Sunday, Nov. 5 2017

148.something. I'm not really paying that close attention anymore to the numbers after the decimal point.

Busy weekend with DS#2's play. It was good and funny but I am beat. I went to Thursday night and Friday night's performances but skipped both of them yesterday.....I'm just exhausted. I think the insurance fighting stress and stress from cancer recurrence is getting to me. Spent the day yesterday at the computer editing play pics and nothing else. I ended the day with just barely over 1,000 steps. Can you say slug?

Church today and then I'm not sure what. Perhaps lunch at our favorite Mexican restaurant. I usually just get a small chicken enchilada off the a la carte menu. Still feeling drained even with the extra hour of sleep!

Listen to your body. Spritz your pillow with lavender water and then off to bed.

I would guess (and I bet you do, too) that insurance stress is only the first volley of the recurrence. Keep the activities that nourish but drop the others. (Do you have a house cleaning service?)

Love you lots!

We don't have a house cleaning service but can certainly afford it if needed. I should look into one!

I dropped mine a while back to fund more yoga/exercise. But, during the zillion years that we did have it, it was utterly worth it. The basics get done, no matter what.

Mental stress often equals physical exhaustion. Let yourself rest while you can as it sounds like you may have a lot coming up.

Amen to all the other comments here, Paula, about mental and emotional stress being equivalent to physical stress. I was online this morning googling "weight loss due to stress," thinking that maybe my lost 4 pounds in the last two months could have been partially induced by hubby's cancer recurrence during the same time frame.

And I third (or fourth) the suggestion that you look into a house cleaning service. I really do find that a clean house provides some serious self-care for me, given my compulsions to control and predict things. Besides, a clean house just FEELS good.

Sending hugs from our house to your house. We understand!

Dave, you need a reality show or at least a youtube channel...."The Airstream Life" I know that alcohol is used for many things medical. Your comment about using it for pain didn't surprise me but triggered pharmacist-worry. The infestation descriptions changed my thinking.....drink up!

Snow/rain this morning so I drove DD to her job at Starbucks.. It was a last minute decision so I was in classic morning mom costume, complete with polka dot jammies and slippers. Before I knew I needed to leave the house, I was thinking that restriction was tight and that my normal breakfast was more than I needed. But on the drive to Starbucks, I started plotting/rationalizing hot coffee plus SOMETHING (just a bit!) as a celebration of the weird weather. The thought of DianeO's friend and her (no surprise) regain, plus my jammies that would be visible even in a drive thru, was enough to squelch the impulse.

I have a 90 minute gym work out planned. I think I am going to redo Dexa in Feb to see where I have landed. (If I type it, it will happen.)

You know what I don't like about housecleaning as self-care? IT ALWAYS REQUIRES SELF CARE!

Snow in Seattle twice this early is very, very unusual. 2017 has been quite the year.

Peace and hope,

Shel

I hope I do not have the content for a reality show. Plus editing is a pain for me. It takes a lot of time to shave off the boring bits and still make a story. Your hikes on the other hand would make great content.

Greetings Valued Ones

139.5 sand flirting with 139. Pretty good considering yesterday was total slothdom. Watched our team lose in overtime and puttered about the house with laundry and such. But I had to go out as I was almost out of COFFEE!!.

Lots going on with everyone. Dave the bug invasion sounds awful. Bugs are one reason I don't do more outdoors. Do those lady bugs have a natural predator that would like to eat them? Probably some creature you don't want either. Cold weather will probably send them off but meanwhile - yuck.

And Dave you are so industrious on the house finishing. Sometimes all the work on something will help make you ready to part with it. Hope it all goes well.

Poor Sadie! No fair for her to be left alone. Pet care is so critical - its always a huge factor in our travel. Its why I usually went back to the midwest alone - DH had to stay with dogs. Liz I understand not taking the dogs to Florida. Travel for the old ones can be so hard.

Hey Paula, sounds like you really needed that slug day. Sometimes worrying about stuff can be just as tiring as the events you are worried about. We are all hoping that insurance company gets its act together soon and you and Ben can move forward. And yes I vote for a house cleaner. I dropped it when we moved out here but I have so many issues with my hands that I just don't want to wear them out cleaning. So a few years back I got a cleaner again. Seems silly for someone with no job but its not what I want to do. Fortunately DH is good about helping pick up all the clutter before the cleaner comes.

Ann I think maybe your focus on eating veggies may impact on your unplanned weight loss. I swear some calories are worse than others. Whaddaya all think? Yesterday my veggies were asparagus and crackers.

Time to post this and then see what I forgot in the time it took to type this. Take care all. Diane S

Crackers! My kind of vegetable!