Monday, October 15, 2018

So much grrr in my world today. First we're having incredible Santa Ana winds, which never ceases to put me in a bad mood. Second, my neighbors behind me and over one keep having super loud sex at all hours. It woke me up three times Saturday night and twice last night. Our houses are close, but jeez, not that close. It's totally gross. If I close my window and put on music, I can't hear it, but I shouldn't have to sleep with the window closed when it's warm here. I'm thinking of a passive agressive anonymous note in the mailbox to try to get them to close their windows if they're going to be that noisy... What would you do in this situation?

I haven't been a good eater lately. I'm not sure why, but I need to cut it out and get back to what I know I should be doing.

I'm going to go and try to shake off the cranky... have a good day all!

Oh yuk Cecily. But if you do an anonymous note they will figure it out and probably get more noisy on purpose. You might say face to face that they can be heard at night and they should close the window. Or play a moose call .....

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Last night I was wishing I had one of those air horn in a can things. I could probably just yell out the window that the whole neighborhood can hear you!...

Cecily ... I'm all for everyone having great sex, but your neighbors seem oddly exhibitionistic. Apartment buildings are notorious for those kinds of sounds. But unattached houses?

I think your neighbors are the ones who need to shut their windows.

The question is ... how to make them do so? Cops?

P.S. The interwebz are full of complaints about this.

Three times in one night? Is your neighbor part of the oldest profession in the world? Or a "film star" ? Or maybe just impossibly young.

Right??? And those were only the ones that woke me!

So I left a passive aggressive anonymous note in their mailbox and then thought better of it and snuck back to retrieve it. I might try again with something less shaming than my original note and more "hey, not trying to embarrass you, but sound seriously carries here at night. Would much appreciate you closing your windows"...

That is pretty gross and I agree that is smacks of exhibitionism. Does anyone have a child nearby? If so, that might make it more likely that the police would do something?

Hahaha! My addict brain came out to play today. Got an email announcing that the PTO (basically a PTA) is providing an appreciation breakfast tomorrow from 7:30-8:00 am. Egg bake dishes, fruits, breads, coffee cake and cinnamon rolls - all homemade. YUM!

Now, of course, today is my Begin Anew day for eating. It's a reset. A chance to accomplish healthy eating and get back to a right sized body. It is a choice to which I have committed. Reading the email immediately brought up reasons that I should NOT be committed to Beginning Anew today. I had to chuckle at how quickly my resolve became shaky and simultaneously my self-awareness was able to logic through my emotionally and addictively charged thinking.

My dad's comment did stay with me over the weekend. I was able to step away from the hurt of the comment and look at the truth in it, too. In a way, looking at the truth of how much weight I've gained is helpful in strengthening my resolve to commit to a long-term weight loss focus. I did write him a long and strong email regarding his comments. It was to the point and harsh. I sent it to my brother and he liked it very much. (My brother is obese, too.) Then I put it away in my drafts folder and have not sent it to my dad. I instead will wait until I can have a conversation with him and be an example of kindness, rather than ream him a new one, as I wanted to do on Friday! LOL!

Somehow I have ended up with Pink Eye/conjunctivitis. Booooo! Never had it before. Oh, well.... Didn't realize I shouldn't be at work, so here I am...Oops! Picking up meds on my way home and cancelled going to the shrink.

It sounds like Begin Anew is already off to a great start!

I too have those times like you. And it makes me sad looking back to think about what donuts kept me from enjoying, figuratively speaking, of course. But in the moment they seems so necessary. And to not indulge feels like such punishment. But I'll bet after a few days removed you'll start to feel better about your resolve. And then you'll start dropping the weight and feeling better and you'll know you made the right decision.

Hey, thanks for the rooting section! I appreciate it very much! I read it at the perfect time this afternoon, too!