I have to transport my little grand-dog to the far, far away vet for spaying (90 minutes each way if no traffic). Releash's new intake vet messed up and she was not spayed (went into heat over Thanksgiving - what a mess). This is a great vet and I don't trust the other on my grand-doggie!!
Podcasts to the rescue! I loaded a bunch of Gretchen Rubin and Rachel Hollis for the 3 plus hours in the car. I have to repeat this for pickup and possibly pickup during rush hour either Wednesday or Thursday. God help me get through Atlanta in rush hour! -- with rain tomorrow!
Before the drive, I'm grabbing an elliptical workout at the gym. It's such a nuisance to have to go there for EVERY workout, but at least I can do something. I'm reminded why I LOVE my home gym.
I did a little "treat" shopping for myself the last few days. I'll post pictures and info once everything comes (just a few things, but fun!!). The first treat was new underwear. No one needs to "see" new underwear though so here's the scoop:
New underwear because underwear is important -- it's like the mattress of the clothing world. I spend more of my day in underwear than any other piece of clothing (my bed is the most used furniture - in case the analogy wasn't obvious lol). I've been waiting for a GAP sale. My little Duke chewed up a few of my favorite pairs for working out and I was having to do wash too frequently. I need seamless because of sweating and chaffing (TMI - sorry).
I hesitate to type this because I might jinx myself - yes, the jinx is REAL!! I'm doing well with my return to healthy (#10 zillion). I'm filling up the "allow urges" book and sticking with no snacking in the afternoon/evening. It looks like I'm over the big hurdle this time (fingers crossed, wood knocked, etc).
My afternoon routine is feeling like a ROUTINE more each day. I'm crediting it for the swing forward this time. I'm using Rachel Hollis' goal journal ... 5 things I'm grateful for, 10 goals and the goal that's front and center today. She mentioned working that forward goal "like your life depends on it." Of course, I know my life doesn't actually depend on it, but that phrase keeps sticking with me in a good way. Thanks, Rachel Hollis. Lord, it takes a village to keep me on track.
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| Like your life depends on it :-) |
Treats and fun in my day also help to keep my mind from thinking FOOD is the only answer for pleasure. It's usually only those few witching hours that get me -- I'm not "thinking" about food the rest of the time. Yet, those few hours feels like a lifetime some days.
I'm making headway with the books I'm reading. The Little Life - 200 pages left, 600 read. It's "good" if you want a dark, depressing read. I can't wait to move onto something happy and stupid hahaha!!
Seat of the Soul is back to being a mystery to me. I'm doing a chapter a night. It makes some interesting points, but, overall, I don't get it. Maybe it's more that I'm not sure I actually believe it. It's so specific about the soul and how it all works. I'm not sold either way -- true or not true. Who is he to say? That said, it has some nice messages and I'll reserve total judgement until I'm at the end (again).
Oprah is doing her podcast on the chapters of The New Earth. That's another book I didn't "get" (but it's not on my re-read list this year, thank God). I'm not sure if I actually read the entire book -- I think maybe I gave up early on. I'm going to try some of the podcasts to see if I like it and if I'm inspired to read it (again??). What did I do before PODCASTS???
Best get things moving. I need to get to the gym on the early side because I have competition for the elliptical. One of the ladies uses it before class as her warm up. I feel it's only polite to be finished by the time she needs it since her timing is specific to class starting.
Later gators.
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