60-Day Challenge Check-In Post 5/12-5/18

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[Moxie]

I am doing amazingly well this time around. I've worn my retainer every night so far, and have managed a little bit of journal writing every day. Even if most of it is lists, and questions, it's still something.

[enu]

Thanks SO much for doing this! I have read a whole book. 625 or so pages! First one in HALF a year, and yeah, I'm a flippin' librarian... Next, on to popular NON fiction - I have Simon Winchester's latest waiting for me on reserve - and who knows, I may read something serious again some day. Maybe.

Also got into pool twice this weekend, first day was a disaster - 4 lengths of excrutiating pain; second day, I decided to just accept the pain as a given, and it didn't get worse, actually got a little better - that doesn't happen when I walk, it just gets worse and worse - did my "usual" (pre-cancer) 30 lengths. I also decided to stop worrying so much about the scars and got a more comfortable suit that doesn't cover everything. So I guess I can expect some comments from toddlers, but I'll just deal.

Thank you, thank you thank you for the challenge!

[hedra]

The backs of my legs are sore from pulling invasives. And sure enough, smilax (catspaw, etc.) is one of the buggers. Now at least I know I absolutely MUST dig that one out by the roots. I also got a bunch of grass clumps out of the wildlife garden, and put in the 'half-price-and-free' plants I got by showing up really LATE at the church plant sale ($3 for two ostrich ferns, 4 lambs ears, 5 native yellow violets, and a pink creeping phlox, WOO!). Oh, and I found some poison ivy in the middle of the same garden. Sigh. So, I think that was 3 or 4 days out of seven, not five days. Not shabby, but not my goal, so will be working on that a bit more.

Blogging is doing okay-ish - mainly slow because I'm still working out the details of how to do the speaking part of the Montessori presentation (which I count). And no, I haven't mailed out the final version, busy weekend and didn't get the file from ep. Sigh. Will likely have something up today, though (home with sick child).

[hedra]

@enu, I still remember the first time I saw a woman with a mastectomy scar. I must have been just out of toddlerhood (we didn't do pool stuff after we moved away from California). Yes, I stared. But I was also really impressed by the fact that the woman was really calm (or seemed so to me) about showing what others (especially in lat 60's southern California) would have hidden. She became an instant role-model for me, though I'm sure she never knew it. Just in showing a bit of scar at the edge of her swim suit, I learned a huge amount about courage. I hope someone else gets the same lesson from you, too.

[Lisa]

I'm doing great! I've been lurking on your site and have started a 60-day Challenge with a group of my mom friends. I've t-tapped at least 5 nights/wk for the last 3 wks (I started my own challenge a bit earlier). I LOVE t-tapp b/c you can fine tune it to take a little or as much time as you'd like. I feel great even if the numbers aren't moving. Eating heathier choices, too.

[caramama]

I'm doing only okay.

1. I think 5 of the 7 days last week I had 2-3 servings of fruit/veggies. Those I didn't were because of my crazy busy schedule at work and home life, and I'm going to forgive myself.

2. Charting is going alright. I printed out charting paper from an online site (thanks for the suggestions, guys!), and I've taken my temp every morning I've woken up in my own bed (as opposed to sleeping in the nursery. I am feeling slightly more in touch with my cycles and starting to get ready to start trying again.

@enu - I think it's great you are swimming and not worrying about the scars showing. I really think it's good to expose questioning toddlers to things like scars so that they can ask questions and learn. It may feel hard to explain and be uncomfortable, but just think of hedra's example of how she looked up to the woman she saw!

[Emily]

I am really wanting to join this challenge (the last one got me flossing) but am stuck on what to do physically and still casting about for ideas. I am

a) very pregnant and forbidden to exercise (grrr) b/c of borderline low fluid.
b) about to leave on a 3-week trip for work.

This rules out prenatal yoga, regular long walks, regular intimacy, etc. Any ideas?

[Amanda]

I've been doing well with my reading, although I don't think I'm going to finish any one book since I keep skipping between 4 different ones.

As for the vitamins, I didn't take any yesterday and I've been eating such crap so I need to snap out of that. This should not be hard; swallow a pill 2x a day! Come on!

[Mommy-O]

@Enu, you are an inspiration to me. Thank you.

I did great on my physical goals last week and even got a couple of walks in.

