Humpday Check-in

Good Morning Everyone!

How are you doing today?  How was your day yesterday?  What are your plans for today?  Come on in and share with us, feel free to just ramble away.  

Yesterday was a whirlwind of activity.  I am still trying to find my way through the work day, but in general things are going better than expected.

I really can not make plans for any work day until we find our rhythm.  I have been keeping the fridge/freezer and pantry stocked with foods to keep me fueled properly.  I have noticed that I need to keep on top of my water consumption or I tend to be too low.  I have a blender in our kitchen and make a protein shake most afternoons.  When the blender starts I have ladies coming  around for just a "taste" my treat.  Yesterday I noticed a new supply of soy milk and frozen fruit in the kitchen and was asked what flavor "we" were having.  So now I guess I need to double my batch to share.    

Wishing you each a WONDERFUL Wednesday!   

I survived Torture Tuesday and I did not even get a T-Shirt! 

It is Whatever Wednesday!  I only have (1) meeting that I again get to lead but a much smaller project team. Plenty of documentation updates to do today, so whatever questions come, whatever tasks I get to, whatever I feel like working on....

Looking forward to worship service this evening. Completed our taxes. Ready to mail them off (sad but true the IT Manager does not e-file - I love PAPER)!

Remembered last night I signed up to provide breakfast for Sunday School this coming Sunday. Gotta look for something yummy to feed 35 hungry ladies!

Sticking to my usual foods today, oatmeal, cheeese, peanut butter, little ham, and maybe some fish for dinner. Mom should have named me 'Routine' , 'Creature of Habit', or 'Don't Touch My Cheese'!

Amazingly I have (2) boxes of girl scout cookies in the pantry. Been there for weeks unopened. I remember the day I would of ate the whole box as soon as I had them and been looking for more.  They will either serve as a little treat one day or they will go stale and hit the trash and I am ok with that.

Off to do whatever. Make it a great day!

Good morning, Everyone....
yesterday was a good day for me.  Stayed pretty much on track all day and fixed a grea seafood pasta made with Barilla Plus high protein pasta, shrimp, scallops, talapia, etc... mmmm it was sooo good.  I'd give the recipe, but i never actually make it the same way twice.

Today i'll be running around all day, dropping off stuff to clients, picking stuff up, post office, dry cleaners, haircut, workout with trainer... just a busy day.  Leftovers for dinner i'm thinking.  I'll bring my water with me so that i can stay hydrated. 

Starting to drizzle already, so i guess it's not going to be sunny as it was yesterday.  That's ok, my daffodils need the sprinkles!!!

Yay! Had my 6 month appt. with my cardiologist and he dropped my coreg! One more med I'm off since surgery! yay me!!!!!!!

I have been majorly stressing lately and generally I had purged the house of 'contraband' since my son wants to lose the pounds he found while my FIL was dying and since the funeral. That said, I didn't say no to the local Girl Scouts and brought home a box of Thin Mints and Do See Do's I downed the Do See Do's 2 nights ago and half the box of Thin Mints last night. UGHHhhhh! 

My weight is holding even with the indulgence, but it's the indulgence that bothers me. I don't have most of my 'coping' mechanisms in place and have little to no support here. It gone from bad to HORRIBLE. My son and DIL hate me right now and my SIL is stirring the proverbial pot, driving the wedge between my children and me deeper. It's breaking my heart and tearing me up in soooo many ways. The situation is literally toxic for me... as you can tell by  my indulgence in the Girl Scout cookies. I talked to the grief counselor here about what's going on and she suggested I go home for my own health. I talked with my MIL and she begged me to stay, so I've decided to stay for a month and then I'm outta here. I'm working on getting my MIL the therapies necessary to help her become as functional and independent as I can in the next 4 weeks. The most important thing I'm working on is speech therapy so that she can communicate her needs and desires. I've also arrange for Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy to allow her to safely function and transfer to try to minimize falls and increase her independence.  I pray that I'll be able to lay the foundation that will allow her to do this.