Back on Track 2011

Mia's Track:

Wow! I feel like the old "new" Mia again. I have completed 4 "Good" Days of eating right and working out. My whole outlook has changed. The baby is sleeping through the night and now I can hit the gym in the morning. That didn't take long at all. I thought that it would take more time to be able to go to the gym at 4:30am, but no problem. Fred is so supportive. He comes and gets Nicholas when I am ready to hit the treadmill.

Anyway, I know that I am an overachiever and worse than that my patience is thinner than thread, so with that said, I am ready to start running after only 4 days. I started interval training today with my jog. 2 min jog;1min walking for 15 minutes, then I completed 30 minute on the EFX machine and 30 minutes of total body strength training (arms, abs, legs, butt, shoulders, back). It feels so good to be able to workout.

The scripture readings and inspirational music is such a great time for  "Me". I love my "Me" time. All of you out there that have plenty of "Me" time, please, please take advantage of it. It is hard to come by when you have kids.

Bug's Track:

Bug was evaluated by a wonderful speech therapist in Memphis yesterday. I am so pleased with the choice I made. My friend asked why didn't I go through the schools, "it's free",she said. (she is a school SLP), but as a private practitioner, I know how much my clients mean to me and I feel that a private practitioner would be more willing to give 110% to my child than one in the schools that has tons of kids to treat. Plus...I have finally learned that you get what you pay for. His scores on the PLS5 (preschool language scale for all the non speechies. This test looks as how well a child uses and understands the rules of communication). His scores fell within the mild impairment range, but it was just enough to create a delay of about 12 months as compared to children his same age. He needs assistance with writing as well, but I don't know any private occupational therapist and my OT friend told me to make sure that the OT has a certain certification, so I'll have to shop around. Hopefully, by the beginning of next summer he will have out grown some of these mild delays.

Anyway, like I didn't have enough on my plate, we start therapy 2x a week. He is such a good boy and a hard worker. I believe that he will do great and make incredible gains. It was funny. The SLP that evaluated my son said, "I know you from somewhere, I know your name." I was tempted to not tell her what profession I was in or that I was in private practice less than an hour away, but once she started trying to figure out who I was, I knew that I would have to come clean. I told her and she began to say, "well, you already know what to do." That is true, but we all know that it is not easy to be objective with your child. I told her to treat me and my child as if we know nothing about therapy and give him whatever you would a child that was not that of an SLP. I told her that I am not here to be nosy or to compete. I just want my child get on track. She was happy to work with us. I am very optimistic. What a great feeling! Hope!

Our Tracks:

Well two tracks to healthy lives have begun. One for mommy, and one for Buggie. Well, mommy's just has a few bumps in the road, but the track never stopped. Bug's is just beginning and I look forward to the progress we  both will make. I will write again soon.....Gotta' get on track.. Chugga-Chugga-Choo-Choo.