Self Care 1/9

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What did you do this past week? Did you do anything for your physical wellbeing?

Any plans for this week?

Challenge: I don't know about the rest of you, but my backburner to-do list could sure use some attention, so this week's challenge is tackling some item or items on that list.

[numbbears]

Past Week: I worked out for half an hour at the gym and made a game plan to increase workouts.
I also cut down to one soft drink a day and more water.
Finished going through and organizing clothes with the Kon Mari method. Got rid of over half. My closet is starting to look awesome.
And I got a job offer on a unit I really wanted to be on.

This Week: I start the advocacy class so I'll be out of town for the weekend. Want to work out twice at the gym. And finishing going through books.

Challenge: I've been doing pretty decent at the backburner list. I made a plan to completely knockoff a couple of things every month.

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stratto814, congrats on the treadmill. I know some people do better with working out at home while others do better out (such as at a gym, walking at a track or trail, etc), but I am very much an at-home type exerciser (or at least around it such as walking the neighborhood). I have gone back and forth countless times on whether or not to buy a treadmill myself.

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During this past week, my household was hit by a stomach bug AND a nasty cold (still trying to get healthy actually). Also, MH was gone part of the week (during the worst of it no less). Self care was only in the form of resting occasionally while trying to recover. I did make sure to drink lots and lots of fluids, basically out of necessity thanks to the awful sore throat but I guess I will count that as having met the challenge for last week, even if it wasn't in the way I intended to.

This week, if I can feel decently recovered in time, I have plans with a friend. Aside from that, which had been set up before all the illnesses, I have not even thought about planning anything at all with regards to this week yet, self care or otherwise. I have plenty of new items on my backburner though considering I didn't accomplish much last week, so no problem finding something needing done for the challenge; now to just find the time and energy.

[mrsbuttinski]

Last week: Healthy living- I did get two walks in and some shoveling despite having a shiny new snowblower in my garage. My weight is holding and I actually lost a pound over the holidays. I cut back on alcohol because DH has elected to abstain around his eye surgery. I am sleeping so much better without a wine or IPA (or two) in the evenings.

I only had one medical appointment with my mom last week, her psychiatrist tweaked her meds and I'm seeing big improvements with her coping and EF skills. They never filed taxes for 2014 and 2015. I had to scramble to get their accountant to help me out there. I also applied for a handicapped placard for my dad who is having more trouble moving around. And I hired cleaners and ordered a new range for their place in FL ahead or renting/selling it. It's officially listed now. Yay!

DH had his eye surgery and follow-up on Thurs and Fri. I'm in eye drop hell right now. We will rinse and repeat in 8 days. He's had a really good result so far and is thrilled.

I managed to take most of my Christmas stuff down and pack it away. I'm waiting for it to warm up a bit to do the outdoor lights.

I shipped a large box of clothes that no longer fit to a friend of mine who is a broke single mom who is re-entering the workforce- my closet is looking awesome. I decided to treat myself to some new clothes, but the things I really wanted have sold out which pisses me off. Also, Lands End stopped making my favorite jeans and I could use the next size down.

I did some scout stuff for the district this week. OMG, one of the commissioners invited me to their meeting to talk about publicity in light of a situation where a transgendered boy was asked to leave a cub pack. This moron was railing about the bad publicity and how "cub scouts can't have boys running around in dresses". I can't even with these people. I had to explain to him that a transgendered boy was assigned "female" at birth but identifies as a boy. I also explained that if scouts was coed as it is in the UK, that this wouldn't be an issue and the Duchess of Cambridge would come hang out with us. I bet they don't invite me back.

Next week: Back burner sounds great. I vow to clean my desk off before the surface disappears again and to start making a slipcover for my favorite chair which is looking beat up. And lunch with a mom-friend on Friday. We used to compare child-rearing issues (her sons have apraxia and conversion/POTS and mine ASD/ADHD/LD), now we compare demented parents. Fun times.

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Ski lessons on Sunday. Yoga yesterday. I am super bloated (TMI), so I can't tell anything about my weight. Sometimes I get bloated after I exercise. I wonder if it has something to do with the lactic acid from my muscles?

No real plans this week. I need to come up with a fun thing for Saturday. Lately I have been planning our weekends, but I don't have any ideas for this week. I don't think there will be snow, so sledding is out...

mrsbuttinski , I can relate. With DS's chronic ear infections, I have been in ear drop hell for way way too long. Add in breathing treatments for a cough for DD, and I am so done with medicine.

Back burner- I've been doing the Kon Mari and other methods of decluttering and organizing. I got rid of another bag of toys from the playroom and sorted and labelled all the bins, and we made up play room rules (so the kids would stop making huge messes and not putting them away).

Will work on organizing DS's room maybe tonight with his help.