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[Summer2018]

SELF-CARE SUNDAY

Today…be easy on yourself…be gentle with yourself.

 

[PAsFab5]

We’re here! Just finished dinner since there were some serious hu-motional things occurring but it’s all good now. Flight was great until like half an hour prior to landing when we hit some nasty turbulence but the kids were rock stars and then the guy from quick transportation texted me he was pulling into the airport just as we were coming up the little airplane tunnel thingy. Very clean car and friendly (although not chatty) driver.
Let the walking to burn off junk food commence!

Have so much fun!!! Excited to hear about your trip!!!

 

[PAsFab5]

For yesterday I got:


Which is not really something I enjoy but if the boat is dropping me off at a beach then ok LOL!

I took a nap today for self care after church, coffee bar and lunch at Hoss’s with DH. I am covering for my team lead this week at work so I need to rest up Lol!!

 

[newski_mom]

Here's what I got for Saturday - and I definitely agree with it!

I've been off the boards for a few days - DH, DS and I went on a little trip with my sis-IL and BIL to KC for a baseball weekend. DH, DS and I have a goal of going to all 30 MLB stadiums over time. This makes number 11 and SIL and BIL wanted to join. We had never been to Kansas City and had a great time. It's about a 4.5 hour drive from here, so a good distance for the quick getaway.

Anyway, glad to be back and caught up. I'm ready for take on the new week!

 

[newski_mom]

What's motivating you to chase your dreams this week?

 

[Summer2018]

Yesterday was my friend’s funeral. My DD and her BF came in from two states away to be there with DH and I. I was so glad because I was a wreck. The entire drive there I thought I was going to throw up. When I saw DD, I calmed down. When I shared my condolences with her family and told them how much she made me laugh and that she would always be with us, I could see that it comforted them. She was a dynamo…physically fit…hilariously entertaining…generous…and much too young to die. I will never make sense of this.

 

[Summer2018]

I’m ready to start taking care of myself again. I immediately lost 3 pounds of the 27 pounds I gained mourning the death of my brother. The last time I gained so much weight in such a short time was when my mother died. Meanwhile when my BFF’s father died, she lost 54 pounds! I wish that’s how I dealt with grief.

Anyway, I have lost the first three pounds. Putting my friend’s funeral behind me, I feel better. The headache is still lingering but it’s not as intense as it was the day she died. I’m getting more acupuncture this morning which should help.

It feels good to be back.

 

[piglet1979]

The weekend went great. I went to the county fair on Friday with DH. I always go to a different county fair going back to when I was a kid in 4-H and that one is superior to this one. I just wasn't able to make it to that one so I went to the one in my county. DH and I walked around and got food. For the last 30-40 years I have gotten a sausage sandwich and fries from the same places. I was so excited when I found the exact 2 at the one that I went to on Friday. I was a very happy camper that night.

Saturday I went to the high school alumni soccer game. DS didn't play because they really didn't advertise it and by the time we knew (Thursday) he was already working. But it was fun to see some of the kids play that I have watched through the years. I am kind of missing the fall schedule I used to have. It was always busy but watching the kids play and hanging out with my friends (had kids on the teams too) is what I miss the most.

Sunday DD had a horse show. She was better then any of the others this year. She switched to doing ranching this year so it was something new and she has been working hard at learning it. There are always 2 people in her class that do really well and always gets first and second. DD beat one of them this time and got a 2nd in both of her classes.

I did the quiz and got boating. Unless it is a cruise I am not a boat person plus I get seasick. We are going on a cruise for our anniversary to see ow I do. I am going to take Bonin before getting on the boat (last cruise I didn't since I was never seasick before) and I also got the patch. If I do good we will go on more. I am not a beach person either. I do not like wet sand on my feet.

My motivation for the week is to continue with walking and doing stairs to be prepared for the cruise. We don't want to take the elevator.

 

[Oneanne]

For Saturday I got "beach", which is fitting considering we have beaches on three sides. That quiz did really get me in an autumnal mood tho.

Part of my dysregulation has been for my day-dreaming thoughts to be totally disconnected from my real life, and it kind of disconnects me from my real life on a physical level as well. That is starting to fade away and I'm starting to wake up. This should help me do the things I need to do, so possibly this will finally be the week where I get myself together. That and the Olympics being over so I'm not sitting in front of the tv every evening... altho I did get sucked in to binge watching 'One Day' yesterday, so maybe not so much change on the tv thing.

 

[Oneanne]

Just saw this on my IG feed and thought I'd share:

Things I can control:

• how I speak to myself
• how I move my body
• how I nourish my body
• how I treat others
• my response to situations
• setting healthy boundaries
• what I see on my phone and TV

I'm going to carry this thru the week.

 

[newski_mom]

Yesterday was my friend’s funeral. My DD and her BF came in from two states away to be there with DH and I. I was so glad because I was a wreck. The entire drive there I thought I was going to throw up. When I saw DD, I calmed down. When I shared my condolences with her family and told them how much she made me laugh and that she would always be with us, I could see that it comforted them. She was a dynamo…physically fit…hilariously entertaining…generous…and much too young to die. I will never make sense of this.

That had to be so hard. It was so special for your DD and her BF to come and support you

I’m ready to start taking care of myself again. I immediately lost 3 pounds of the 27 pounds I gained mourning the death of my brother. The last time I gained so much weight in such a short time was when my mother died. Meanwhile when my BFF’s father died, she lost 54 pounds! I wish that’s how I dealt with grief.

Anyway, I have lost the first three pounds. Putting my friend’s funeral behind me, I feel better. The headache is still lingering but it’s not as intense as it was the day she died. I’m getting more acupuncture this morning which should help.

It feels good to be back.

