Just sat here and wrote an entire post on constipation calls that come into the dr's office I work at and I was so bleh by the end of it I clicked save and closed it. I nearly clicked delete and decided meh, I'd just tuck it into a draft pile.
Yesterday I was sort of keeping tabs on myself throughout the day and making mental notes of all I had not accomplished. We got up yesterday morning and shuffled around having our usual sort of slow morning. I am so glad that we do not have daily up and out the door obligations. We were supposed to have Beebs' Gymboree class yesterday - her last one of our groupon trial thing but she insisted multiple times she did not want to go. She's usually thrilled when I tell her it's class day but she told me she did not want to go and that she did not want to spend her whole life there. ha! I listened and we can make up a class so we stayed home.
A friend told me about a school to check out and so we did. She loved it and wanted to stay. I was awkward mom sort of trailing around after her. She was ready to dive in and I was sort of doing the casual visit. I felt like I should have a million questions but I couldn't think of a single thing. I was weird. It's a cool place. I didn't get any bad vibes but I can tell I will have a hard time letting go. The program is only 3 hrs a day and we're planning on only doing 2 days a week. There were lots of cool things in the class to play with and I kept feeling sad that she'd be playing with these things and I wouldn't get to see her enjoying them! heh.
So we left the school, headed to Whole Foods and ate lunch together. I had a pile of kale salad with garlicky dressing and it was just so good. How to make that dressing? It was thick and it was like some leaves were just sort of frosted with it. MMm! I also had tabouleh (why do I always forget to make this?) and balsamic roasted beets and kamut salad. I'm making this wheat berry salad today from 101 Cookbooks. I can't find the recipe on her blog - it's in one of her books I have. Anyway, it has spinach and feta and looks super tasty. I've never made wheat berry salad! (check this)What I want to clarify here on this blog is that while I eat lots of healthy yums, I also eat some crap but the issue is more about moderation I think? I'm trying to figure out the issue. Always. So I might eat a plate full of absolute amazingness and then in the evening when I turn into a ravenous beast -- I might eat 4 brownies. Ya see? I can seriously eat beautifully all day and by nightfall...look out! I'm working very hard at not eating after dinner or at least 3 hrs before bedtime. We don't eat dinner until 6 or later because that's when Roommate gets home from work.
To make this week. Otsu - one of the best things I've eaten!
Oh, so I was saying, gosh. (food - black hole) Lunch with Beebs. She was very interested in eating blackberries and that was most of her lunch. She also had some chocolate milk as a treat. We gathered a few groceries and a few more goodies for Grandma's birthday bag. In the produce section Beebs found a rambutan and the produce guy ran up and scared her saying it was going to eat her. She jumped and threw it and ran to me. He apologized and I told her he was making a joke and then she told him she just wanted to see it and he asked if she wanted to taste it and he pulled a knife from his pocket and split it open for her. I had what would make a funny sketch moment making fun of hippie moms or something where I was like YAY, learning is taking place! haha. It was neat though and he also let her play with a horned melon.
There are so many times when I'm out in public or interact with someone in a casual setting where I literally feel like I'm having an out of body experience and I'm just like..who are you? What was that weird half-laugh that just came out of you? Why are you talking like that? Like..I'm having trouble just being my true self.
How dorky am I for wanting these pants? I honestly think I'm too short to wear them anyway.
This has been a confusing post. Yesterday was a good day. The weather was beautiful. Today Beebs and I are going to probably just stay home and play and I have to spend a chunk of time on signing up for Roommate's insurance so I can dump my COBRA. Yay! I also need to cut off my pot of arugula outside and do something tasty with it.
Produce guy cut up a peach for us once :) love whole foods.
ReplyDeleteI think you mentioned once that you didn't mind input on the food issue. Anyway, i've had the same experience with eating well but then succumbing to the siren call of sweet sh*t at late hours. My solution is treating it like you're quitting smoking. If there's a pack of cigarettes in the house, it's going to be a helluva lot harder to control the urge. In other words, if it's not in the house, it can't be eaten. I just don't buy it. There is an alternative though, the desserts that are made without sugar for diabetics.If there aren't any complex carbs, you'll lose weight.When I want/need to drop weight, I don't go hungry. I just limit food to lean meat and simple carbs. And one of those sugar-free desserts for diabetics occasionally. Last time I even made a cheesecake that met the no complex carb requirements. Anyway, it works for me. But seriously, if those brownies aren't in the house, you can't eat them.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the school you visited? I need to find a good place for Lo next fall.
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