HOLY-MOLY. It has been quite busy for us as of late! Here we go..

KATIE HAS STARTED KINDERGARTEN! I am soooooo happy for her!

– August 5th we had her meet and greet (in the above pic) and got to meet her teacher, Mrs. Engle!
– 6th we rode along for her trial morning bus ride! that’s the first time ive rode a school bus since High School, lol
– 7th was her FIRST DAY of school!! she had a blast, but forgot her lunchbox at school

– Brad had his first dental check up since childhood on the 5th too! He got set up with a treatment plan, but they found his blood pressure too high so he needs to keep that in check. He used to keep it normal when he was eating healthy and exercising normally – he’s been working recently on the diet aspect, but we haven’t been to the gym since June. We both need to get back to it! I still have to be very gentle tho.
– the MD over my Naturopath finally looked at my thyroid results and thinks my battered adrenals might be inhibiting my thyroid treatment, and i also read that low adrenal function can cause the inability to convert thyroid T4 into T3 and we KNOW I have that issue. My T3 level was lower on this last blood test, but because she thinks the adrenals are the main issue then she didn’t raise the T3 because that could make things worse right now and apparently my T4 went down further so she put me on a low dose of T4, just to aid me as we look at my adrenals. My saliva test kit to check the adrenals is on it’s way in the mail! I’m ready to get it and send it back so I can move forward. I’m pretty sure the low adrenals are the MAIN ISSUE, so then they would put me on either strong supplements to support adrenals, which would be something like Isocort, or stronger like Cortef – which help give the adrenals a “break” while they heal. YES PLS AND THX. I started taking another adrenal supplement that I used to take and so far it’s giving bits of positive results, so that’s how I’m feeling positive that my adrenals need some serious TLC and of course focusing on less stress and good nutrients!
– me and hubby went out yesterday while Katie was at school to bring the school supplies to the front office at her school, then we were off to Whole Foods, Goodwill, and finally a quick stop at GNC and Wal-Mart! I got some more amino powder, since I love to have some in the morning for those amino acids and nutrients AND THEY DO HELP!
– I actually didn’t take a nap yesterday!! I was feeling pretty dragged, but I drank my new amino stuff yesterday afternoon and got a good boost – it doesn’t have caffeine in it either. I realllllllly need to start going to bed earlier now that I have to be up at 6:10AM, instead of 7:30ish. That would help my adrenals too, since the most healing occurs between 10PM-1AM.

Feeling accomplished so far today! Got Katie off to school this morning and got my discussion and quiz done for college – WOOT WOOT. Next up, make my amino drink, clean Echo’s cage, and take a nice bath. Hope everyone has an excellent weekend!!! I guess Saturday is now my only day to sleep in a little, lol. Speaking of, Brad took his vacation days from work this week so he’s currently zonked out from staying up into the early hours, lol. I’m glad he gets a vacation from work and was here with me to do the back-to-school tasks and events with Katie. =)