How'd do you feel?

Thursday 8th September 2022

We're doing alright!

It's Wednesday night and I'm writing my blog now because I'm hoping to be super efficient in the morning and I'm going to try and go swimming before work.  I did 40 lengths again this morning and if I can do half of that on my Tuesday & Thursday work days, happy days.  That'd be 3km over the week in total.  I won't lie, even just going 3 times a week so far, I'm clapping for myself, it's making me feel really good because I'm finding it difficult and we like to give up when things are tough.  

I had a Tim Hortons breakfast again, £3.49 opted for the sausage and egg bagel, it wasn't all that, so next Wednesday, I'm thinking I'll take a croissant with me and I might invest in a coffee cup to keep my drinks hot and make one before I leave to swim.  

I had a good day, took Aryn for his appointment which he wasn't impressed with lol but hey ho, then dropped him at school.  They dropped him home so that's good news, in future they're going to pick him up and drop him off, saves me the hour round trip twice a day.  I came home did some work for our Be Happy Owls.  

When Aryn got home, he had pizza and onion rings, I opted for this; 

Pasta, Philadelphia light, spinach and sundried tomatoes - nice, very, very nice.

Not gonna lie, I enjoyed a bit of wine before bed, heck why swim if you can't enjoy the calories you earn!

There was a lot of talk of emotions in this house after Aryn's appointment, now he'd been given a list of about 5, Happy, Sad, Mad, Tired, Excited, Anxious, Other!  I understand why the list was short but we could all get something from identifying how we are feeling, here's my list of emotions that I have shared with Aryn because he's an intelligent boy but like so many of us, he really does need to learn to express how he feels - I'm okay with him telling me he's irritated or frustrated by me, heck I feel that way about myself at times.  We're not supposed to like each other all the time, like and love are two very different things and you can love someone and still dislike them some days.  

How are you feeling right this moment?  This is the list I had on my laptop that I shared with Aryn, 

So many to choose from and he's intelligent enough to get to grips with all of them!  We could all get something from doing this task, ask yourself how you're feeling every few hours, zone in to your emotions instead of eating to distract you from those feelings!

It's not always easy to accept our emotions but it really does make a difference to our behaviours.

I'm probably too open some would say, you will never be in any doubt of how I'm feeling, my face says it if my mouth hasn't already!  I've always said, don't ask me how I am if you haven't got time to hear my answer ;) 

Now, will I get to the baths, mmm we shall see, it'll mean being there for 6.15 when it opens, I'm not sure but I'll give it a go I guess.  I need to leave my house at 7.50 ish to get to work, it can be done, we shall see - wish me luck.

Mwah, luv ya 

Love me xx