New and exciting news.....

[Guest guest]

What a day!!!! Talk about a roller coaster ride! Nothing to compare

to Robynn, thank goodness, my prayers for a peaceful heart are going

out to you dear friend.... But here is how MY day went.... I am a

special education assistant, been doing this for about 18 years,

been working with the same teacher for the past ten years... I've

also been going to school, between the NCLB act, the state of

California, the UC system, and work requirements for becoming a

teacher, I question on a daily basis why I am torturing myself!!

None of these people seem to communicate with each other and are

hell bent on making me go to school for another 48 years before I

get a teaching credential!!!! I get close enough to see the end of

the tunnel and someone stretches the tunnel!!!! If I bust my ass I

should have my BA in May, however, there are complications

involved.... like today when I weighed in ....I have officially lost

my

10% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup! Thats right weight

wise I'm good to go!!!! Now I need a cardiac clearance again, then I

need to update all the labs, and on Monday I call UCLA and tell them

to pencil me in!!!! Well cool!!!!! But that probably means that full

time work and full time school will be a little tough right after

surgery? Do ya'll think? Sooooo... I have to wait and see what UCLA

says, then decide on classes for the winter quarter. Along with all

that, CSUB says if I do not have my BA in May, I have to change

catalog rights and that means three more !@#$%^& classes, the

credentialing program says I can't apply to the credentialing

program without a BA and passing the CSET (the test to see if I'm

smart enough to teach), Studying for the CSET will be grueling and

hard to do with a full load at college, And finally NCLB says if I

don't have my CLAD ( to teach english to english learners, foreign

speaking kids) by June, I will need a different test as CLAD will be

replaced by CTEL, and that requires two years of a foreign language

on TOP of what I have right now!!!! All this headache for a measilly

ten grand a year more than I make right now!!!!! So, on with the

rest of the day, I am legally able to be a substitute teacher, but I

have benefits with my job now and subs have no benefits, but,

because of this, I " sub on the sly " at my school quite often (2-4

times a week) . I make more money at my regular job than a sub, so

it is pretty cool, I see the good, the bad and the ugly of every

grade (kgtn thru 8th) and so I gain a lot of confidence for when I

am a " real teacher " , today was great!!!! I was a second grade

teacher in a class that was awesome!!!! It was an honor to be there,

it means a lot to me for the teacher to trust me with his class for

the day. Not to mention the principal trusting me with such an

important job. (and let's not forget my own teacher, boss, who

allows it and handles our class without me for the day)Life was

good, I knew I would be close to the 10% so I was excited!!!! After

work, I jumped in my sons car....the one we picked up last night at

6 pm from the transmission shop (they said they replaced the

trans...they lied) Headed towards kaiser and the scale.... halfway

between work and Kaiser.... the car stopped, transmission

broken!!!!!!!!! in the middle of the street!!!!!! Not even twenty

miles on the car from when we picked it up at the shop...... A

stranger helped me push it to the curb, my son and Randy heard my

cuss on the phone ....I cried, ohhhhh I was so pissed!!!! Finally

Joee (our son) got to me, we got to Kaiser and WOOOOOOOOOOO

HOOOOOOOOOOO.... 10% gone!!!! Incredible~~~~ Now hows that for an

emotional day? I found out it is possible to be full blown angry and

full blown excited at the same time!!!! The tow truck towed the car

home until Monday when Randy will take it to the shop....better him

than me, I don't think I could be very civil. And here I am, basking

in the thought that maybe, just maybe, I will be under the knife and

on my way to a new life..... ugh....but what should I do about

school? I've come so far////

Hugs and Good Night!!!!

Sue in Palmdale!!!!

[Guest guest]

Sue-

congrats on making your weight and not getting hurt in the car troubles ! I am excited for you and hope things move along well for you

Colleensue mendez wrote:

