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Can you please get off my yoga mat?

So this past week, narcolepsy has been winning. I have unintentionally taken a few 3-4 hour naps over the past week. Now before you say, "you're so lucky, I would love to nap." I do LOVE to nap, I love to intentionally nap. You know, to turn on the fan and turn off the lights, put pandora on and set a sleep timer :) yes. But when I sit down to work on a research paper and wake up FOUR hours later, it is no fun. My sleeve (Gilbert) does not always absorb my medication correctly, some days he wants me to be useless and sleep all day.
On Tuesday, I again slept through my planned gym schedule. So to show Gilbert who is boss, I grabbed a jump rope and my yoga mat and walked out into a little piece of heaven, on Brunner Street.  If you know Sandy, she likes to get unclose and personal.
In this photo, she was technically not on the yoga mat, but she had been! I jumped rope first. Here is Charlie, being all cool.
It was a good quick workout, and it reminded me, that I cannot be my own excuse. 
I have spent most of this week attempting to have my 3 month post-op labs drawn. It took 3 days of fasting each morning, a few phone calls, and two emails. It finally happened today, 8 tubes later and I was a happy camper. To date I have lost 46.8lbs. I feel amazing and I feel hopeful that all the lab work will reflect that also. 
I have been sleep walking again, if you see me on the West Side, please lead me back home. 
Kim and I started our LIFE study this week, God is already revealing things to us and reminding us of priorities. 
I have honestly neglected quiet time recently, not totally, but I have not been intentional about it. I have started a podcast from Church of The Highlands, about Soul Detox and Spirit Detox, so far it's a good word!

Love you guys

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