27th October 2017
Be the sunshine in a dark room.
I’ve just had a lovely sleep and a bit of a lie in and woke
up feeling restored, if I have a slow day before my meeting tonight, a lazy
afternoon after my Saturday meeting and a lie in on Sunday morning and I’ll be
completely rejuvenated. I’ve also just
realised it’s less than 2 months to Christmas and I haven’t even thought about
it! That realisation that this time last
year I’d bought all my gifts and this year I just haven’t acknowledged it
exists and I still don’t want to. It
wasn’t until I started thinking about this kid’s half term Christmas dinner
that I accepted how little I’d thought about it. I might just cancel it in our house ;) but
then again I know I won’t because although we didn’t bother with it for years,
I love that buzz of buying and wrapping stuff and seeing people’s faces when
they open the stupidness you’ve bought!
Anyway back to October because you’ve all got Halloween and
bonfire night first, thankfully I don’t do those, but I do need to get back to
October and November and restoring my work/life balance, enjoying my new
kitchen, my shed seriously needs emptying and sorting back into place.
The one thing I have made time for over this last busy week
is cooking a decent meal, I refuse to not have a good dinner, yesterday it was
chicken stuff with phili light and olives wrapped in prosciutto and served with
grains and asparagus – so good. This
meant I never got to my stew so today is all about the 2 day old beef stew,
happy days, that’s going to be so good, I’m even going to have it for
breakfast! Yeah I am because I can!
Me and Alfie are also going to go for a few good walks and
get in my exercise and I’m going to make sure I get drinking my water again as
it was pointed out to me yesterday that sometimes when we’re tired we’re
actually dehydrated and she made a good point as I haven’t been drinking my
morning pint probably because the temperatures dropped so I might start having
hot water again, that way I still get the fluid intake.
We easily slip back into old ways that aren’t good for us
don’t we! I find it very easy to neglect
myself whilst I’m busy taking care of everyone else, but I know I need to get
that balance and for me balance means making choices and enjoying those choices
that I make. I don’t say no for saying
no sake, I say it because I need to, I know my limits and I will eventually put
in place boundaries because I need to be able to refuel – I can’t pour from an
empty jug. I’m more than happy to do
things for people but sometimes people can do those things for themselves and
are either being lazy or playing the victim who needs help – on those occasions
I’m not playing!
I’m looking forward to going to the cinema with my bestie on
Sunday and having some time out – the phones going off and I’m ignoring the
world. I’ve just realised my brother and
his wife land in the UK next week so we’ll have them visiting, I’ll need to
refuel before then, it’ll be great to see them and catch up, I might do us an
early Christmas Dinner as we won’t see them again this year. Ooo yeah I like that idea, crackers and
stuff, sounds like a plan to me! Cheese
and biscuits = nice. Any excuse ay! Right
I’m going to get dressed (I’m not naked don’t panic, I’m in my nightie) and
offer to take Alfie for a walk, he’s lying on my office floor making a
statement!
Enjoy your day, stop, breathe, smile at strangers and take
time to enjoy your day BeYOUtiful, they’re not limitless. xx
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