What a day!!!! Talk about a roller coaster ride! Nothing to compare to Robynn, thank goodness, my prayers for a peaceful heart are going out to you dear friend.... But here is how MY day went.... I am a special education assistant, been doing this for about 18 years, been working with the same teacher for the past ten years... I've also been going to school, between the NCLB act, the state of California, the UC system, and work requirements for becoming a teacher, I question on a daily basis why I am torturing myself!! None of these people seem to communicate with each other and are hell bent on making me go to school for another 48 years before I get a teaching credential!!!! I get close enough to see the end of the tunnel and someone stretches the tunnel!!!! If I bust my ass I should have my BA in May, however, there are

complications involved.... like today when I weighed in ....I have officially lost my 10% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup! Thats right weight wise I'm good to go!!!! Now I need a cardiac clearance again, then I need to update all the labs, and on Monday I call UCLA and tell them to pencil me in!!!! Well cool!!!!! But that probably means that full time work and full time school will be a little tough right after surgery? Do ya'll think? Sooooo... I have to wait and see what UCLA says, then decide on classes for the winter quarter. Along with all that, CSUB says if I do not have my BA in May, I have to change catalog rights and that means three more !@#$%^ & classes, the credentialing program says I can't apply to the credentialing program without a BA and passing the CSET (the test to see if I'm smart enough to teach), Studying for the CSET

will be grueling and hard to do with a full load at college, And finally NCLB says if I don't have my CLAD ( to teach english to english learners, foreign speaking kids) by June, I will need a different test as CLAD will be replaced by CTEL, and that requires two years of a foreign language on TOP of what I have right now!!!! All this headache for a measilly ten grand a year more than I make right now!!!!! So, on with the rest of the day, I am legally able to be a substitute teacher, but I have benefits with my job now and subs have no benefits, but, because of this, I "sub on the sly" at my school quite often (2-4 times a week) . I make more money at my regular job than a sub, so it is pretty cool, I see the good, the bad and the ugly of every grade (kgtn thru 8th) and so I gain a lot of confidence for when I am a "real teacher", today was great!!!! I was a second grade teacher in a class that was awesome!!!! It was an honor

to be there, it means a lot to me for the teacher to trust me with his class for the day. Not to mention the principal trusting me with such an important job. (and let's not forget my own teacher, boss, who allows it and handles our class without me for the day)Life was good, I knew I would be close to the 10% so I was excited!!!! After work, I jumped in my sons car....the one we picked up last night at 6 pm from the transmission shop (they said they replaced the trans...they lied) Headed towards kaiser and the scale.... halfway between work and Kaiser.... the car stopped, transmission broken!!!!!!!!! in the middle of the street!!!!!! Not even twenty miles on the car from when we picked it up at the shop...... A stranger helped me push it to the curb, my son and Randy heard my cuss on the phone ....I cried, ohhhhh I was so pissed!!!! Finally Joee (our son) got to me, we got to Kaiser and WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO.... 10%

gone!!!! Incredible~~~~ Now hows that for an emotional day? I found out it is possible to be full blown angry and full blown excited at the same time!!!! The tow truck towed the car home until Monday when Randy will take it to the shop....better him than me, I don't think I could be very civil. And here I am, basking in the thought that maybe, just maybe, I will be under the knife and on my way to a new life..... ugh....but what should I do about school? I've come so far////Hugs and Good Night!!!!Sue in Palmdale!!!!

Colleen

[Guest guest]

WooooHOooooo Sue!!!! Fantabulous and Congratulations!!

Huggles

>

> What a day!!!! Talk about a roller coaster ride! Nothing to

compare

> to Robynn, thank goodness, my prayers for a peaceful heart are

going

> out to you dear friend.... But here is how MY day went.... I am a

> special education assistant, been doing this for about 18 years,

> been working with the same teacher for the past ten years... I've

> also been going to school, between the NCLB act, the state of

> California, the UC system, and work requirements for becoming a

> teacher, I question on a daily basis why I am torturing myself!!

