Day 2

Yesterday wasn't a great day, but for reasons not having anything to do with the motivation behind this blog.  I did get off work early, which was nice.  However, I get off work early every Monday so I can take my oldest son to Counseling.  It's not a whole lot of fun to be told of things you're doing wrong as a parent.  That doesn't mean the advice isn't sometimes valid, but sometimes it's just irritating.  While there may certainly be some fundamental things I could do differently, often I'm left wondering how someone who has met my son 5 or 6 times can debate the effectiveness of the way I react to him sometimes.  I know, we all see our children as unique and unlike any other child when, in reality, most children at that age will respond in a similar fashion.  However, that doesn't detract from the differences in personality from child to child and that's where I have difficulty fully committing to what I'm being told.  I realize you reading this might look at what I'm writing as another parent being over-protective in one way or another.  I might sometimes feel the counselor doesn't fully understand my son and how to deal with him in specific situations.  Likely, the resolution and truth is somewhere in the middle.

I also had a bit of an argument with my girlfriend last night.  Actually, I don't even think argument is the right word.  There was just something off and I'm not sure what.  Her and I are actually both supposed to be taking the day off today, so hopefully we can still do that.  It's been a while since we've really had any time to do something with just the two of us, so it'd be a really nice break.

Anyway, now that I'm done with the "poor me" section of the blog:  I weighed in at 259.2 pounds this morning.  That's a loss of 4.2 pounds on the first day.  Granted, the majority of that is going to be water weight, but it feels like a good start nonetheless.  I actually weighed myself 4 different times and the 259.2 was the highest number read, so I know the scale wasn't sitting on something or anything like that.

I'm on my way to work and hoping to get out of there soon so I can take some time with my girlfriend, so I need to get some work done.  I'll check back in a while.