Has it been TWO weeks????

Sooooooooo hard to believe that just TWO weeks ago yesterday I was praying to God....thanking him for ALL the blessings he gave me in my life...and for THOSE more yet to come!!! Boy was that an understatement huh???

So the DOC on Friday said all is well. Just gotta get that protein in. PROTEIN and I are NOT friends! Why can't BREAD have protein in it??? Well, the mush meat is over with.....just straight up protein! Now...Ham, and chicken, and.....whatever else was mushed up the first week.....um...well, now.....GROSS!!! My tastes have changed soooo much, and my scents for food even more so. Like when I was pregnant....VERY ODD!!!!

So a TRIP away we went this weekend for Our Nephew Ethan....I thought I was ready....but I was SOOOOO not ready!!! It was 2 1/2 hours in the car, then sitting around at the party....let's just say...italian beef and I did NOT get along, so I was sick til about 2:15 AM!! Horrible day.......but Sunday was better, but I was sooo glad to get OUT of that car!!!

Yesterday I got on the OLD Bike (stationary only for now), and SLOW. I have to say, I missed it! So I will be BACK in form in NO time!!!

I don't go back to the Doc til July 7th, and hopes I will find what else I can do....WEIGHTS!!! And VEGGIES???? BREAD??? (nah just playing with ya!!!)

Today was the first time I was able to DRIVE again.............and in TRUE Linda fashion....it was a CRAZY day!!! From 7:00am until 6:31pm, as I am sitting typing this BLOG!!! I even made dinner for my family!!! But I did GREAT!!! A bit sore, and VERY tired............but ALIVE and CAPABLE!!! What a feeling of normalty I entered again!!! Yippppeeeeeeeeee...if only I could EAT!!!

Yes I said that...EAT!! I never thought in my 42 years on earth I would say that.....but it's getting worse. SO the DOC told me to at least have two protein shakes a day and the 2 oz meat, just so my body doesn't go into starvation mode! I FEEL LIKE I AM DRINKING CONSTANTLY....it's INSANE!!! I kept up really good with it, until TODAY as I ran around town ragged!!! So another balance of how I can fit it all in.....THIS TOO SHALL PASS!!! IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO WEEKS!!!

On that note...the next FOUR weeks I am entering RIGHT NOW are the craziest for me, as VBS is around the corner. So I will balance this, the family and VBS as well as I can!!! On a GREAT note I have HIT 38 pounds gone! Finally my summer clothes from last year are loose, and the winter stuff I just wore..TOO BIG!!! Pretty wild! People that don't know about the surgery, comment on my hair, or my makeup, or that I just look DIFFERENT but good! HOW fun! Another 38 pounds and they will hopefully do MORE than that!!!

Thanks again for all the prayers and the kind words...and FAITH IN ME. It means absolutely everything to me!!! It REALLY does!

I love you ALL!!!

Love and God's RICHEST Blessings to you,

Linda