> None of these people seem to communicate with each other and are

> hell bent on making me go to school for another 48 years before I

> get a teaching credential!!!! I get close enough to see the end of

> the tunnel and someone stretches the tunnel!!!! If I bust my ass I

> should have my BA in May, however, there are complications

> involved.... like today when I weighed in ....I have officially

lost

> my

>

10% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup! Thats right weight

> wise I'm good to go!!!! Now I need a cardiac clearance again, then

I

> need to update all the labs, and on Monday I call UCLA and tell

them

> to pencil me in!!!! Well cool!!!!! But that probably means that

full

> time work and full time school will be a little tough right after

> surgery? Do ya'll think? Sooooo... I have to wait and see what

UCLA

> says, then decide on classes for the winter quarter. Along with

all

> that, CSUB says if I do not have my BA in May, I have to change

> catalog rights and that means three more !@#$%^& classes, the

> credentialing program says I can't apply to the credentialing

> program without a BA and passing the CSET (the test to see if I'm

> smart enough to teach), Studying for the CSET will be grueling and

> hard to do with a full load at college, And finally NCLB says if I

> don't have my CLAD ( to teach english to english learners, foreign

> speaking kids) by June, I will need a different test as CLAD will

be

> replaced by CTEL, and that requires two years of a foreign

language

> on TOP of what I have right now!!!! All this headache for a

measilly

> ten grand a year more than I make right now!!!!! So, on with the

> rest of the day, I am legally able to be a substitute teacher, but

I

> have benefits with my job now and subs have no benefits, but,

> because of this, I " sub on the sly " at my school quite often (2-4

> times a week) . I make more money at my regular job than a sub, so

> it is pretty cool, I see the good, the bad and the ugly of every

> grade (kgtn thru 8th) and so I gain a lot of confidence for when I

> am a " real teacher " , today was great!!!! I was a second grade

> teacher in a class that was awesome!!!! It was an honor to be

there,

> it means a lot to me for the teacher to trust me with his class

for

> the day. Not to mention the principal trusting me with such an

> important job. (and let's not forget my own teacher, boss, who

> allows it and handles our class without me for the day)Life was

> good, I knew I would be close to the 10% so I was excited!!!!

After

> work, I jumped in my sons car....the one we picked up last night

at

> 6 pm from the transmission shop (they said they replaced the

> trans...they lied) Headed towards kaiser and the scale.... halfway

> between work and Kaiser.... the car stopped, transmission

> broken!!!!!!!!! in the middle of the street!!!!!! Not even twenty

> miles on the car from when we picked it up at the shop...... A

> stranger helped me push it to the curb, my son and Randy heard my

> cuss on the phone ....I cried, ohhhhh I was so pissed!!!! Finally

> Joee (our son) got to me, we got to Kaiser and WOOOOOOOOOOO

> HOOOOOOOOOOO.... 10% gone!!!! Incredible~~~~ Now hows that for an

> emotional day? I found out it is possible to be full blown angry

and

> full blown excited at the same time!!!! The tow truck towed the

car

> home until Monday when Randy will take it to the shop....better

him

> than me, I don't think I could be very civil. And here I am,

basking

> in the thought that maybe, just maybe, I will be under the knife

and

> on my way to a new life..... ugh....but what should I do about

> school? I've come so far////

> Hugs and Good Night!!!!

> Sue in Palmdale!!!!

>

[Guest guest]

Sue,

Your day was filled with every type of emotion that there is. Wow

Congratulations on your 10% weight loss I am so excited that you are going to be

on the other side soon.

Kristie

>

>

> Date: 2005/11/04 Fri PM 11:35:10 PST

> To: gastric-bypass-support-kaiser-patients

> Subject: New and exciting news.....

>

>

What a day!!!! Talk about a roller coaster ride! Nothing to compare

to Robynn, thank goodness, my prayers for a peaceful heart are going

out to you dear friend.... But here is how MY day went.... I am a

special education assistant, been doing this for about 18 years,

been working with the same teacher for the past ten years... I've

also been going to school, between the NCLB act, the state of

California, the UC system, and work requirements for becoming a

teacher, I question on a daily basis why I am torturing myself!!

