For being a day off, it has already been a difficult morning. TOM is especially painful this month, but today should be the worst day. The wordt part is that this hampers my ability to accomplish what I want to get done today. Also, there was a problem with one of the litter boxes, and now my husband wants to get rid of all of the cats. I know he's just upset,and some of that is from his OWN pain that he has for his disease. He is out of the house now, running an errand, and as soon as I am done here, I will get to cleaning the floors.
Also, long story short, I bought new curtains for 2 rooms - dining room and daughter's bedroom - and I am looking forward to getting those up today!
Because of the morning pain, and because I thought I was in a time crunch to go with husband this morning on his errand, I forgot to weigh in. i was fully dressed by the time I remembered that today was weigh-in day. So I will try to weigh in tomorrow, but if it doesn't happen, then so be it.
It is another rainy day, with moderate temperatures. I know that the rain makes husband's pain all that much worse. He's had a very bad week with physical pain. He's actually been handling it quite well. You might not realize it, if he didn't mention it.
I was able to catch up at work on Friday - completely! I can tell by the calendar that I will still be extremely busy next week, as the number of tasks I have to do for pretty much each day does not even fit on the calendar. As long as the number of tasks remains high, I will be busy. If we get less contracts over the weekend, that will help. A LOT.
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LATE MORNING EDIT: It seems as though I purchased only 1 panel of curtains for the dining room, so that project will have to wait, and that's really bothering me. So I may go bac to the store this evening to purchase another panel. This should not be bothering me like it is, so I either need to let it go, or go back to the store to get a 2nd panel.
I still have yet to do Daughter's curtains.
In the meantime, I compressed the remaining boxes for recycling (yay!) and I will complete putting away the window fans for the year, since I think cooler temperatures are here to stay.
These 2 projects are major, so I should not be so upset that I am unable to complete the dining room curtain project.
I hope to make it to the gym today.
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
The boss is back at work today, and he has a TON of work to do. If he thought he was going to get away and come back to all of his work being taken care of, then he is sorely mistaken. There is just too much. Associate Attorney just couldn't keep up. (Of course, some of that has to do with poor time management skills. )
Doing well with water. Did well with food yesterday. Just not enough time.
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
And then...a trainer or weight watcher leader, I can't remember which, was always saying you make time for what you want to do.
Time is like money...the more you have the more you spend.
I don't know what I'm talking about...have a nice weekend.
I often wish that I did not need so much sleep (7 hours is great, can function with 6). I could get so much done, if I didn't waste it sleeping.
I am definitely appreciating the value of time. It *IS* a LOT like money. I am exchanging my time for money (i.e. paycheck).
People can have a lot of money, but if they are on their deathbed, they can't buy more time here on this earth.
He was also in a very good mood, so he didn't mind having stuff to do, I think. He completely understood that we were THAT busy while he was away.
That was the best part - that I got to leave on time on a Friday !!!!
Before anything else, I want to thank Happy for her suggestion on what to do with Baby Kitty. I'm looking into options.
Once again, I was extraordinarily busy at work, but for the moments that I wasn't lost in the busyness, I was feeling pretty positive and up. Not sure how or why or where this came from.
I'm going to have to let go of the abs challenge, and while I'm still trying to hang on to the 22 push-ups, that too is a struggle.
I guess I've just gotten to the point that I'm giving all that I can to anyone or anything, and I don't care about falling short at this time. There's just no more in me to give more.
So until work stops consuming so much of my life, this is how it will be. And I've accepted that.
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
So to be clear, yes this is the cat who has issues using the box.
Back in the 90's when I worked at a university in the US the gym was in the building next door. As staff I had my own permanent locker there. So I never had an excuse not to go to the gym before going home (which was less than 1 mile away).
I feel that if I didn't need so much sleep, I could go at night, but then I wouldn't get into bed until nearly 11p, which makes getting up at 5:30a impossible.
I probably don't appreciate that feeling enough.
also, i tend to feel my best in September also: after the summer, still prettty warm...like a continuation of the summer :) but more comfortable.
Not a great day. Still waaaaay too busy at work. Loads of new contracts came in. Which means I'll be totally busy for the next 6 weeks....
