Self Care Monday 3/2

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Because I know what day it is today...

What did you do for self care this past week? Did you reconnect with someone?

Plans for this week?

Challenge: Reorganize something to help your life run smoother and/or more efficient. It could be physically reorganizing a space such as your desk, your paperwork to streamline locating important or most used stuff, your kitchen pantry so you save five minutes by not having to dig for a box of crackers you thought you had, hanging a notepad on the fridge to add to your shopping list as you go versus spending ten minutes going through cupboards and fridge on such to see what is needed, etc. Or it could be something in your schedule, the division of household duties, etc. Even if it saves you a few minutes each day, that is a few minutes you can free up for future self care. Maybe it will prompt more baby steps and free up a bit more time here and there also.

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I replaced some fitted tees that were getting a bit stretched out. Bonus was finding some on sale for cheap because a store was closing. This was part of spending a day with MH and LO with no other obligations for a change. Long overdue family self care. Also accomplished a lot of stuff I had been procrastinating on which is a nice feeling. For the challenge, I had chatted with one of my best friends, and we made rough plans to get together in a couple of weeks (need to figure out the details, but we are doing something anyway).

No specific plans yet this week.

[mamaturtle]

Last week: I did not do any self care this past week.

I did run into a friend at our ASD support group art class for the kids. We said hi but I am no conversationalist. I suck at these encounters and forget to ask how the other person is doing.

This week: I want to exercise on the treadmill 3 times a week. I have been planning this for the past 2 weeks and have not actually followed through on it.

Challenge: I worked on the downstairs closet because DH was being a drama llama and saying I don't get rid of stuff. It is not true because every couple months, I go through stuff and get rid of stuff in bunches. I let him have it and made him help me some. I even told him I would put stuff in weather proof containers in the outside closet but didn't have any so he can get off my back.

[mrsbuttinski]

I did pretty well for a change.

I sent out my thank you emails to 3 of the four editors with whom I am trying to establish better relationships. I was surprised to get a nice note back from two of them. One sent me revised editorial guidelines for my submissions which will make his life easier and increase my chances of getting picked up.

I also ran into my former crazy-ass neighbor and got caught up in a conversation catching up about our kids and hounding me to sign a petition to get her BFF on the ballot for District Judge- the dude running hasn't even gone to college, so while I've never seen the BFF sober, she's at least an attorney. I've had many the chardonnays with her back when we lived on the creek.

After she left, I ran into one of my scout mom friends whose sons I've talked about here. (one with FAS and the other with bipolar and anxiety) She's having a rough time, her younger son is on house arrest for violating his parole with a bad drug test, her mom died two days before Christmas, her DH was pink-slipped the day before that and her older boy is stressed about graduating, coming out to his friends and what to do next.

While we were talking, our old scoutmaster showed up. We're going to have a dinner party together the second Saturday in April which will be a hoot. I was able to convince the scout people to sign the crazy neighbor's petition which made her happy. A quick pre-ice storm trip to the grocery store for milk and bread took me almost 2 hours.

I need to organize. I did the hall coat closet a few months ago when the niece left. So much better. And my linen closet got made over as well. I still need to tackle the pantry and refrigerator. The fridge has been on life support for a couple weeks- temps weren't what they should be and the icemaker tanked entirely. Figuring I'd be replacing it, I gave it a good exterior cleaning- vaccuumed all the vents and hoses and washed the outside. A few days later the temps got back to normal and now the ice maker has risen from the dead. WTF? I had finally embraced the concept of a new stainless French door model. <sad face>

[olivegoose]

I bought myself some shirts that actually fit. I failed at reconnecting but I will try this week.

I am already making myself a craft/office space so I will work on that

[typeset]

I stopped wearing nursing tanks after weaning three months ago and finally got fitted. I feel like a new woman.

Going to a disability conference this weekend. Does that count as self care?

[numbbears]

What did you do for self care this past week? Did you reconnect with someone?
One of the people that I planned on getting in touch with was a mom that use to go to the therapy center DS goes to and she actually messaged me. She was looking for clothes for herself and her son and wanted to know if I had any I could give them. Her son is a size bigger than DS, but my cousin passes down all of her boys clothing so I had a ton to spare. And that in turn helped me go through my clothes to find some outfits for her. Then I started going through DS's toys (his OT has been telling us we should cut down on toys because he gets overstimulated by all of them) and managed to pull out a couple of boxes for her kid and a couple of kids. I got so wrapped up in that stuff and cleaning out my closet that I neglected to get in touch with anyone else on my list, but I'm going to work on it.

Plans for this week?
Just taking it one day at a time is helping me actually get stuff done. There's a craft fair in town this weekend that I think we'll check out.

Challenge:
I do need to organize my book sack and work on my planner. I have a four day weekend, so hopefully I'll get a lot done.