazing family and friends no matter where I decide to live, but for now, everything is kind of up in the air.

Speaking of finding a second job, I had a phone interview with Home Depot today and they scheduled an in-person interview for Friday. It is for a merchandise executive associate position, it would be part time (25 hours/week), in the early mornings M-F paying $10/hour. Please pray that I get this job! Sitting down and writing about this interview just made me realize that it will be on August 23rd, my niece that passed away's birthday. I'm going to need extra prayers if I'm going to pull off this interview.

That's all that I have going on right now. Let me know how you guys are doing! I feel like everyone on here has been quite lately!!