…. I get these weird bursts of energy every once in a while but for the most part, I feel worn out and worn down. Much like that dude lying in the middle of the road over there to my left. Just pooped.
(Aren’t you glad I’m oversharing? If you can’t do it on yer own blog, where can you, right?)
Here’s what’s going on in my world these days:
1) Getting ready to launch the Professional Intuitive Mentoring and Certification Program this week. I’m so excited about it! I have gotten many crappy intuitive readings, some meh ones and very, very few good ones. I know mine are good and that I am able to support and help my clients step into empowerment and really change things in their life. I wanted to teach others how to use their own skills to do the same thing. And now I can. Anni did such a beautiful design of the site and the content comes from my heart so I hope it resonates with others and grows into full bloom.
2) Looking forward to switching the work schedule to 3 days @ 6 hours instead of 4 @4 1/4. As things continue to grow with PI, I need more time to focus on lesson plans and what not.
3) Had the annual summer party – this year a very low-key affair. I am so not a fan of entertaining and perhaps like my lack of domesticity, I should just accept it as one of those things that’s just who I am and quit trying to enjoy it. I’ve never, ever liked it and not just because it involves herculean efforts on the cleaning front but I just generally don’t enjoy myself. I’m a hermit who likes intermittent visits (not on my turf) with others. I’ll be 53 in October and I best get on with accepting this about myself. I am happy alone (or with David Cook, er, Duty) and my dogs and cat. That’s about it.
4) I’m feeling icky and flubby in my body so time for my thrice-every-decade foray back into low-carb, I think. It’s the only way I’ve ever lost and kept off the weight and while bread/pasta/sugary things are good once in a great while, I’ve made “a great while” into an every day occurrence. And my scale shows it. Plus, I feel dehydrated and have upped my water intake but not enough, it seems.
5) Once upon a time, I had someone with whom I wrote stories. He’d write some parts, I’d write (most) parts and it was a lot of fun having a muse. I miss having a muse like that. Dear Universe, I can haz muse, pls?
That’s about all rolling around in this girl’s head.
Jennifer W: How are the babies? How’s mommy? Updates when/if you have time. :)
Hi Lisa,
We are doing well as can be expected. The girls are breathing on their own, and slowly coming off cords and monitors each day, as daddy and I visit them every afternoon. Lynn is 3 pounds 15 ounces today and my serious little lady (for now), and Natasha is 4 pounds, 8 ounces, and laid back and full of giggles. She will be lying on my chest and sleeping and a squeal of giggle will come out of her, when you look down she is still eyes closed and grinning at you, so you can’t help but laugh.. I have been working on kissing dents in to their foreheads… I am ok with them being where they are, I don’t want them home until they are solidly safe medically.. So I wait patiently and make sure no doctor or nurse pushes them beyond their abilities…
My life right now is just them and sleeping, eating and pumping… Simplistic compared to what it used to be, but I will take it.
I am like you right now… Need to cut off some bad foods and pull myself together but at this time, I don’t think I am ready to tackle that as I seem content and ok with myself as is. I believe when it is right, we do it,and succeed… So deep breath on the pastas, and treats… Just raise a glass of water with me, and when it is right we can both work on the body issues.
Glass in the air! And I sent you a link to my Facebook page so you can see pics of the girls…
Jenn In California
I like this post. Not because you’re experiencing the “low energy” thing, but because I so get what you’re saying about domesticity. I keep riding myself for being such a slob. But I wonder if it wouldn’t be a better use of my time and energy to accept that I don’t care that, once the the sofa pillows fall on the floor, I don’t care if they stay there, or that I don’t vacuum until the livingroom floor feels a little gritty.
Gal, I just got tired of beating myself up for who I’m not (and will never be). There are things I’m not experiencing in this lifetime (motherhood, being loved for my looks and not my faboo mind (heh), OCD around cleaning, extroversion .. and more) and I’m just accepting it and reveling in who I am. As they say “It is what it is.” :)
We love you just the way you are. And, truth be told, we love your house …and your pool, even if we don’t don our swimsuits.. So, while I’m sad that you don’t like hosting family parties, family still loves coming. Consider the happiness the event brings to others and maybe that will make the effort worthwhile? Perhaps? If you prefer the hermit lifestyle, how will anyone be able to love you for your faboo mind?! And if you need a weight loss buddy, I’m your girl. The hospital is “making” it attractive to get healthy and lose weight and are giving us a discount in the cost of healthcare benefits if we do certain things. I think it is a smart thing to do – the goal is to have people use less healthcare by having a healthy lifestyle.
As for house cleaning, If you clean as you go along, them you don’t need the herculean effort. It’s like looking at molehills instead of the mountain. It’s like baby steps in order to reach a goal. Every once in while there is a big project, but just break it down into chewable bites. There’s my big cousin advice for the year. :)