Did my first TTapp for this week and water and vitamins going well. Going to stop the Omega 3's again due to burps and weird stomach.

Haven't done any journaling or reading yet but did have a good talk with DH about him leaving me responsible for birth control and therefore our sexlife (or lack therof). I am second-guessing my decision to get the Marina IUD inserted. It felt like my only option, besides abstinence, but now the whole risk of PID is starting to worry me.

[Katie B.]

My basic dental hygiene routine is going well; now I need to step it up and reintroduce some of the other steps. I hate that one of those steps is not eating for a bit, but hey, it's what I need to do to get my mouth back to healthy.

I have journaled/blogged TWICE in the last week. Not so good. Need to work on that more, but at least it's better than not at all...

[WireGryphon]

I'm learning to like the taste of food w/o all the salt poured on top. It has been challenging, but I'm definitely making progress. It's amazing to me - I have been a salt fiend for as long as I can remember.

I'm doing well on cutting back the negative self talk, too. I wasn't sure which of these goals would be harder, honestly. They were both such ingrained habits.

[paola]

I've been really good with both my challenges this week, but I'm still stressed the moment my 3 year old comes home from kindergarten. Perhaps I need to concentrate on doing 'something that will make my life easier', rather than the fun thing.

My challenge to not give in to sugar is going amazingly well- have stuck to only one sugar-fix everyday, including Saturday with the dinner at friends.

[Kristie]

I'm doing only so-so. On the exercise front I did Pilates once (out of my goal of twice) and I went on a long hike this weekend, which I am counting for my higher intensity exercise for the week (in addition to daily walking).

I didn't get my Bible verse memorized perfectly, but I did read it and consider it every night this week, so with the nursing hormones wreaking havoc on my memory I am taking this as a success.

[&BabyMakes75]

1. Due to heavy rain and high winds, not safe to bike today. Hopefully tomorrow...
2. Yay - although rushing around quite a bit early mornning, I was able to throw together a lunch today. (Love the 100-cal mini-bagels! So what if my turkey sandwich doesn't have any mustard; I'll survive...) I ate most of it by mid-morning, though so the challenge will be to avoid the vending machine in the late afternoon. I am trying to think in terms of feeling good about myself and future vs. very short term satisfaction of sugar etc.

[Abacaxi Mamao]

I washed my face 4 out of 7 nights during the first week, which is about 4 times more than I normally do, so that's progress!

And I wrote in my journal twice last week, which was my goal. Both times, I went to a coffee shop to write, which is a habit that I want to break, since I am trying to avoid all dairy and soy (due to digestive issues--lactose intolerant and apparently also soy intolerant or something) and I don't like to drink my coffee black. The first time, I drank coffee with soy milk and regretted it later. The second time, I got a delicious mango smoothie, and I got a kid size one to save on calories, but I still felt a little bad drinking it since it was chock full of sugar (but oh so yummy!). I used to drink coffee with a little mocha syrup and a little milk, which wasn't so bad calorie-wise... In addition to needing to wrest journal-writing away from its "coffee shop only" status due to the milk/soy/sugary drinks issue, I am also about to leave my job to go pursue some long-held dreams, so I want to get used to not spending money on those kinds of things.

[jbq+h]

I'm doing OK with my challenges.

I do wonder if walking around Boston wearing a 15-pound baby for two hours counts as one of my 3-5 exercises of the week, but I'll take it even though I didn't walk very fast. Counting that I did three out of five. Goal met!

Definitely didn't write every day, or even half of the days last week, but that's OK. It was more than not at all or once, so . . . but today I've already written.

Wait--I just remembered a very crazy dance party I had with my two year old on Friday. I think spinning her around for a half an hour totally counts. Right? Especially since she was in my arms for the bulk of the time . . .

So, four out of five!

[chaser]

On Friday I did 45 minutes of high-intensity cardio and felt like a million bucks! yay me! "I can do more than I realize."

Then over the weekend I ate with abandon. I had one meal of indulgence (which should be okay, right?) and then I just kept doing it, until today (Monday). Weekdays, I have a good routine, but the weekend (weak-end?), I treat it like it's a special occasion all day every day. I need to develop strategies for this. I need to cultivate the feeling that "what I have is enough."

