Weigh-in, Week Three

First of all, apologies (again!) for not posting more often. I must try to do better.

Weighed myself today and found I have lost another 2 pounds. That makes a total of 11.5 pounds lost over the three week period.

Considering the reduction in caloric intake--an average of 694 daily, over the past 7 days--I might have thought it would be more than 2 pounds. But at least we are headed int he right direction :-)

There have been times in the past where no weight loss was observed over a week so this is still gratifying.

In other news, I drove Nolan down to Cedar Rapids for his first of a two academic assessments (reading/writing, then math, next week). Yes, I did something similar a couple of years ago (different organization), but we didn't have funds to pay for the tutoring he needed.

Now, thanks to some monies from my mom's estate, we are able to follow through, though it does entail a repeat assessment.

I've finally acknowledged that I simply cannot do this myself.  Despite ideas that with "just a little more time," or "if I looked up some techniques on the Internet..." I've had a nagging suspicion that his struggles weren't something he would "grow out of." I knew this before, but now I can do something.

I'm looking forward to less fretting and a little relief (I hope) that we've tried to help him in this small way.

His Algebra 1/2 lessons are quite arduous, both for his work and the checking, followed by reworking the missed problems. ANY-way, I do hope that tutoring from another adult, someone outside the family who is a trained teacher, will be a huge help to him.

It will entail a lot of driving, however. But totally worth it if it works!

In church news we are going through a cataclysmic change. I'm hampered by the need for discretion (would that a few others felt this same need) but suffice it to say that it takes up much of Loren's time and much of our thoughts and prayers.

I probably said once, somewhere, that no one can hurt you like a child. That's still true. But sadly, fellow believers can also cause a lot of pain. It's amazing how much damage one or two people can inflict.

Better leave it at that.

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