Wonky Week

Saturday BETWEEN the holidays -- it feels strange.  Christmas and New Year's on a Wednesday is messing with my head.  It's like the biggest, longest, weirdest weekend that goes for infinity.  Stuck in a strange land of some people with house guests, some people still out of town, some people back to work, some people still having holiday parties, some people acting like 2020 started.  There's no routine, no normal.

I cooked a little, read a little, planned a little ... and then crashed for a bunch of Soprano re-watching by late afternoon.  Not one ounce of un-decorating or meal planning yesterday.  I didn't feel great and I decided to relax a bit, take a cold med and watch a little TV.  That became a Soprano's binge and I have NO REGRETS.  Lordy, that show is great.

Anyway ... that's what I'm talking about using this time as a warm-up for January.  Nothing over-the-top and letting this odd time BEFORE 2020 be something strange if it ends up that way.  A mix of whatever.

Eating cleaner, no drinking and focusing a little harder on workouts.  Organizing, cleaning up, un-decorating.  Those parameters met and the rest of the day is up for grabs.  No expectations for anything -- i.e. weight loss, feeling better, etc.

Remembered I mentioned I'm reading a book recommended by RunsForCookies?  Depression Hates a Moving Target -- Nita Sweeney.  She wrote about a time when she was turning 50 -- exactly my age.  She found a style of running that helps with injury -- ChiRunning.  I decided to research it a little more -- I've heard of the concept, but never knew a lot about it.  The website says there are clinics offered from certified instructors.  I looked it up and mainly CA, NY ... big cities into running ... and then, a clinic LOCAL to me (not even in the city).  What?!!?  I'm signed up for a January Saturday afternoon to learn about how to change up running for better recovery and less injury.  Super excited to see if this can help the chronic discomfort from running.  Some nights, I can hardly sleep my IT band hurts so much.

Trying to change things up for 2020 ... evolve a bit ... problem solve.  This fits in perfectly.

I took out my phone to take a picture of Duke curled up sweetly and he grabbed my neck for the BIGGEST mama kiss.  I ended up taking this random selfie and I LOVE it.  My little guy is such a character.  This is obviously during my Sopranos binge LOL.

You can see his tongue if you look closely.
He's a kisser.

Plans for today are very loosey goosey.  Rain is coming tomorrow, so I need to run outside.  Trail run with another headphone/Spotify trial.  I WILL get more information on it all and post about it soon.  The headphones are GOOD (and I'm picky).

I'll work on un-decorating too.  I might not get it all finished, but I'll get a big dent.  Depends if hubby is up for helping.  This is a big football game weekend and he gets to enjoy this strange time between holidays too.

That's it.  I'm NOT going to the grocery store until tomorrow.  I need to figure out something for Sunday dinner by then.  Kids are coming over.  I have no idea what my problem is about cooking in this house.  It's as though I've lost all IDEAS.  I can't seem to think of ANYTHING, ever.  I'll have to troubleshoot that soon.

Today is ANOTHER curly hair, no make-up, no bra (after my workout) day.  Woo hoo!!

I'm adding another cliche to my life and returning to Unity AFTER New Years.  A Course in Miracles starts fresh in January and that's when I'll begin again.  I thought about going tomorrow to catch the LAST class of the year, but I don't think I can go AND grocery shop AND cook dinner.  Hmmmm, I'm saying this and I wonder if take-out is my answer to doing it all??  I'll sit on this for a minute -- it's very tempting.

I also have some scoop from Instagram on best movies of 2019, new shows, etc.  I'll do a post on that soon too.  Fun stuff -- especially the movies.  I've only seen one and the rest seem GOOD!

Hope this STRANGE week is going well for everyone.  Later gators.