Second Week of the New Year

         
Mermaid Family by Lillian
  THIS WEEK: Healthier, happier, taking care of business, counting down until The Big Change (Obama).

World
  • Plane went down in Hudson River after take-off. Everyone survive. The first image was captured on an iPhone and uploaded via Twitter. It is the metaphor for something--sobriety, the Fellowship, the American people. I don't know. But it is a miracle.
  • Obama is going to be sworn in next week, and, unlike his predecessor, he will be handed a country in crisis.
Work
  • Working on Personalized Medicine, Continuous Learning and getting my head around the complexity of projects the Dr. Stead is working on.
  • Kristy Sinkfield is headed to Washington for the Inaugruation.
  • The Innovation Center team did 1/2 day session on the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team after receiving our Meyers-Briggs personality assessments.
I am an INFP (which hasn't changed since I took the test in college):
Idealistic, loyal to their values and to people who are important to them. Want an external life that is congruent with their values. Curious, quick to see possibilities, can be catalysts for implementing ideas. Seek to understand people and to help them fulfill their potential. Adaptable, flexible, and accepting unless a value is threatened [in which case they act like a complete jackass].
Life
  • Ed and I met Friday at O'Brien. Discussed the recent impulse purchased of Dave Matthews tickets ($430+) and the need for marital counseling, RE: ess-eee-ex, or lack thereof.
  • D. has suggested more than once that I find new meeting/homegroup which Ed says: "I'd fight to the mat on that one."
  • Lucy started walking (video) and then tried to convince us she forgot to crawl (video)
  • Meanwhile Lillian's art continues to get cooler and trippier (see "alien spider").
Health Met with Glynn D., who will make a great match as a conselor with his experience with 12-step programs and easy, laid-back style. In two 1-hour sessions we have covered and amazing amount of ground: family of origin, marital history, physical symptoms. I'll be headed back for more. He has been the only professional to suggest that perhaps I have been ADHD my whole life. Of course, when I was in school, they didn't diagnose that condition. Kids like me just sat in the back row and hoped we wouldn't get called on! Other health updates:
  • Continued taking generic version of Lexpro for last month (feeling sooo much better)
  • Have begun (for the most part) bringing my lunch and keeping it to fruit and snack bars.
  • Down to 234 lbs!
  • All the girls are finally off the antibiotics.