{7qt} life lately

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1. I blogged! I blogged!

When was the last time I wrote a 7 quick takes post? I do not even remember. 

For my first take ~ a pregnancy update.

I am now 31 weeks + 2 days. My prediction is that I won't make it to my due date. 

-- first because this is my 7th. 

-- second because I have gestational diabetes and  Rose will probably be a big baby. 

My sugars are not super out of control. My fasting BG are between 95-101. My postprandial BG 1 hour are all below 125. I am actually losing weight (per my home scale). I am curious what my weight will be next week when I go to the office. I will be 32 weeks then and will start my weekly NSTs. 

The fatigue is crazy for this pregnancy. I long to sit or put my feet up. I cannot stand for long periods of time. I don't even carry Nash for a long time either. He sits on my lap and cuddles with me on the couch. He loves to bounce off of my belly. It is not a comfortable game. 

2. Are you done with your Christmas shopping?

I am actually >50% done. Because of the pandemic and lack of traveling and extra curricular activities with the children, I prepped their list waaaaay before Thanksgiving. I shopped quite a bit during  Thanksgiving week. It was insane seeing Black Friday deals the day before Thanksgiving. I did most of the shopping last week than what I did on Cyber Monday. 

Some notable sales ~ Old Navy currently has 25% off sale. (It was 50% off last week!)

Target ~ where I bought of the children's toys ~ if you're part of the Target circle, there's 10% off on your online order. I got toys that were still full priced. I have been stalking them since Thanksgiving week and they did not put them on sale. Not even during Cyber Monday. When I saw the extra 10% off, I used it right away!

3. Twelve days of Christmas Book giveaway

I am sponsoring a book for the twelve days of Christmas Book giveaway that's running live right now on Instagram. Be sure to enter and win all those great books. 

4. We survived the first week of e-Learning. 

I say WE, but truly, it's Derrick and the children survived it! Props for my husband who is now sharing the library (his work area) with our first grader. I give props to the teachers as well for adjusting to this new way of teaching. My third grader thrives with the schedule. She said it is less stressful this second go-round compared to the quarantine months when I was their teacher. 

5. Prayer request

-- Baby Agnes as she recovers from spinal surgery

-- Beckett and his family

-- Britt (Agnes' mom) who will start chemo soon

-- Safety and protection against covid. 

-- Frontline workers, those in the ICUs, ERs, urgent cares. 

6. Work

We are transitioning to more virtual visits again. It is not quite the same as the shutdown of clinics back in April and May. But most of my returns will be virtual appts to decrease foot traffic in clinic. 

I am trying my best to be as careful as I can be at work. 

I go back to my office where I am alone to eat my lunch. 

I don't drink my water in the work area where other docs and learners are present. 

I wear eye protection which is recommended but not mandatory in our health system (unless treating covid pts of course).

I was advised by my OB to exclude myself from direct patient care with someone with covid. But if I have to, she said I should  do the full she-bang and garb up, suit up, N95 masks, face shield and all. 

Being a neurologist and a consultant, I am not really at the front lines.  Our team does not have a primary service at the hospital either. So when I cover a weekend at 34 weeks, if there's a covid pending or covid positive patient, I can do a provider-to-provider consult. 

7. Never in a million years would I see myself selling makeup. But here I am!

I became a BC consultant this week. I was introduced to Beautycounter by my friend, Stephanie. She sent me an eye shadow palette that I fell in love with. The quality of the pigments is amazing! Every time  there's a sale, I grab a few more items. 

Why did I do it?

First the discount! I won't lie. I love a good discount as a consultant. I already like the brand and its mission. The products are of good quality (and clean!)

Second Stephanie. She's a great mentor. 

Third I am already sharing BC on my ig account. Stephanie was right.  I might as well share my OWN link. 

