I didn't get a chance to blog yesterday because I was only at work a little more than a half day.  I had my yearly OBGYN appt in the late afternoon.  I see my medical doctor for all my health issues/well being.  I had seen her about a month before for my quartely visit for my diabetes.  Although my diabetes is doing great my blood pressure was high.  She had put me on some medication and said she would recheck it when I came back for my OB appt.  Well...the medication did not bring down my blood pressure at all so she has now put me on something else.  I don't like getting older and having all these medical problems.  I have not been working out like I should nor eating like I should so those are some changes I am going to start making IMMEDIATELY.   I really do not know much about high blood pressure so I am going to do some research on it today.  I don't feel stressed out and I am not an angry person so I am not sure why it is high. 

Once I got home from the doctors I was pretty worn out.  I always feel exhausted after my OB appt.  I am not sure if it is because I get myself so worked up about it.....because lets face it....it is not the most enjoyable thing to do.  It just seems wrong having people down there in my business.  But I know you have to do it for health reasons.  Once my husband got home I asked if we could go out to dinner instead of me cooking but he said we probably shouldn't since the 5 of us would be going out to dinner the following night.  I was just making tacos so it wasn't going to be too hard of a dinner to cook.  I got dinner started and began helping Hylari with her math homework.  As luck would have it...she was in a whiney mood and was not putting much effort into doing her homework.  I remained calm and told her to disect the sentence with me on what the problem was asking.  For some reason that got her even more upset and then she was crying.  Oh great!  I am going back and forth from the kitchen (cooking) to the living room helping her with her homework. I finally got her calmed down and she got the assignment completed.  I was feeling even more exhausted at this point and asked for my husband and Hylari to help me finish getting dinner ready and the table set.  Hylari comes into the kitchen ***crying*** for who knows what and my husband doesn't show up at all.  I had finally had enough and snapped.  Of course then my husband comes in and is all ready to help.  He is such a clown and started making everything funny and soon he had me and Hylari cracking up.  I needed the change of mood and glad he did that for us.    We ate dinner and while we were eating Hylari told us that her school was having a "Wear your MU clothes to school" day the following day.  (If you remember we had the Missouri University vs. Kansas University game last weekend here in Kansas City.  It was a big deal to everyone around the metro area.  They called it the border showdown.  In the Kansas City metro area you are either a KU fan or a MU fan and neither likes the other.  Even though we live in Missouri my husband and I are both KU fans and Hylari is an MU fan....I think she does that just to be different from us.  Anyhoo...Kansas University lost to Missouri University last weekend....both have had incredible football seasons this year. Typically KU is horrible at football but they were undeafted until they played MU this year.  So now this weekend MU plays Oklahoma University for the championship.  The game is being played in Texas but Missouri is all pumped up for the game.  They are even flying MU flags at all the state buildings today in place of the US flag.  I know I got off on a tangent but had to explain the big MU KU thing.  So anyway...Hyl has "wear your MU clothes to school day" at school and she had already wore the MU Tshirt this week so I told her we would run up and grab her another Tshirt so that she could wear one on Friday.  (Of course my male husband is saying....why not just wash the one she already wore and have her wear that.  He doesn't understand fashion and you can't wear the same Tshirt twice in one week ...even if it is clean).  So we head out to what I think is a quick shopping trip to get a Tshirt and get back home.  Oh! Not so much!  We had to go to 4 stores before we could find a MU tshirt.  Everyone was sold out!!  I told you it was a big deal around here!  Of course by the time I was on my way to the 3rd store I was then on a mission and I would pay any price for any type of MU shirt as long as I could find one.  But I had my Chief Financial Officer with me and I knew he would keep all things in check.    We ended up finding a more girlie cut one at Dick Sporting goods.....thank goodness!  So then we were on our way back home.

I got Hylari started on her shower and thought to myself.....the best thing I could do right now is work out.  So I popped my walking tape into the VCR and did a 30 minute work out and I felt so great afterwards.  I am going to start doing that everyday like I had been and hopefully that will assist in getting this high blood pressure back in check.

Have a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Sami, you make me chuckle that you only blog at work & your leaving early for a OB appt prevented you. he he! Diet & weight has a lot to do with the blood pressure so maybe thats whats keeping it up since you aren't stressed or anything. My husband has high blood pressure and we have a BP cuff at home to help monitor. I just had my physical a few weeks ago and I was really dreading it. It had been a while since I had a physical & was afraid I had high BP and cholesterol and diabetes. But thank goodness I am healthy except for several pounds that I need to lose. *sigh* Why do I have to love food and sweets so much? haha. Anyway, that is one of my long term goals right now is to lose about 50lbs. We had drama in our household the last several days from my 12 year old. I always snap and can't seem to understand her drama. This morning I get a call from her using her teachers phone; she forgot her historical portrait essay on the office desk; she now has detention till 4pm! This is the 2nd time!!! I dont know what is up with her. Last night was spent watching tv and playing then whining when its time for bed. I asked her if she had everything in her backpack and she grumbled yes. The one hour after school is fine but what bugs me is the one grade letter down. so if she had an A paper, it becomes a B paper because it was late. And you know points add up. Report cards come home today and she knows she got straight As this time but now that she has had these detentions, it may go down next time. This is not like her at all and I dont know whats going on. Anyway, she is like your daughter in terms of fashion. She would never wear the same shirt twice to a rally or function. hehe. My hubby doesnt get that either. You are such a good mom to search high a

(oh gosh) hehe..and low for an MU shirt! Anyway the concert was loud and chaotic. We were in the mosh pit so close to the singers. Never again. I would rather sit in the chairs rather than standing for 4 hours. My kids enjoyed the experience but it was horrible to me and my ear drums. Fred Claus was a okay to me. the kids loved it. I had has a stressful morning so couldnt get into the jokes as much as I could have. Some things were funny though. Anway, I better get going. I dont have time to update my blog today but maybe tomorrow or the next day. Have a good week!