My mom is my number one advocate and my best friend. I certainly wouldn't be where I am today without her. I go to my mom for advice constantly. I can't imagine how I would function without her. The other woman I couldn't live without is my BFF/soon to be ex-SIL. I swear that she is my soul mate. She talks me off the anxiety ledge almost daily. We are the same person and I love her dearly.
That is so great the you and your ex SIL are still really good friends - that can be hard
I think I might only have 1. My mom
She sounds like a strong lady - it takes a lot of courage to walk away from something like that.
She will always give me her honest opinion. I send her pictures all the time to make sure what I am wearing looks good. She will tell me that something doesn't look good because of my weight or even if it does not match (I am horrible at matching). She has been very encouraging when it comes to weight loss too. At times she can be tough on me about it but lately she has not been. She knows I am trying and she can see the difference.
The matching thing sending her pictures made me laugh - that is cute! Great to hear she is doing a little better supporting the weight loss
Well yesterday and today have been a little stressful. Since my grandfather has gone into an assisted living home my mom needed to find a home for his cat. She can't take him and neither can I because my step dad and husband are allergic. My aunt told my mom that she was going to call the vet on Monday to have the cat put to sleep because we haven't found a home yet. We found a home so the cat was saved. Well it didn't work out. There cats were attaching my grandpa's. We had yesterday to find a home before we were going to have to take her to a shelter. Luckily a co-worker of mine took her. We are really hoping this works out.
Yesterday's drive home from work was horrible. It normally takes me 30 minutes to get home and it took me 2 hours. we had a highway closed because a state trooper was hit and killed by a driver and another had a multi-car accident that closed that one. I am very thankful I was able to go home to my family when other were not able to. I have heard that there was another bad accident on another highway too at the same time. I am not sure what happened yesterday but people were driving like maniacs. Even on the side roads that I took home it was bad. I had drivers fly around me in the turning lane to then cut me off and others did this to then be stopped on train tracks. It was just a very crazy stressful drive. By the time I got home I had to turn around and leave with my mom to drop the cat off. So I really didn't get home until 7:30. I only needed about 2500 steps but was just done with the day and vegged out on the couch.
On top of all of this we are having some issues with my son's English class. He teacher has been on medical leave all year so far. She was in an accident and has a concussion. They have had different subs in there everyday. She now has a D in the class and I have no clue who to talk to about it. We get to see the kids grades as teachers input there grades on different papers. The program is showing that my son is missing 2 papers but he says he did them. I am talking to the team lead which his his math teacher and getting nowhere on who to talk to. My son even started crying to my husband while I was gone last night saying he is over worked. I will talk to him tonight and see what I can do to help him. I am starting to think the set up that they have with the 5th grades on a middle/high school type of schedule is not the best for this age. He has never been like this.
Well hopefully I get some answers today and I can make his day a little bit better. Have a great day everyone!
I am so glad it seems like you found a home for
. That school situation sounds awful - I hate when there is inconsistency with their teachers that affects their learning.
And, of course, there are all of you! You are the ones that have to listen to all my weight loss ramblings. I know how painful it can be - and my wife does too!
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Had a good night last night. Thursday's practices are always a little shorter and after dinner I went for an impromptu 3 mile run. It felt good. I felt somewhat fast (for me) and my time was a few minutes lower than it has ever been... and I still had some left in the tank. I feel like I could have done better if I wanted to push it. Thinking I might try a 10 mile run again this weekend. It's been a while since I've gone over 6, but last night has me motivated.
That's what we are here for .... and we are happy to help your wife out by listening as well
That's great you fitted in a run - good luck with your 10k on the weekend. Hey - did you have your TV interview yet?
There are of course my mother and my sister. My mother always encouraged me to not be shy and do things that were a challenge. And my sister is the best person to get me out of my bad moods - and tell me the honest truth about what I am doing wrong when I do things wrong.
Besides that my "three fairy godmothers" were definitely my three friends in college. I know you have heard the stories a million times already. But these three who have always been active and thin (even in their mid-forties now after three kids all three of them are thin without doing anything unhealthy to stay that way) kept encouraging me to tackle my weight issues. I learned a lot from them on how to stay active and how to eat healthy. And they never let me feel like an outsider because I was different, but encouraged me by taking me along to their fitness classes and things like that.
And finally my ex-boyfriends mother (I am still friends with him and his mother today) who in the late nineties encouraged me to give running a try.
You are surrounded by them you lucky thing! You should talk about those friends of yours often - they are the most amazing fairy godmothers - as we know not all girls are kind to each other and that is just a wonderful story.
A couple years ago I joined Sisters on the Fly, a national women's camping group, to start to reconnect. This is a very powerful group of inspiring take charge women and I am learning so much from them.
I am sorry that things weren't great with your mum growing up
. I am very happy to hear that you have found a group of awesome women to be around
- feeling connected is a huge part of our wellbeing.
I don't know what I'd do without my mom. Her and my husband are always the first two I talk to about everything! She's always honest, she always supportive and she's always there when I need help.
After I started running I found that I had built a "tribe" of women friends who also run and they are my other support system that I rely on.
She sounds like a great mum. I am finding that friends to exercise with is a great way to help with our healthy life changes.
My grandmother was my biggest cheerleader through my childhood and it was so sad to lose her when I was 14. We were super close and she did so much for me as a kid that it isn't until I look back that I fully understand the impact of her guidance, wisdom and love.
In relation to the background on Sleeping Beauty, I didn't realize the large gap between the princess movies. So basically a generation gap. Crazy!
Good Grandmothers are wonderful - I am so glad you had her - losing them is hard - I lost my Grandmother when I was 17 - I only had the one grandparent her so that was it for me with grandparents.
On the Princess gap - I know I had no idea either - I am so glad they started making them again though - and you can really see the difference in the Princesses personalities in the newer ones to start to reflect modern times when you compare.