From the November sale, I got the following items (and I cannot wait to share them with y'all):

-skin twin concealer

-conditioning lipstick

-luminous lids cream

I have already shared:

Golden hour all-in-one palette - here's the IG Reels

Eye shadow palette STATEMENT - another IG reel

Eye shadow palette CLASSIC - IGTV

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thoughts of a headmistress and an MD

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It's day three of homeschooling.
What a contrast of last week and this week. I had long days as the neurology consult doc week ending Friday the 13th. This week,  I am running the Delima academy. I am the headmistress of our "boarding school." At least I like to think I am the headmistress. Sounds British and foreign...






Fortunately, I have amazing colleagues that help each other. Nonurgent visits have been cancelled. Not all physicians need to show up for 1-2 patients. We consolidated by having a "clinic doctor" to cover the day.  Therefore this week, I am able to focus on the children's schoolwork. I am not sure how long we will have e-learning/quaran-teaching so I am truly invested in my children's education. Everything is still up in the air. Will they lengthen the schoolyear till June? Will they just let us homeschool then test then see if they are ok moving to the next grade>

Today, as a physician, I answered patient messages.  I also screened my next week's schedule and sent messages:
reschedule nonurgent
vs
urgent.


Having to juggle work and then homeschool was not easy. Understatement huh? All I did was send messages. I did not call patients. It was not doable in a crazy, chaotic,  loud home.

I definitely feel for y'all who have to work full-time, attend virtual meetings and phone calls, care for children, teach them. I had several moments that I raised my voice and spoke in a non-loving way today. A couple of times, I went to the dining room (Derrick's makeshift office) to vent my frustrations.

I have been posting stories and videos of our homeschooling journey. I want to remember the gift of staying at home, pausing and being with the children. I share our schedule here not to make people feel unequipped because we have it altogether. It's the opposite! This schedule has been thrown off 30 mins to 1 hour and we have only been doing this x 3 days.  I am also embarrassed to say that we have skipped exercise. The children went outside to play. I should just make that my yoga/stretching/barre/ANY movement is good time.







Let's end this blog post with a thankful list:
Colleagues who take initiative and plan the week.
Colleagues who cover for me so I can focus on the children's work.
Husband who helps out despite having to work from home.
Internet so we can facetime, zoom, skype, FB chat with family and friends.
Pens that made my lesson plan nice and pretty.
Doodling with Mo Willems. Now I can draw pigeons, Gerald's face and Piggie's face.
Lesson plans and worksheets from schoolteachers. I just implement what they already prepared.
Healthcare workers in the front lines
Wine




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discover conner prairie {seven must see and do}

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We visited Conner Prairie for the first time! Conner Prairie is a living history museum with outdoor experiences and also  a hands-on indoor STEM-based area.
Below, I am highlighting seven must-see and do for first-time visitors.

first day of school

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New kicks
Daniel's here
Isabel's here, exact ones

D's backpack is PB Kids, Justice League in large size. Thanks Uncle B.
Isabel's Glitter Ballerina Backpack is being shipped. It was not available at the store so it was not ready for the first day of school. Not a big deal. Her backpack from Kindergarten is still functional.


Free shipping until 8/10/18 with code: SUNSHINE.

month of may

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// accessories //

floral dress, DCB, similar
LK Bennett heels, my fave!
Louis Cluny BB, similar here (Tory Burch) or here (Michael Kors)
accessories ~ ring bought here, flower headband similar, pearl bracelet (philippines)

end of the schoolyear thoughts

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// red mini bags //

what I wore at a hospital-wide presentation~
black bell sleeve top, jcrew factory
Ferragamo ballet flats, scored from rue la la
tights, jcrew
skirt, nordstrom rack
Chanel mini

After these photos were taken, I had this look of horror. I thought I was wearing a red pencil skirt. But the photos made the skirt look more bright pink (!) Since I thought I was wearing a red skirt, I wore my red Ferragamo flats. It was still cold during the presentation, so I wore  some tights. I thought they are black but in some angles, they are dark blue! Wow.... this outfit just kept getting worse! Add the Chanel mini ~ wrong shade of red.... again....

first day

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back to school outfit ~
pique polo shirts, here and here
New kicks, thanks auntie Feli! Daniel's here, Isabel's here
socks, crew cut here
shorts

summer where did you go?