[Sherry]

Sleep: I had two nights of eight-hour sleep and a couple of seven-hour nights. Not perfect but better.
Spiritual: Have read a "spiritual book" a couple of nights. No meditating or journaling. I just don't want to write "My husband is depressed, and that makes me sad" over and over.

[hedra]

@Sherry, I found when there was an aspect of my life that was pretty prominent and pretty much unmoving/unmovable, I tended to get much better work done on finding the little things I *could* work on in the 'underneath the mess' layer. A lot of my journals were dealing with blips, or going back and re-reading old journals and noting to myself where I was still doing the same stuff, or where I'd really grown but didn't give myself credit for it because I'd forgotten how much of a NIT I used to be. And some days, I'd just do stream of consciousness stuff, writing the same word over and over until it started something off. Anyway, good luck with that. It's hard when you have a big issue that you can't do much about at the moment.

[Catherine]

Drinking water is going well, as is having sex. I'm glad that I framed my goals as additions rather than subtractions -- my inner monologue tends to be literally negative, focusing on things I wish I didn't do (e.g., I eat too much at night, I drink too much diet Coke, I spend too much time online), so having goals that run counter to or just bypass that negativity is helpful. I actually *am* drinking noticeably less diet Coke because of the water-drinking, but I don't feel deprived because, hey, I could drink more if I wanted to. Something for me to keep in mind for the future, I think -- maybe focus on what I would like to eat more of (or when -- breakfast, I think it's called?), or what I'd like to spend more time on.

[Lisa F.]

Doing ok, journaling 5 out of 7 days.

going to bed by 10:30, not so great, the journaling has occasionally kept me up later, but to be honest, it's reading, I'm an addict for fiction and have stayed up WAY too late the past 3 nights & am noticeably tired & shorttempered & eating poorly.

(from last challenge, I am now flossing nightly, first time in forever, and I *like* it, super minty floss helps too!)

[piccolo]

So far, so good. Except for the three days of stomach flu (and couldn't keep anything down, much less a vitamin), I've gotten my daily vitamin in. I've meditated every night for 10 minutes, although for the stomach flu days, I did do the seated meditation lying down...

[ada]

Still doing well on the T-Tapp! I'm now doing every other day.

I'm going to change my 2nd goal of starting a meditatin practice. I thought it was something I wanted to pursue. But obviously it's not, as I haven't started it, nor do I even care that I haven't started it.

So I'm revising my spiritual/personal goal. I need to think about what I want to change it to.

[Chaosgirl]

I am so glad that the tree outside my window is in leaf. The green is so soothing.

Life is a bit chaotic -- you'd think that Chaosgirl would love that but it's done nothing for me lately (except get in the way of my physical and spiritual goals.)

Today I got back on track with a long walk. Tomorrow some yoga. As for the positive affirmations...I'm falling down on that one. DH and I are duking it out so it's tough to keep it together.

Oh, the wee one is up...teething sucks. Poor muffin....

[Charisse]

Halfway through Curse of Chalion, even stayed up too late reading last night, which is a good reason to stay up late imo.

Not bad on leaves every single day, even if not tons. Haven't had time for lunch today, but had some for breakfast and will figure out something for dinner.

[virgo]

Eeh, I've only been doing so-so with this challenge. Mother's Day threw off my healthy eating goal, as did the days leading to Mother's Day (as if they were a special occasion, too). Not to mention my birthday is this week, so there goes some cake and ice cream down the hatch. I have been keeping in mind the goal of living in the moment, which has been fairly successful so far. I'm not sure if it is having the desired effect on my mental or emotional state, however. I'm not sure what effect I thought it would have, but maybe it reveals itself little by little...

[lucybelle]

Ugh, crap. First week of the challenge hasn't gone at all well with either goal. They are, however, on my mind, which is better than not. I got sidetracked by a visit from my mum. It was very out of routine for us, but in a good way; three straight days of babysitting and baby care, leaving me with time to do errands unencumbered, and to get stuff done around home. I crammed as much as I could in there, but it didn't include my challenge goals. I guess you can only do so much at a time! She left yesterday so this week will be more normal. I know I can do better, so consider this post to be my "putting dirt on it" and moving on.

Side note: Caramama thank you for pointing to your post about getting in the mood. It has already borne results, and my husband and I are both much happier. Thank you, thank you!