So I'd better figure myself out, because ain't nothing changing soon as far as work-life balance...
It does mean no Zoom yoga for another week. Not helping.
I had a slight food fit last night. It first started with just eating a bit more, with nuts for evening snack. Not bad. Then I had a Kind bar. Okay. Then I dove into a bag of marshmallows. UH-OH!
My food fit was interrupted by a family fight on the phone between husband and son. So it was good that I stopped but not for a good reason.
Today will be a trying day. TOM started this morning, and mine are really hard on my body. Plus, really busy at work. Plus, very worried about our son. Plus, concerned about my husband. Don't see enough of my daughter because of work.
And the garage door is still broken.
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
cheering you on!
And I'm pretty sure no one else is dealing with cramps right now. Always an added challenge.
I've been grabbing small bits of "me moments" because that's all I can manage to do at this time. Hopefully, Saturday and or Sunday will bring more time for me to decompress.
So after I posted on Sunday, things went south, just in case you thought it was a perfect weekend in Donkey's life. For the remainder of Sunday and into Monday, I was dealing with someone who, obviously upset, was confusing laundry baskets with litter boxes.
Adding to this, someone broke the garage door. This resulted in yelling, which doesn't fix anything and caused more friction.
Went to the hardware store, not to fix the garage door but other broken things, and that was a success.
I did make it to the gym, (with Daughter , a rare treat!) and the "easier" workout kicked my butt. I was so hungry after that. So I probably ate too much in the evening.
What awaits me at work will tell me if my "extremely busy" status will continue or start to subside.
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
I was awoken by the lightening and thunder of much needed rain here. It has stopped raining but everything is still gray and wet. The temperatures feel cooler too, although I heard it's supposed to get up to 80F today, which to me is warm. Then more storms tonight, with cooler temps, hopefully.
Yesterday was such a productive day. I haven't checked my Fitbit to see what my step-count was, but I'm guessing Saturday will be the highest day of the week for most steps. My list:
So today is just fold and put away laundry. I had to clean up after Baby Cat again, but that's daily life lately, I'm afraid. Also, I hope to go to the gym again this afternoon.
I did push-ups and abs yesterday, but I've decided to change the push-ups goal. Inspired by the "22 push-ups for 22 days" for the military suicide awareness campaign, I decided that this was something that I could do, and these would be on the floor, although modified, because of my back issues.
This morning, I worked on legs and chest weights, after my morning bike ride. Not having a weight-lifting element to my September goals is a little disappointing - that is to say, that's something that I didn't think of that I kind of wish I had. Oh well, I can still do it - and I am still doing it, I think, with the exception of last work-week, where it was hard to do much of anything other than work, eat, bed.
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
We are also having lots of days in the 80's which i LOVE! it's still warm, but not too warm! and the nights are cooler...so in love with September / October weather in the Northeast!
You were def very productive with your to-do list and it does seem it needed to be listed - and i like to see how one of your chores didn't need to be done - "executive decision!"
what a wonderful labor day weekend so far on your end!
What a disappointing weigh-in. I don't even count this as a real loss. I just cannot seem to do anything to get these 10 pounds to drop. These are not COVID pounds either. I gained this weight after coming off of keto and back to low-carb. Also weighed myself on the fancy scale (which had me back up at 144), and my body fat % is 32.6%. So this ain't muscle.
You would think that yesterday at work would have been easier, because I had stayed late to catch up (completely) on Thursday, but I was pretty much busy the whole day. I was able to keep up - which meant that I would be able to leave on time to make it to Veterans' Chair Yoga at 5:30p. But NOOOOO - at 4:15p, I started getting all these time-sensitive emails!!! What the heck!!! These were emails that really had to go out, because I couldn't sit on them for 3 days through the holiday weekend.
(As it was, I was already getting complaints that I wasn't sending out letters to clients for their review fast enough. You know, I just didn't get to it. --- So now you can see why wasting an hour of time correcting someone else's mistakes was very frustrating to me on Thursday!!!!)
