I stayed up late last night and watched a movie so I was very tired when I had to wake up around 9:15am to get my dog to the groomers today. I did manage to get her there on time and I was struck with a wave of energy. I was able to deposit my check at the bank and make a food store run before coming home. I also got a coffee and treated myself to an Oreo crème donut, which I regretted right after I ate it:) I'm not sure why I felt the need to treat myself today, because it's not like I've done anything great lately, so maybe I just felt like I needed it for no reason at all. Anyway, when I got home I took the opportunity of not having my dog in the house to clean the downstairs floors with the Swiffer Wetjet. After I did that I read several more chapters of "Gone With the Wind" and it felt great. It was so nice actually sitting down for a couple of hours to just read my book. I was missing my dog though:)
I got so involved in reading that I almost forgot how late it had gotten and I had to hurry up to get myself ready to pick my dog up on time. I quickly gathered some laundry, so I could do a regular load, but I didn't start it yet because it wasn't completely full. I took a quick shower then pretty much ran out the door after changing with soaking wet hair and everything. I got there right in time and went home. I found some more clothes which needed washing so I started the load of laundry and read some more of my book before my boyfriend showed up.
I thought it would be nice to have a dinner which I wouldn't be able to have in a while tonight, so I came up with the idea of lasagna. Unfortunately, neither my boyfriend nor I wanted to make it so we went out to eat. I ate a huge amount then we stopped and got ice cream on the way home! I am not feeling great at all and am greatly regretting the dinner choice. The next few nights I am definitely going to be eating more sensibly....that's for sure. When we got home we just watched a little bit of TV and that was pretty much it.
It's amazing how great my hands look lately....in fact my co-worker told me how nice they looked the other day. It's so great not having them cut up and actually presentable. I am consciously trying to cut down the hand washing and I'm sure that the warm weather is helping too. I hope I can keep it up! Okay I'm exhausted.
Ah, the joy of getting to spend a few simple hours with a book - it's the best! Someday I plan to get back to 'Gone With the Wind' myself. I am glad you were able to enjoy your day off.
ReplyDeleteKudos on your hands, that is really a great accomplishment, especially since you have stressful things going on in your life at the same time. The 'conscious decision' approach has helped me in the past when I get tempted to do compulsive behaviors as well.