[JB]

Despite the fact that this is the week we move cross-country (any Moxie moms in Spokane?), I have done pretty well with fruit and veggies (not 100% but maybe 75%) and I contacted not one, but TWO neglected friends last week. Totally empowering. I have more lined up for this week, but we'll see. Since the moving guys come tomorrow, I may cut myself some slack.

Hey, those of you who wrote in with all your stress, I'm still thinking about you.

[epeepunk]

So far, not so much exercise except during weekends.

And while I'm doing pretty well maintaining my calm (especially in the morning when the river of children is most sluggish), I was starting to lose it at the end of Sunday, and then realized that I hadn't taken my supplements that day - so every day for them now. Today I grumped at hedra, which I could have handled better.

My extension to not reacting in anger is to be considered in my actions, especially at work. A much more challenging task - but one that will serve me well in the future.

[caramama]

1. Definitely had 3 servings of fruits/veggies yesterday, thanks to hubby cutting up fruits as a snack instead of ice cream.
2. Charting going well. I got to wake up in my own bed this morning and take my temp!!

Emily - For something physical, have you considering eating goals or taking vitamin/fish oil goals? Physical doesn't have to be exercise. Mine is eating 3 servings of fruits/veggies a day.

lucybelle - I'm so glad it helped! I've given it a lot of thought over the years. ;-)

[Karen]

Ada - I don't want to discourage you from revising your mental/spiritual goal, but here are a couple of meditation-like practices that take just a few minutes, with little "technique", and can be done whenever the opportunity presents:

1) Wash your dishes, self, whatever, using a soap with a scent you like. Concentrate as fully as you can on whatever you are washing, the process of washing, and as your mind wanders, as it inevitably will, bring it back by refocusing on the scent of the soap, or some other remaining sensation (like the warmth of the water on your hands.)

2) Drink your preferred morning beverage actually paying attention to how it tastes and the entire range of sensations that you have in consuming it. As your mind starts to drift to planning your day, etc. acknowledge the thoughts and then gently guide your mind back to your beverage and how it tastes.

3) During an interaction with your child, pleasant or unpleasant-but-out-of-your-control, step back mentally and take in different things that you see, hear, and feel physically. Note your emotions and how they can come and go like waves, and set aside any action on them until you are done meditating/taking it all in.

4) While you are driving, stuck in traffic, or waiting on line, get rid of distractions like the radio and pay complete attention to your driving and your place in the jam (or focus on your breath, if you are standing in line), and mentally start wishing people around you well. Acknowledge that they have motivations and goals, likely different from yours, but motivations and goals nonetheless, and wish them safe passage and contentment. Then extend those wishes to the whole of humanity wrapped up just like you in this traffic/busy space/slow moving line. And when you notice someone "struggling" with his/her place in the whole, like that driver that just cut in front of you, don't label that driver right/wrong, good/bad, just accept that she is, wish her well, and refocus on your driving. And finally, wish yourself well, for safety in your continuing journey, but do this once you are parked, since this type of meditation can make one kind of emotional the first few times.

[m]

I've been pretty absent around here, which is a good thing! I've been weaning myself off the internet (not completely) and it's going quite well. I still compose blog posts in my head during the day, but it's so nice not to feel like I have to post something. Also, I've completely cut back on reading other people's blogs. It feels really good. I know I am eventually going to go back, but it's good to know that I'm cutting down on the obsessiveness that plagued me before. And it really helps that the weather has been so glorious here lately. Much rather be in the yard than at my screen.

Last week I submitted poems to two journals and an anthology, so I can check that off, too. This week....well, nothing yet, but I am making notes for a poem.

I also made a pack to a momfriend to take each other's toddler's one morning a week, so I'm hoping to use that time for writing. That starts next week. I just hope I can survive two two-year-olds and my three month old. As long as the weather holds up....

And my teeth brushing was pretty good! (Although I'm still embarrassed that this is my goal.) Only once last week did I not brush twice. Yay!

[ada]

Karen,

Thank you so much for the suggestions! I am going to use those starting today and keep with my original "goal."

BTW - I love this community! Everyone is so helpful and encouraging.

I'm *still* on track with my T-Tapping. I've completed my 4-day boot camp and have been doing BWO+ every other since then. I feel great. I've lost 5 1/2 inches already. And I can touch my toes for the first time in years.