Because of this flurry of emails coming in at the last minute, I couldn't leave until 5:45p. I made it to Chair Yoga for the last 30 minutes, but my husband was really upset with me. Which then makes me really upset, because this isn't my fault. Does he seriously think that I *LIKE* staying really late at work and having no life at home?
Speaking of which, because I was at work so much this week, my home has been totally neglected. So today, I'm scrambling to catch up on things that were neglected, including my plants, during the week.
Oh and let me put this out there: MISTAKES GIRL MADE A $3500 MISTAKE. I told Nice Lady, "You know, I love (Mistakes Girl) and I feel bad about complaining about the mistakes she makes in opening the files, but mistakes like this are going to get us sued." and Nice Lady agreed.
I need BETTER help at work. Nice Lady is too set in her ways and does things differently, so that doesn't help. Mistakes Girl makes too many mistakes.
Anyway... I have a wonderful 3-day weekend to catch up on things:
Will I get ANY time with my daughter? She wanted to step down to a lower position at work, and management gave the position to someone else. She was so upset yesterday, and where was I? At work, dealing with other people's STUPID PROBLEMS!!!
I didn't get to the push-ups or abs work last night, unfortunately. I caught up with some friends on Zoom, and we talked for 1.5 hours. As it was, I was awake until after 11pm. I don't know how I did that, because I had gotten up early and was busy all day. Almost TOO tired, that adreneline kicked in or something.
Progress as of today: 43 lbs lost so far, only 8.5 lbs to go!
I hear your pain in staying late especially right before time that's meant for relaxing / not working! (the 3-day weekend)
I really don't know why they keep mistakes girl. honestly, i don't want to suggest something that will not be a good idea, but, can people all collectively complain that she sucks?
it's good you are close with your daughter. she will have to face some of these life experiences on her own, when you aren't home, per se. but, you will always be able to re-hash it out with her and support her, even if it has to wait till you are done with work. you are a great mom!
So while certain comments from him are not appreciated, I use that analogy to help keep my perspective clear.
We had 2-3 slow weeks, but I feel that we've really made up for it. I don't know those numbers for sure, but that would be my guess, that we'll be OK. That is unless Mistakes Girl keeps making mistakes that we end up having to pay for.
So glad it's Friday. So glad for the weekend. So glad for the holiday on Monday.
I stayed at work until 7:24 pm last night, to catch up completely from yesterday and today. The funny part was that I received an email from the paralegal who works at the firm across the street at 6:54 pm! So she was working late to catch up too! Ha ha! The other funny bit was when an attorney called at 7:14 p.m. and I answered the phone! I bet she was surprised a receptionist answered that late!
Let me just add here that I spent an HOUR correcting all the mistakes, Mistakes Girl made on every file she opened up before she left on vacation. I'm just putting that out there, here.
So I was exhausted when I got home. Probably ate too much at dinner. I was tired and hungry and still wired from working.
It was hard to do the push-ups and abs work, but I did it. I did wall push-ups again and I need to change that up tonight. The ab work was tough, but I don't ache this morning, so I guess it wasn't tough enough.
Tonight is supposed to be veterans chair yoga at 5:30 pm. I'm hoping that I won't have to stay late tonight at work, so that I can make it. It's good for my husband to do this activity, and it's one of the few things we can do together that we like.
I'm grateful for a job, but this is ridiculous.
Progress as of today: 42.5 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
Well, at least your staying late was "seen" by others. I will admit that always made me happier, when i stayed late, and people noticed. LOL.
Thanks for the reminder, again, about the wall pushups...when i see my mom tomorrow evening i plan to mention it again to her that i think the wall-pushups will do her shoulders / back wonders.
Put your limits on when you can (easier said than done!). especially from someone without a job for the past half year! yes, that long! but i'm using the time wisely and will continue this way...
Checking in this morning, even though not much happened since last night - at least diet wise.
I almost forgot to do my crunches and push-ups last night even though I thought about it several times! Lol! I may do all the push-ups against the wall, rather than alternating between wall and modified (on the floor). I found that wall push-ups are a different sensation that was still challenging.
