Well – I have my last Dietitian class scheduled for my Bariatric Surgery.  It will be on October 23rd.  It will be an hour and a half class and I believe they will be going over the protein shakes we’ll have to drink and the vitamin supplements we’ll need to take.  I think they will also go over the two week liquid diet we’ll be on before surgery, though I’m not sure.  After this last class, they will be able to proceed on getting the surgery approved by my insurance and then scheduling.  I’m unsure how long all that will take, but I know once it’s approved, it will be AT LEAST two weeks after, that they will schedule the surgery, because I will have to be on the liquid diet.  The purpose of that is to shrink the liver so it makes it easier to operate laparoscopily.

We closed on the refinancing today, on our house.  I’m so glad that is out of the way and over with!  So much paperwork!  We got a excellent rate though and took 5 years off our loan.  I’m happy with that.  Still have so much work I’d like to get done around the house.  It’s a very slow process.  Once I get done with some of the more important things, I’d LOVE to get our carpet pulled up and put down wood floors.  I wish landscaping wasn’t so expensive!  Our yard is so pathetic and needs work.

We had to pull out our passports this evening and as I was looking at them, I was getting a little wanderlust feeling inside!  We got them when we went on our cruise years and years ago.  It was the first year they required passports to get into Mexico and Canada, and even though the cruise ships didn’t require them yet, we went ahead and got them (wanting to travel abroad anyway).  Looking at it makes me really want to travel outside the country!!  The only place, outside the U.S. I have been is Mexico.  One day I will fulfill that wish!

This summer was SO HOT!  I’m really enjoying the cooler Fall-like weather.  I’m really needing to get back into the habit of walking though.  My current goal is to walk 4 times a week.  Not doing so hot with it at the moment.  I’m doing pretty good with the no soda….though I have had one here and there.  I’m not quite up to my 4 bottles of water a day though.  Most days it’s 2 bottles, sometimes 3.

Well, I didn’t really have TONS to talk about, just wanting to touch base and update on a few things.  Thanks for stopping by. 😀