[rowan+keaton+mama]

Physical is good. Getting out on the trails has been amazing physically and spiritually. Rowan and I count the ducks and geese and turtles we encounter and she sings "Blackbird" to every black bird we see. It's so beautiful to see nature through a toddler's eyes. Another big plus is Mr. Man sleeping for a half hour in the Babyhawk. This is a baby who DOES NOT SLEEP so I became incredibly overwrought with emotion on our stop off at the park Thursday. Happy toddler, sleeping baby- this is a very rare thing for us. Just before I started to tear up from sheer joy Rowangirl fell off the ladder she was trying to climb and erupted into tears so I was snapped back to reality fairly quickly but it really was a beautiful moment.
My journaling has gone fairly well. I set a low goal of 2x/wk because I was afraid it would bring out too many emotions I have pent up for years, but I'm handling it okay, and doing more than I expected. I don't dread it like I thought I would and today when I felt an anxiety attack kick in I reached for my pen instead of taking it out on my husband. He is eternally grateful to Moxie and her 60 day challenge=)!

[pnuts mama]

mother of god, i am really blowing this challenge already...
was doing better with eating/drinking and seem to have gone off again the past few days...it's getting warm again and my hands and feet are puffy- blergh.
was doing better with not losing my temper with the ones i love the most, then blew it big time the past few days as well. back on track today.
read one article for my chapter yesterday- have to write today since tomorrow's nap is moot due to a dr's appt./errands- augh!

positive self-talk: we are 33 weeks today!! whee!!

[paola]

@Karen

I really like your suggestions for handling stress and will try to implement them when the matter arises. I start to get all antsy the moment I need to multi-task(pre-schooler needs to go to the loo, little one crying that she wants to be picked up)and it has just dawned on me that it will always be a stressful situation and will not get better, and most probably will only get worse as the kids get bigger. So along with trying to manage the big things when I can (nap-time, evenings when kids are in bed)I need to try some stress-management stuff like what you have suggested. Thanks

[Nina M]

Doing ok... want to add more but have to wait until the semester's over.

Physical: Back to doing PT exercises, about half the time; lots of stretching, tho, which is good.

Mental/emotional: Not so good. Stress of the semester is spilling over and I'm having a hard time pushing back against negative thoughts. But I will keep trying! :)

Thanks for doing this! I'd love to do it again, once we get through this round. It makes creating a habit (or breaking one!) manageable.

[Mommy-O]

Still doing well on my physical goals. Did my second TTapp for the week yesterday. AND I have started flossing for some reason which is incredible. Flossed 2x last week and once this week which is more than I have done in months. Using those Plackers things helps.

Still haven't journaled yet, too tired, but did start reading. Don't have the state of mind for A New Earth yet but my neighbour leant me "Kitchen Table Wisdom" (which their therapist gave them) and "When the Body Says No". Kitchen Table Wisdom is spiritual and easy to get into. It's divided into short stories so I can have a quick read before bed or while nursing.

[emsgreen]

Ran Tuesday, took a nice long walk yesterday with pumpkin, and can't wait to run tonight.

[epeepunk]

And my stress level is dropping now - I got notification that I passed the last ARE section I took, so now I'm 2 for 3, and the failed one feels more like an aberration. OK, it's not really - I did fail it, but not because I suck as a person. Or failed to prepare properly all these months and have been wasting the patience of my fabulous DW. Yeah, that's been bubbling around some - and it sucks.

[hedra]

@ep - You're not wasting my patience.

Exercise... zip. I think I may get up to 3 a week. Which doesn't suck, but sometimes I need to aim higher than the reasonable goal just to get to the reasonable goal. I cut myself too much slack in some areas, I think.

Writing/blogging... okay, so we're doing the presentation tonight, so that's been sucking huge amounts of time and energy. But I'm going to count the fact that I've written about 10 half-posts (all drafts on the blog, not yet published), in the last week or so. Y'all can't see them from here, but I wrote them. I'm also still thinking through some of them - there are bits that got me started going 'wait, is this right? Is this good? is this a mistake?' and then got me going on trying a cleaner version of whatever it was (not so mushy), and now I have to re-write what I wrote. Oy. But good oy! Like, 'learned something' oy. (oh crud, now I've got that stupid yogurt commercial playing in my head...)

