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By Rebecca Duerrwaechter
The past two weeks have been pretty great! I've been trying to get a position in another career that will be great for me and my family. I've received two conditional offers so I pretty much just have to follow through with the hiring process. It's part time so I would still be able to focus on family, health, and fitness.

Because I've been working to get this position, I've been pretty busy. This means lots of travel time. I have been traveling to job interviews, assessments, ect. that have all been in Nashville. I was thinking it was going to be somewhat difficult eating healthy while driving but it actually wasn't. I packed a thermal filled with delicious goodies like: cashews, dates, sandwich, Lara bar, bananas and applesauce. I did forget my lunch once and I learned my lesson. I stopped at Taco Bell since it was the only stop that I could see besides McDonalds and Burger King. I ordered some food with no cheese and they put every kind of cheese plus sour cream on it. I asked them to fix it and they were rude and after the third try only one had no cheese. Normally I never have problems at any fast food (including taco bell) but I guess I had bad luck this time. After that experience I triple checked that my thermal was in the car before I left.


In other news, I had a medical appointment last week and my blood pressure has dropped! Last time I had it checked was when I was having chronic migraines (November - January). My systolic BP was just a tad over 120 then. I had it checked last Thursday (April) and it's now 90! How great is that! I lowered my BP by eating more plants and by exercising.

My migraines are keeping at bay as well. This means I can enjoy more time outside with the family, exercising, watching movies, and so much more.


Lando enjoying some time outside. I love being able to go out in the sun now that I am migraine free!


Lando helping me exercise.

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