Friday is veterans chair yoga. I don't even know if I can do that! Last Friday I had to work until 6:30 pm! Chair yoga starts at 5:30 pm... This work thing is untenable. And I'm wondering, if we get a third attorney, will I be even busier??
I will endeavor to do better with food today. And stay away from the giant cookies the boss brought in. Someone threw away the last of the coffee cake before I left last night. Thank goodness for that!
Progress as of today: 42.5 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
yuck to Giant cookies! i so prefer miniatures! hahahaha
have a good Thursday <3
One thing I've realized is that if I went to the gym at night, I wouldn't feel like doing the push-ups and abs at home afterwards. Yes, I know I could do that at the gym but that's something I'd rather do in the privacy of my home.
So this challenge has deterred me from going to the gym one or 2 nights. That's not good!
I was not able to write this morning because my phone was out of order. I usually text while I'm bike riding, as I am now. I did weights this morning. I'll do crunches and wall push-ups tonight.
Eating is still my downfall. Work is so busy, I found myself picking at the coffee cake, to sooth my anxiety with sugar and carbs. NO!! This must STOP.
I've been working from 9a to 6p every day, with a 30 minute walk. Today, the phones were constantly ringing. Around 3p, I just gave up on the phones, as I struggled to keep the emails in my in box below 20.
Mistakes Girl is out of town starting tomorrow, until Monday. So that's more work, less help. My work-life balance is so off kilter. I want my life back!
Some good news though is that I'm rocking the water intake today. I should be able to get in a gallon by the time I go to bed. That's awesome!
Progress as of today: 42.5 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
perhaps when mistakes girl is out, let her work pile up a little bit? you cannot simply do her work on top of yours?
proud of you with water...will write more soon!
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When you don't feel good it seems like nothing goes right...((HUGS))Hope you can get to the gym!
The TOM cramps are vicious. I'm waiting for my next dose of pain killers to kick in.
happy-1 on 09/12/2020:
HUGS!!! Why doesn't anyone ever turn to mom in any of your posts and say, "Honey/Mom... you do everything around here. Let me make you a cup of coffee and you go sit down?"
LOL! Well... maybe once in a while that does happen, I think. My husband did tell me not to go on his errand this morning, but I think that was so he didn't have to deal with me. And he did make eggs for himself and ask if I wanted any. That was quite thoughtful of him, actually.
grannyannie on 09/12/2020:
Hard to do anything when you don't feel well.
Yes, this was me yesterday. I didn't realize how bad this was, until I woke up this morning (Sunday) feeling a little better.
bearcountrygg on 09/12/2020:
HAPPY>>>LOL
bearcountrygg on 09/12/2020:
Happy....wives and Moms are just thrilled when everyone gets their laundry in the hamper, their kleenex's in the wastebasket and puts the jar of mayo back in the fridge when they are done with it. Having someone tell us to go sit down while they make us a cup of coffee is usually reserved for our first day home from the hospital after major surgery...LOL
This is VERY true!
Horn_of_plenty on 09/12/2020:
i am soo soo soo happy to hear that yesterday on Friday you were able to leave at a reasonable time and that you both caught up with your work (you and boss!) cheers to that!
maybe show us the new curtains? I am always interested in seeing how people choose to decorate their homes!
it must be so frustrating for hubby to have pain. and i can TOTALLY relate to your pain bc i get the type that wakes me up at night during that time of the month (not every month, but sometimes!)
well...the good thing about being busy at work is it does make the day go by fast but it can be a struggle to always be "on" and not have a slow day, i know!
sometimes i like a "distraction" project or those projects that are more fun or just rarely ever happen...like when i sold the bike this week for my cousin - i liked doing it because it's something i don't usually do!...but i should have just been doing my other work! LOL
I found that if I go on to Walmart.com, I can find the "blackout" drapes in a pink color, for Daughter's room. So it just depends on if she wants the darkening curtains I bought her Friday, or if she feels that she truly wants her room to be dark in the mornings. The side of the house that her room is on gets the morning sun quite brightly.
I *knew* that if I could just get past the mental discomfort of having this unresolved, that it would work itself out for a reason. And it did. It was just very hard to put this aside in my own brain.