3 pounds is a great start! It always feels so good to get back to taking care of ourselves and our goals!

The weekend went great. I went to the county fair on Friday with DH. I always go to a different county fair going back to when I was a kid in 4-H and that one is superior to this one. I just wasn't able to make it to that one so I went to the one in my county. DH and I walked around and got food. For the last 30-40 years I have gotten a sausage sandwich and fries from the same places. I was so excited when I found the exact 2 at the one that I went to on Friday. I was a very happy camper that night.

Saturday I went to the high school alumni soccer game. DS didn't play because they really didn't advertise it and by the time we knew (Thursday) he was already working. But it was fun to see some of the kids play that I have watched through the years. I am kind of missing the fall schedule I used to have. It was always busy but watching the kids play and hanging out with my friends (had kids on the teams too) is what I miss the most.

Sunday DD had a horse show. She was better then any of the others this year. She switched to doing ranching this year so it was something new and she has been working hard at learning it. There are always 2 people in her class that do really well and always gets first and second. DD beat one of them this time and got a 2nd in both of her classes.

I did the quiz and got boating. Unless it is a cruise I am not a boat person plus I get seasick. We are going on a cruise for our anniversary to see ow I do. I am going to take Bonin before getting on the boat (last cruise I didn't since I was never seasick before) and I also got the patch. If I do good we will go on more. I am not a beach person either. I do not like wet sand on my feet.

My motivation for the week is to continue with walking and doing stairs to be prepared for the cruise. We don't want to take the elevator.

Sounds like a great weekend! Congratulations to your DD!

For Saturday I got "beach", which is fitting considering we have beaches on three sides. That quiz did really get me in an autumnal mood tho.

Part of my dysregulation has been for my day-dreaming thoughts to be totally disconnected from my real life, and it kind of disconnects me from my real life on a physical level as well. That is starting to fade away and I'm starting to wake up. This should help me do the things I need to do, so possibly this will finally be the week where I get myself together. That and the Olympics being over so I'm not sitting in front of the tv every evening... altho I did get sucked in to binge watching 'One Day' yesterday, so maybe not so much change on the tv thing.

It is so easy to get sucked into the binge watching!

Just saw this on my IG feed and thought I'd share:

Things I can control:

• how I speak to myself
• how I move my body
• how I nourish my body
• how I treat others
• my response to situations
• setting healthy boundaries
• what I see on my phone and TV

I'm going to carry this thru the week.

That is a great list! So true but so easy to forget!

 

[newski_mom]

We should be proud of even the seemingly small victories! Do you have any way that you celebrate the small things?

 

[Oneanne]

I'm so consistently self-indulgent it would be hard to identify something that was specifically a reward.

In the mornings I've started to have the really deep cough that comes from having food with lectin, so my sensitivity has gone back up. Not eating said foods is basically an elimination diet, so yesterday I read up on suggested foods and meal plans to refresh my memory and went grocery shopping. But I'm determined that this change doesn't feel restrictive and that I don't just stop eating because it's so hard (then totally give up), so I'm easing into it... hopefully I'll be able to avoid the kill-all-the-things phase.

 

[newski_mom]

I'm kind of the opposite of self-indulgent (except when it comes to spending on traveling). Luckily, I don't really want for much, but when I do, i have a hard time splurging on it. Maybe I could go through my amazon cart and look at some of the things I've put in there recently and make one of them a reward. I typically don't set up specific rewards though.

 

[Summer2018]

Rewarding myself doesn’t work. If I want something I get it as long as I can afford it. I work hard, so I feel like I deserve it.

My way to celebrate is to tell my DD and friends.

 

[newski_mom]

Happy Wednesday! What are you WooHoo-ing today?

 

[Summer2018]

WOO HOO! I was smart enough to find the new member of my kindergarten team on social media, become friendly, introduce her to the rest of my team through a group text, and begin collaborating before we even met.

WOO HOO! My kindergarten team is meeting up for lunch at a very nice restaurant on Friday!

WOO HOO! The custodians have agreed to give teachers access to the building beginning Monday, 3 days before school starts! The past two years we had no access to set up our rooms before teachers’ first day, so we sat in meetings and workshops not paying attention. All we could think about was EVERYTHING we had to do…move our furniture back into place…unpack everything we had to stow away to protect it from summer school…and set up our classroom. In previous years we had a week minimum, and sometimes two full weeks. Trust me, those three days will be very much appreciated.

WOO HOO! Acupuncture is working!!! I still have a mild headache but nothing like before!

 

[Oneanne]

Woohoo... woke up to sunshine streaming thru the bedroom window this morning, after a few days of very autumnal grayness. It's nice to feel like we're back in summer.

Woohoo... the color I had put on my hair last week was supposed to be silver but came out quite lavender and no color took on the (healthy) roots. I told her I wanted to live with a few days to figure out how to fix it, mostly because I hadn't thought about going to lavender. I've decided I really like it so today when I have my fix-it appointment we'll just concentrate on getting the roots colored. So, woohoo for having fun hair color.

And woohoo... the zinc really does seem to be making a difference, both mentally and physically. And I put together a pretty good food day yesterday eliminating and reducing the problematic foods.

 

[piglet1979]

I am woohooing that our area is getting back to normal after the tornados (5 confirmed. One confirmed last night so they are still surveying). Power has been restored and now it is just clean up. I hope to never see this again. This is very not normal for our area.

DD still has a cough so she needs to see the Pulmonologist. It has been about a month and has only gotten a little better. Basically her coughing fits are not lasting as long but she still has a lot of them.

DD also gets to see her Hematologist in September. She is getting her wisdom teeth out in December and we need to put a plan together. Nothing is ever easy with this child.

 

[newski_mom]