[Jess]

So this week has started out not so good-- I'm in the middle of finals week (econ PhD program) and I've gotten sick. No yoga thus far and though I've eaten healthy (fruit and veg, water, etc) I've definitely not stuck to Weight Watchers. I only want to lose 5-10lbs total, but am finding it really difficult! Oh well, back on the wagon... week's not over yet.

[caramama]

1. I'm doing pretty well with eating 3 servings of fruits/veggies a day.
2. Only okay with the charting. I have been working late after the little one is in bed and waking up with little one early, so no time to write stuff down and half the time can't take my temp at the right time or at all.

But on the spiritual side of number 2, the point was for me to start getting mentally and spiritually ready to start TTC again. And in that way, it really is helping. I'm thinking about it and feeling more in tune with my body. I also realized last night that I'm actually feeling mentally prepared to add another kid to the mix. I can actually do this!

[emsgreen]

Ran again last night, even though it was tough and I was exhausted from pumpkin keeping me up all night the night before. Felt 100% better afterwards. If I just keep reminding myself how much better I feel after I run I can hopefully keep up with it!

Still falling behind on the money managing thing. Seems like this is the one thing I stop thinking about the second I get even the tiniest bit busy. And pumpkin and I are flying across the country to visit my brother next week, which won't help the money situation at all.

[Lindz]

I've only been to two yoga classes in the past two weeks, so that's half way to what I wanted to be doing... At least I have a good reason for missing the last one (reason, not excuse)... My husband and I were having THE TALK... you know the one... the one that may mean more questions for Moxie about 9 months after we finish having the discussion...

And I'm doing pretty well at taking time to take stock of how I'm doing/feeling instead of just mindlessly losing myself in books/TV/video games... (See above talk for reference)

Now, if we could just get to the end of the talk...

[Girl Jen]

1. I rode my bike to work every day except Tuesday. The only reason I didn't ride that day was because there was snow on the ground when I woke up. I'm doing good! Hopefully, I can get a ride in over the weekend, too...but Liz hates her helmet, and I'd probably have to take her with me in the trailer, so I'm not sure I can go.

2. I haven't said a single swear word at home this week. I've let a few 'not-so-bad' swear words slip out at work. But the big accomplishment is this: I put a chain back on a bicycle, something I'd never done and that involved lots of grease and painful mistakes, without saying a single swear word!! (I really wanted to drop an f-bomb when I scraped my hand on the chain ring, too)

[hedra]

Was out late yesterday, doing the Montessori at home presentation. It went great. It was nice to feel at ease with the stuff I know, and know that I know it. And know what I don't know, too - one of the questions was on something we don't do so well at, but are working on now (teaching the kids to clean up - not just making them, or getting them to, but teaching them HOW to do it effectively, appropriately, etc. - harder when it is a skill nobody taught ME).

But, late night as a result, and that means no post up today. Sigh. Maybe Ep will let me put it up tonight, otherwise it will be tomorrow. Still, I wrote a little and thought a lot on it.

Now, what was my other one? Riiiight, exercise. Sigh. Not yet. BUT, tomorrow will be an outing, and loads of walking and stroller-pushing, and I know that means I'll end up with sore legs (uphill through unmowed grass in one area). So. That'll be 2 for the week, I think. Better than none!

[pnuts mama]

i might as well pretend this week didn't happen as far as my goals. it was a rough one emotionally and physically and i blew all of them successfully. ate not well enough to be attending to my puffiness, let myself get super stressed over minor things and blow up at the three people i love the most in this world regularly, and haven't written anything worth a damn since i've spent most of pnuts naps doing other things or sleeping myself.

i feel like next week could be better.

[Charisse]

Finished Curse of Chalion late last night as it was too hot to sleep in SF. (All SF folks are weather wimps of the first order--observed this before I moved here and now have joined the club.)

Still tracking well on the leaves except I missed Wednesday because I really wanted cucumber salad because it was hot.

No idea what the next book is. Maybe a re-read this time.

[Mommy-O]

Did my third TTapp today and trying to integrate kegels into my TTapp routine.

Also walked up to the grocery store pulling DD in wagon while DH carried DS in the carrier. It is so nice to think that this challenge is extending beyond ourselves to our families. We are definitely getting outside more.

Had my first counselling appointment on Friday which was really just an assessment to set goals. She seems nice and capable. She has a specialty in weight management so we'll see what that means and how much she knows about a nursing mom's dietary requirements.