None of these people seem to communicate with each other and are

hell bent on making me go to school for another 48 years before I

get a teaching credential!!!! I get close enough to see the end of

the tunnel and someone stretches the tunnel!!!! If I bust my ass I

should have my BA in May, however, there are complications

involved.... like today when I weighed in ....I have officially lost

my

10% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup! Thats right weight

wise I'm good to go!!!! Now I need a cardiac clearance again, then I

need to update all the labs, and on Monday I call UCLA and tell them

to pencil me in!!!! Well cool!!!!! But that probably means that full

time work and full time school will be a little tough right after

surgery? Do ya'll think? Sooooo... I have to wait and see what UCLA

says, then decide on classes for the winter quarter. Along with all

that, CSUB says if I do not have my BA in May, I have to change

catalog rights and that means three more !@#$%^ & classes, the

credentialing program says I can't apply to the credentialing

program without a BA and passing the CSET (the test to see if I'm

smart enough to teach), Studying for the CSET will be grueling and

hard to do with a full load at college, And finally NCLB says if I

don't have my CLAD ( to teach english to english learners, foreign

speaking kids) by June, I will need a different test as CLAD will be

replaced by CTEL, and that requires two years of a foreign language

on TOP of what I have right now!!!! All this headache for a measilly

ten grand a year more than I make right now!!!!! So, on with the

rest of the day, I am legally able to be a substitute teacher, but I

have benefits with my job now and subs have no benefits, but,

because of this, I " sub on the sly " at my school quite often (2-4

times a week) . I make more money at my regular job than a sub, so

it is pretty cool, I see the good, the bad and the ugly of every

grade (kgtn thru 8th) and so I gain a lot of confidence for when I

am a " real teacher " , today was great!!!! I was a second grade

teacher in a class that was awesome!!!! It was an honor to be there,

it means a lot to me for the teacher to trust me with his class for

the day. Not to mention the principal trusting me with such an

important job. (and let's not forget my own teacher, boss, who

allows it and handles our class without me for the day)Life was

good, I knew I would be close to the 10% so I was excited!!!! After

work, I jumped in my sons car....the one we picked up last night at

6 pm from the transmission shop (they said they replaced the

trans...they lied) Headed towards kaiser and the scale.... halfway

between work and Kaiser.... the car stopped, transmission

broken!!!!!!!!! in the middle of the street!!!!!! Not even twenty

miles on the car from when we picked it up at the shop...... A

stranger helped me push it to the curb, my son and Randy heard my

cuss on the phone ....I cried, ohhhhh I was so pissed!!!! Finally

Joee (our son) got to me, we got to Kaiser and WOOOOOOOOOOO

HOOOOOOOOOOO.... 10% gone!!!! Incredible~~~~ Now hows that for an

emotional day? I found out it is possible to be full blown angry and

full blown excited at the same time!!!! The tow truck towed the car

home until Monday when Randy will take it to the shop....better him

than me, I don't think I could be very civil. And here I am, basking

in the thought that maybe, just maybe, I will be under the knife and

on my way to a new life..... ugh....but what should I do about

school? I've come so far////

Hugs and Good Night!!!!

Sue in Palmdale!!!!

[Guest guest]

Sue, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great, terrible, awful, wonderfully happy day you had. I certainly don't have the answers to your dilemas, but I'm sure everything will work itself out one way or another. Let us know when your date is...

Ron

New and exciting news.....

What a day!!!! Talk about a roller coaster ride! Nothing to compare to Robynn, thank goodness, my prayers for a peaceful heart are going out to you dear friend.... But here is how MY day went.... I am a special education assistant, been doing this for about 18 years, been working with the same teacher for the past ten years... I've also been going to school, between the NCLB act, the state of California, the UC system, and work requirements for becoming a teacher, I question on a daily basis why I am torturing myself!! None of these people seem to communicate with each other and are hell bent on making me go to school for another 48 years before I get a teaching credential!!!! I get close enough to see the end of the tunnel and someone stretches the tunnel!!!! If I bust my ass I should have my BA in May, however, there are complications involved.... like today when I weighed in ....I have officially lost my 10% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup! Thats right weight wise I'm good to go!!!! Now I need a cardiac clearance again, then I need to update all the labs, and on Monday I call UCLA and tell them to pencil me in!!!! Well cool!!!!! But that probably means that full time work and full time school will be a little tough right after surgery? Do ya'll think? Sooooo... I have to wait and see what UCLA says, then decide on classes for the winter quarter. Along with all that, CSUB says if I do not have my BA in May, I have to change catalog rights and that means three more !@#$%^ & classes, the credentialing program says I can't apply to the credentialing program without a BA and passing the CSET (the test to see if I'm smart enough to teach), Studying for the CSET will be grueling and hard to do with a full load at college, And finally NCLB says if I don't have my CLAD ( to teach english to english learners, foreign speaking kids) by June, I will need a different test as CLAD will be replaced by CTEL, and that requires two years of a foreign language on TOP of what I have right now!!!! All this headache for a measilly ten grand a year more than I make right now!!!!! So, on with the rest of the day, I am legally able to be a substitute teacher, but I have benefits with my job now and subs have no benefits, but, because of this, I "sub on the sly" at my school quite often (2-4 times a week) . I make more money at my regular job than a sub, so it is pretty cool, I see the good, the bad and the ugly of every grade (kgtn thru 8th) and so I gain a lot of confidence for when I am a "real teacher", today was great!!!! I was a second grade teacher in a class that was awesome!!!! It was an honor to be there, it means a lot to me for the teacher to trust me with his class for the day. Not to mention the principal trusting me with such an important job. (and let's not forget my own teacher, boss, who allows it and handles our class without me for the day)Life was good, I knew I would be close to the 10% so I was excited!!!! After work, I jumped in my sons car....the one we picked up last night at 6 pm from the transmission shop (they said they replaced the trans...they lied) Headed towards kaiser and the scale.... halfway between work and Kaiser.... the car stopped, transmission broken!!!!!!!!! in the middle of the street!!!!!! Not even twenty miles on the car from when we picked it up at the shop...... A stranger helped me push it to the curb, my son and Randy heard my cuss on the phone ....I cried, ohhhhh I was so pissed!!!! Finally Joee (our son) got to me, we got to Kaiser and WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO.... 10% gone!!!! Incredible~~~~ Now hows that for an emotional day? I found out it is possible to be full blown angry and full blown excited at the same time!!!! The tow truck towed the car home until Monday when Randy will take it to the shop....better him than me, I don't think I could be very civil. And here I am, basking in the thought that maybe, just maybe, I will be under the knife and on my way to a new life..... ugh....but what should I do about school? I've come so far////Hugs and Good Night!!!!Sue in Palmdale!!!!

