The Point.

What is the point in having a "Weigh-in Monday" if I always stay the SAME??? I think it has to be about a month now where nothing has happened here. I suppose if I didn't, I might actually gain. Oh well...persevere I guess.


I took David to get his blood work done for his peanut allergy. Hopefully, we shall know something in a week or so. He's never had a visible reaction to peanuts, but it showed up on a "scratch test" when he was 2. We were having him tested for a variety of things to see why he constantly needed to be on inhalers then. That was all pointless. Making sure he had no contact with peanuts didn't make a difference in his health. Anyhoo...he hasn't needed inhalers etc. for awhile since he's either "grown out" of all of this, or my "natural" fixes worked. Since I didn't want to just feed him peanut butter sandwiches to see what would happen, I had him tested again. Once again, the scratch test indicated he was allergic to peanuts. The Allergist said that scratch tests can give false positives alot, so then she decided on blood work. Regardless of the outcome on the blood work, they're going to incrementally slip peanuts into his system in a controlled environment and then measure his bodies' reaction to it. So don't ask me why we needed the blood work---because she said that can give false positives too, but they were more reliable. The only reason they're doing this--even though the tests indicate an allergy--is because he's had no visible reaction to contact with peanuts. That confounds them somewhat.

We shall see what we shall see.

I'm working on a couple of other things here, but nothing I'm posting about. One's a disappointment...and the other is disappointing too...so I'll just keep it to myself. Even in our disappointments we learn things. I've learned I'm not as spiritually mature or just plain mature as I'd like to be in my reaction to things. Just when you think you're doing pretty good---you find out you have a lot of issues to resolve yet. I've always known I was saved at a young age because it takes me sooooooooo long to get ahold of basic truths--and I tend to have to learn the hard way sometimes. Thankfully, not too often. Still struggling with the basics of peace, self-control, patience...OK...the whole set of the Fruits of the Spirit!

...and if I just had more sleep, everything would be SO much easier!! And that in itself, is a learning experience. I'm learning how much one can do without sleep--and the fact that you are just as responsible for your attitude and reactions--even when sleep-deprived.