Happy Week 34, everybody! I hope everyone is having a great one so far.
Today’s a big emotional roller-coaster for me. It’s the first day of school here, so ED and YD are both off to new environments. YD is just starting third grade, so it’s not a HUGE change, but it’s always tense until we know how she’s going to mesh with the teacher. YD is gifted and exceptionally precocious in every way, especially in wanting to be in control of everything. (Gee, wonder where she gets that?) So it takes patience and skill on the part of the teacher to recognize and make use of this as a good point, rather than trying to crush it out of existence. We’ve been very lucky so far but every year we hold our breath, wondering if this will be the year that we aren’t lucky. (Though YD is getting better every year at compressing her exuberant, open-armed and razor-minded personality into the mold that society has provided. Which makes me a little sad but it does help her days go more smoothly.)
ED, of course, is starting a brand new high school, having transferred. She is scared to death – I think trying to integrate into an entirely new peer group at 16 is one of the scariest things in the world. She is very brave, and I am so proud of her for doing this. She made a decision based on what she thought was best for her academically and in terms of her future, and she’s following through with the really hard stuff to make it happen. She’s my hero today, even more than usual.
So I’m nervous for them. I know they’ll be absolutely fine and after a week, it’ll all be old hat for both of them. But I’m still nervous.
On the other hand, tonight (barring unforeseen complications!) I get to meet Cammy! And I am so far beyond excited that I’m in a whole new universe of excited. I so cannot wait.
And I’m stressed, because work isn’t getting any easier. Plus my neck hurts. But, you know, it’ll all balance out…because I get to meet Cammy!! 🙂
So. Diet-and-exercise-wise…I’m still doing well. Yesterday I didn’t get in much exercise, and even though it was a conscious decision to rest for my neck’s sake, I still feel uber-crappy about that. I hate not exercising; I am afraid it will turn into a downward slide, and I want those endorphins. Ugh. Food wise I was pretty good though; there was a little bit of chocolate involved, but it was a little bit. It didn’t hurt my calories. And I will not live a life without chocolate. So it’s all good. 🙂
Today I will be healthy. Today I will eat my pre-packed food at the designated times, and I will work my cardio in around my schedule. I will drink my water. I will meditate at some point. And most of all, I will continue to visualize myself as the slim, svelte, uber-fit Health Queen that I know I am on my way to being. I’m all about the visualization.
Tonight, I will go meet Cammy (did I mention that?) and I will order a healthy meal and enjoy the heck out of it, and I will talk and laugh and have a wonderful time. (Emotional and spiritual health are every bit as important as the physical, and contribute to the same, you know!) Oh…and I will do something very scary. I will – I WILL – pull out my manuscript, dust off the first three chapters, and get my submission ready that I have been putting off for the past I-can’t-count-that-high-without-a-calculator years. I will stop making excuses and cowering behind my self-doubt, and I will step out of my comfort zone and make something happen. Thanks again, MizFit. 🙂
I hope you all have a lovely, wonderful, and exceptionally joyful day, as I intend to. Happy Tuesday!
HAVE SUCH A GREAT TIME!
Id love to meet you both in real life sometime.
and you, woman? TAKE DIRECTION BETTER THAN ANYONE I KNOW!
seriously.
now my old tween manuscript shall be lonely there under the bed 😉
Just stopping by to wish you a wonderful day!!
*huggles*
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Thinking good thoughts today for ED. (I vaguely remember high school, so good for her in making this change.)
Wow, big day! Have fun with Cammy! Sounds like fun. I’m sure the kids will do fine. And congrats on doing something scary!
Keep making healthy choices – you are doing wonderfully!
yes! Dust off that manuscript and make it happen! We all want to read it 🙂
I’m so consumed with jealousy that I can’t even think. I hope you took pictures!
P.S. MANUSCRIPT!!!! You KNOW I’ll be the first in line at Borders and at your book signing too!