Self Care Monday 8/22

[cam]

What did you do this past week? Did you have some family time or at least make plans for doing so soon?

Any plans for this week?

Challenge: Make a change. Eat better portions or cut out a soda, rearrange your schedule to make life easier, reorganize your closet so you aren't cursing at it every morning, whatever would help you feel good.

[cam]

I had a cat nap (well, a rest more so than nap) over the weekend. I did some sewing. We had a family outing with ILs to a local evemt. LO and I got together with our friends.

This week, more sewing time. MH will probably be working on one of our vehicles all weekend, so I might take LO to an event he asked about. Not sure beyond that.

[mrsbuttinski]

As usual I have it ass backwards.

Rather too much family time in the last couple days. My dad was in the ER with neurological symptoms; we'll likely be looking at some kind of dementia. I have been seeing red flags for a couple years, but now others are on board. I'm driving my mom to Boston for my aunt's funeral; expected but still very sad. My mom has a large family, in the last 20 years we've lost 5 siblings, 5 of their spouses and 4 cousins from my generation. Two more of my aunts are in memory units and the one aunt holding it all together is 80 and tired. I need to go pick her up a bottle of MaCallan for later.

I have organized the closet- by type, color and size. I have been watching what I eat and have lost 18 pounds since Memorial Day. Another couple of pounds and I can release another batch to the thrift store.

I envy you sewing cam, I have fabric for slipcovers mocking me.

[cam]

mrsbuttinski, sorry you have had too much family time, especially for those reasons.

If it weren't for Halloween and LO's birthday party both coming up in October, I don't think I would be able to get in the sewing time either. I had been in quite a sewing drought, so it has been nice to have that excuse of necessity. Need to get his Halloween costume done early since birthday prep will require so much attention in October. I am trying to be on top of it all this year to avoid the all-nighters during the final days before his birthday, so I have rationed out little bits to do each week. Now to see if I can actually succeeded with no all-nighters.

[mamaturtle]

I have taken a post break.

Last Week or Last Few Weeks: DH and I have spent more time being together at home. It was much needed.

Not much exercise was done. Dieting has still been going.

DH bought us a scale last week and we all weighed ourselves starting with DH, myself, DS and the cat. I found out I weigh 139 lbs. and fit into size 12 pants yesterday. I was that size six years ago. I have yet to see if my size 10 pants fit.

Over the weekend, DH, DS and I visited my parents out of town. It was fun. DH bought me a new winter coat and new pajamas since I have been wearing too many of DH's boxers. We got to eat really good food we have missed from our home town. DH got me a new key chain with my name on it. My name is semi-rare.

On Sunday, DH, DS and I went to DS's Cub Scout meeting. They already have a family camp out mid-September and we have no tent and no sleeping bags.

This week: DH and I had plans to exercise yesterday but DH fell asleep due to his night job. I am hopeful we do at least 2 days of exercise.

This coming Sunday, we are going to a Pizza and Ice Cream Social with our ASD support group. It will be interesting because DH and I swore off pizza yesterday after bouts of our stomachs hurting. I am not sure I can give it up completely because I like eating pizza.

DH got us some honey dew melon and pears for us to eat and I can't wait to eat that. DH says the fruit will not be ready until at least tomorrow.

I want to paint my nails purple glitter.

DH is finally taking the 2 garbage bags of stuff I cleaned out of our closets to the shelter today. I cleaned it a few weeks ago, but it was sitting in our bedroom for awhile.

[numbbears]

Past Week: I helped with a lot of recovery work and distribution of supplies to people affected by the flood. We took DS out to eat a lot so those were family dates. And I looked up some fun plans for the next couple of months to do with them.

This Week: Re-started school and it's a bit overwhelming because we missed a lot of clinicals and tests from the 8 days we were closed. But I'm taking it one day at a time.

Challenge: Can't do the giving up soda yet. I want to, but just can't. I could eat better though. I'm going to try to get back to salads for lunch instead of fast food.