It's been 4 days since my last post. I have no good excuse for this. I was busy yesterday, but the days before that...I guess I didn't blog because I wasn't feeling especially happy or depressed and I was eating like crap, so I didn't want to talk about it. I obviously should, though, because that keeps me motivated to do better, since I have to admit to what I've been doing.
Back on track today, though, although I'm ridiculously tired. I went to bed at 9 last night to try to get a good night of sleep. The baby's been sleeping a bit better, so I thought I'd wake up fairly rested this morning, but no. At 11 she woke up to eat, which was fine...I figured I'd get her full and then we'd get a good chunk of sleep after that. But just after I'd finished feeding her, the weather turned ugly. We were in the basement by midnight with the kids...the wind outside was howling pretty scarily and with 4 kids and a dog, we didn't want to wait too long to get downstairs. Luckily the actual tornado went south of us and we had no damage, and the kids were merry about being woken up and hanging out in the basement for a bit. But then Norah wanted to eat again at around 1, and I just couldn't fall asleep again until close to 2. Ugh.
But anyway...I did get up and shower and get moving this morning. I made one of my healthier frozen coffees instead of going out to buy one (I like Starbucks frappucinos, frappes from McD's, and just discovered Burger King's iced mochas...but none of them are good for you!), and I added a little peanut butter this time for extra deliciousness and a little extra protein. I made it with truvia instead of sugar and it was 167 calories, 19 carbs, and 9 grams of protein. And very tasty.
Norah's been sick and I feel like I need to take her in to get checked out, since she's only 6 weeks old...so my morning has been filled with just trying to get a few things done around the house (very few -- taking Thalia to the bus stop, feeding and holding the baby, a quick shower, feeding the boys, trying to keep the toddler out of trouble...that's all I've gotten done), and the afternoon is going to be filled up with taking the boys to meet Vitor and driving down to get her to the doctor.
I will say that I've at least been writing. Not today, yet, but most every day. I think I'm going to restart my book a third time, but I'll be using a lot of pieces from a short story I'd written that this story is based on, so it should go quickly. A lot of cut and paste. Who knows if I'll ever get it done...but at least I've been working on it fairly consistently. And reading, too. I'm reading Lolita right now...I'd never read it. I love the way it's written, so far.
We all understand the moments of lapse. The fact that you are back on to post about it is wonderful. You are doing a great job!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear the tornado went south. We have had odd weather here for the last 24 hours but nothing like that!