[Guest guest]

Sue,

I really understand all that your going through, I run a in home daycare but have been going to college at night. I am a certified assistant teacher and would love to be a teacher, but to do it this way has taken years and I don't get the benefits. I didn't get disability when I closed my daycare (no income), I had to save up enough and then some to pay the bills and just prayed I didn't need more time off. I stopped going to college and haven't went back, but really need too, but with my older sons shoulder and my husbands depression and restarting a business after the surgery hasn't been easy. I would do it all over again and again. When I was given a date I didn't take it because I needed more time, so I prioritized what I had to do and figured a date that would work for me and we set it for what worked for them close to the date I needed. That helped me feel better when it was time to have surgery, and I keep losing weight until surgery

and that is why I was down 42 pounds, when I only had to lose 27 and that will just make you do better during surgery. Think about all this and you will figure it out what's best for you. Donnasue mendez wrote:

What a day!!!! Talk about a roller coaster ride! Nothing to compare to Robynn, thank goodness, my prayers for a peaceful heart are going out to you dear friend.... But here is how MY day went.... I am a special education assistant, been doing this for about 18 years, been working with the same teacher for the past ten years... I've also been going to school, between the NCLB act, the state of California, the UC system, and work requirements for becoming a teacher, I question on a daily basis why I am torturing myself!! None of these people seem to communicate with each other and are hell bent on making me go to school for another 48 years before I get a teaching credential!!!! I get close enough to see the end of the tunnel and someone stretches the tunnel!!!! If I bust my ass I should have my BA in May, however, there are

complications involved.... like today when I weighed in ....I have officially lost my 10% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup! Thats right weight wise I'm good to go!!!! Now I need a cardiac clearance again, then I need to update all the labs, and on Monday I call UCLA and tell them to pencil me in!!!! Well cool!!!!! But that probably means that full time work and full time school will be a little tough right after surgery? Do ya'll think? Sooooo... I have to wait and see what UCLA says, then decide on classes for the winter quarter. Along with all that, CSUB says if I do not have my BA in May, I have to change catalog rights and that means three more !@#$%^ & classes, the credentialing program says I can't apply to the credentialing program without a BA and passing the CSET (the test to see if I'm smart enough to teach), Studying for the CSET

will be grueling and hard to do with a full load at college, And finally NCLB says if I don't have my CLAD ( to teach english to english learners, foreign speaking kids) by June, I will need a different test as CLAD will be replaced by CTEL, and that requires two years of a foreign language on TOP of what I have right now!!!! All this headache for a measilly ten grand a year more than I make right now!!!!! So, on with the rest of the day, I am legally able to be a substitute teacher, but I have benefits with my job now and subs have no benefits, but, because of this, I "sub on the sly" at my school quite often (2-4 times a week) . I make more money at my regular job than a sub, so it is pretty cool, I see the good, the bad and the ugly of every grade (kgtn thru 8th) and so I gain a lot of confidence for when I am a "real teacher", today was great!!!! I was a second grade teacher in a class that was awesome!!!! It was an honor