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girls' outfits
Lucy's striped polo dress from my auntie MaryAnn
saltwaters via eBay
Isabel's dress, also a gift, similar
sandals c/o Freshly Picked

my outfit
top, hautelook, old
jcrew skirt, old
saltwater sandals
bangles from India, from my great aunt, similar
sunglasses, similar

markers all the way

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I was approached by Alicia to link up for this week's topic at the Zelie group. St. Zelie is special to me because she's the mom of St. Therese of Lisieux. My Lucy Therese is named after St. Therese.

This week's topic is back to school.

 

 

first week of school

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The girls and I
top, BR
skirt, Jcrew, thrifted
Valentino rockstud espadrilles, LOVE THEM
Louis Vuitton Montaigne MM

 

 

My older two are back in school. D had his first day of second grade yesterday. Today is Isabel's first day at TK.

What is TK?
Transitional kindergarten.

It's geared towards children who are close to turning 5 years old and are ready for kindergarten but the birthday cut off did not allow them to join the Kindergarteners this year.

Transitional Kindergarten is a special preschool program at our parish school. Not all places offer TK.  It's a practice kindergarten  year essentially.

There was a lot of complaints here in Indiana when kindergarten went to full day several years ago.
I went to a preschool program in the Philippines. I also went to full day Kindergarten. I turned out ok, did not I?

how we party as a first grader

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As room parent, I get to organize class parties. My first graders had their 2nd of 3 parties. (First one was Halloween -- but I missed it since I had to work. hence the lack of photos).



There were 4 stations. I had two other moms volunteer so that helped me and the first grade teacher. 



Station 1 - Christmas cards
The class made cards to give to  children hospitalized at our local hospital. I am so proud of their work. I brought the cards last week to the charge nurses of the surgical unit and the general peds floor. They were thrilled to receive such thoughtful cards. I wish I could share the photos of the nurses or the children getting these cards -- but we have to protect their privacy. 

Station 2 - dress up Santa
I asked the parents to donate black and red streamers, bags of cotton balls and masking tape. The children each took turns getting dressed up as Santa. They had to be creative making santa's suit and beard etc.  (I was in the other room so  I have no pictures to share)


Station 3 - no sew sock baby Jesus
I followed Lacy's craft. 

I bought all the materials from Walmart.
rubber bands
lunch paper bags
cotton balls
boys socks size small - crew cut/long ones
yarn
scissors (from the class)
not shown (pink and black sharpies)

The first graders were so proud of their baby Jesus. I taught them how to swaddle their baby. They wanted to draw Jesus' face on their own. One even had hair peeking out of the hat. 


Station 4 snacks!
Christmas cookie and popcorn and juice


The children had so much fun. It was another successful party!


--Join me tomorrow for the What we wore on Christmas link-up. I'd love to see your reds and greens and golds! If you'd like, share the Christmas feast and treats and the gift wrapping clean-up or aftermath of Christmas morning! :)

see ya. 

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when all else fails, wear black

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stripes 

black skinnies

lipstick 

Sunnies 

watch 

flats via zulily

Handbag

There's no denying it... Black is here to stay in my wardrobe.
Did I dress the part when I chaperoned the first graders? Felt weird wearing ripped jeans but at least they are not as ripped as these.


Sharing these black skinnies - So, so cute! they are midwaist and perfect.

These flats are a win from my zulily shopping in 2014. They are almost 2 years old and going strong. Here's some similar ones....

How about you? what's your "new" color? Mine is still pink.. but as I get older, I have more and more blacks and neutrals in my closet. 

Linking up with Holly, Sarah, Doranda, Morgan, Leanne, Elizabeth, Elena,  Madeline,  Jaymie,  Sydney, Danielle, Grace, Brooke.

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