to be there, it means a lot to me for the teacher to trust me with his class for the day. Not to mention the principal trusting me with such an important job. (and let's not forget my own teacher, boss, who allows it and handles our class without me for the day)Life was good, I knew I would be close to the 10% so I was excited!!!! After work, I jumped in my sons car....the one we picked up last night at 6 pm from the transmission shop (they said they replaced the trans...they lied) Headed towards kaiser and the scale.... halfway between work and Kaiser.... the car stopped, transmission broken!!!!!!!!! in the middle of the street!!!!!! Not even twenty miles on the car from when we picked it up at the shop...... A stranger helped me push it to the curb, my son and Randy heard my cuss on the phone ....I cried, ohhhhh I was so pissed!!!! Finally Joee (our son) got to me, we got to Kaiser and WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO.... 10%

gone!!!! Incredible~~~~ Now hows that for an emotional day? I found out it is possible to be full blown angry and full blown excited at the same time!!!! The tow truck towed the car home until Monday when Randy will take it to the shop....better him than me, I don't think I could be very civil. And here I am, basking in the thought that maybe, just maybe, I will be under the knife and on my way to a new life..... ugh....but what should I do about school? I've come so far////Hugs and Good Night!!!!Sue in Palmdale!!!!Donna JordonDSJordon@...

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Sue

Sorry about the car and congratulations on your weigh in, GREAT JOB! Donnasue mendez wrote:

What a day!!!! Talk about a roller coaster ride! Nothing to compare to Robynn, thank goodness, my prayers for a peaceful heart are going out to you dear friend.... But here is how MY day went.... I am a special education assistant, been doing this for about 18 years, been working with the same teacher for the past ten years... I've also been going to school, between the NCLB act, the state of California, the UC system, and work requirements for becoming a teacher, I question on a daily basis why I am torturing myself!! None of these people seem to communicate with each other and are hell bent on making me go to school for another 48 years before I get a teaching credential!!!! I get close enough to see the end of the tunnel and someone stretches the tunnel!!!! If I bust my ass I should have my BA in May, however, there are

complications involved.... like today when I weighed in ....I have officially lost my 10% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup! Thats right weight wise I'm good to go!!!! Now I need a cardiac clearance again, then I need to update all the labs, and on Monday I call UCLA and tell them to pencil me in!!!! Well cool!!!!! But that probably means that full time work and full time school will be a little tough right after surgery? Do ya'll think? Sooooo... I have to wait and see what UCLA says, then decide on classes for the winter quarter. Along with all that, CSUB says if I do not have my BA in May, I have to change catalog rights and that means three more !@#$%^ & classes, the credentialing program says I can't apply to the credentialing program without a BA and passing the CSET (the test to see if I'm smart enough to teach), Studying for the CSET

will be grueling and hard to do with a full load at college, And finally NCLB says if I don't have my CLAD ( to teach english to english learners, foreign speaking kids) by June, I will need a different test as CLAD will be replaced by CTEL, and that requires two years of a foreign language on TOP of what I have right now!!!! All this headache for a measilly ten grand a year more than I make right now!!!!! So, on with the rest of the day, I am legally able to be a substitute teacher, but I have benefits with my job now and subs have no benefits, but, because of this, I "sub on the sly" at my school quite often (2-4 times a week) . I make more money at my regular job than a sub, so it is pretty cool, I see the good, the bad and the ugly of every grade (kgtn thru 8th) and so I gain a lot of confidence for when I am a "real teacher", today was great!!!! I was a second grade teacher in a class that was awesome!!!! It was an honor

to be there, it means a lot to me for the teacher to trust me with his class for the day. Not to mention the principal trusting me with such an important job. (and let's not forget my own teacher, boss, who allows it and handles our class without me for the day)Life was good, I knew I would be close to the 10% so I was excited!!!! After work, I jumped in my sons car....the one we picked up last night at 6 pm from the transmission shop (they said they replaced the trans...they lied) Headed towards kaiser and the scale.... halfway between work and Kaiser.... the car stopped, transmission broken!!!!!!!!! in the middle of the street!!!!!! Not even twenty miles on the car from when we picked it up at the shop...... A stranger helped me push it to the curb, my son and Randy heard my cuss on the phone ....I cried, ohhhhh I was so pissed!!!! Finally Joee (our son) got to me, we got to Kaiser and WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO.... 10%

gone!!!! Incredible~~~~ Now hows that for an emotional day? I found out it is possible to be full blown angry and full blown excited at the same time!!!! The tow truck towed the car home until Monday when Randy will take it to the shop....better him than me, I don't think I could be very civil. And here I am, basking in the thought that maybe, just maybe, I will be under the knife and on my way to a new life..... ugh....but what should I do about school? I've come so far////Hugs and Good Night!!!!Sue in Palmdale!!!!Donna JordonDSJordon@...

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Sue...I'm sorry about the tough stuff...but WOW...I'm so excited for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big fat (no, make that skinny) kiss!!

RobynnBBQ Man wrote:

Sue, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a great, terrible, awful, wonderfully happy day you had. I certainly don't have the answers to your dilemas, but I'm sure everything will work itself out one way or another. Let us know when your date is...

Ron

New and exciting news.....

What a day!!!! Talk about a roller coaster ride! Nothing to compare to Robynn, thank goodness, my prayers for a peaceful heart are going out to you dear friend.... But here is how MY day went.... I am a special education assistant, been doing this for about 18 years, been working with the same teacher for the past ten years... I've also been going to school, between the NCLB act, the state of California, the UC system, and work requirements for becoming a teacher, I question on a daily basis why I am torturing myself!! None of these people seem to communicate with each other and are hell bent on making me go to school for another 48 years before I get a teaching credential!!!! I get close enough to see the end of the tunnel and someone stretches the tunnel!!!! If I bust my ass I should have my BA in May, however, there are complications involved.... like today when I weighed in ....I have officially lost my

10% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup! Thats right weight wise I'm good to go!!!! Now I need a cardiac clearance again, then I need to update all the labs, and on Monday I call UCLA and tell them to pencil me in!!!! Well cool!!!!! But that probably means that full time work and full time school will be a little tough right after surgery? Do ya'll think? Sooooo... I have to wait and see what UCLA says, then decide on classes for the winter quarter. Along with all that, CSUB says if I do not have my BA in May, I have to change catalog rights and that means three more !@#$%^ & classes, the credentialing program says I can't apply to the credentialing program without a BA and passing the CSET (the test to see if I'm smart enough to teach), Studying for the CSET will be grueling and hard to do with a full load at college, And finally NCLB says if I

don't have my CLAD ( to teach english to english learners, foreign speaking kids) by June, I will need a different test as CLAD will be replaced by CTEL, and that requires two years of a foreign language on TOP of what I have right now!!!! All this headache for a measilly ten grand a year more than I make right now!!!!! So, on with the rest of the day, I am legally able to be a substitute teacher, but I have benefits with my job now and subs have no benefits, but, because of this, I "sub on the sly" at my school quite often (2-4 times a week) . I make more money at my regular job than a sub, so it is pretty cool, I see the good, the bad and the ugly of every grade (kgtn thru 8th) and so I gain a lot of confidence for when I am a "real teacher", today was great!!!! I was a second grade teacher in a class that was awesome!!!! It was an honor to be there, it means a lot to me for the teacher to trust me with his class for the

day. Not to mention the principal trusting me with such an important job. (and let's not forget my own teacher, boss, who allows it and handles our class without me for the day)Life was good, I knew I would be close to the 10% so I was excited!!!! After work, I jumped in my sons car....the one we picked up last night at 6 pm from the transmission shop (they said they replaced the trans...they lied) Headed towards kaiser and the scale.... halfway between work and Kaiser.... the car stopped, transmission broken!!!!!!!!! in the middle of the street!!!!!! Not even twenty miles on the car from when we picked it up at the shop...... A stranger helped me push it to the curb, my son and Randy heard my cuss on the phone ....I cried, ohhhhh I was so pissed!!!! Finally Joee (our son) got to me, we got to Kaiser and WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO.... 10% gone!!!! Incredible~~~~ Now hows that for an emotional day? I found out it is possible to

be full blown angry and full blown excited at the same time!!!! The tow truck towed the car home until Monday when Randy will take it to the shop....better him than me, I don't think I could be very civil. And here I am, basking in the thought that maybe, just maybe, I will be under the knife and on my way to a new life..... ugh....but what should I do about school? I've come so far////Hugs and Good Night!!!!Sue in Palmdale!!!!