Feeling Better

Two days off work sick. then worked the weekend. Had a day off yesterday and rested up... Went for a bicycle ride and a walk. Ate well. Today I didn't do so well. I ate lunch at work and the options aren't as healthy. I did have a healthy dinner. But overall not one of my better days. Hope tomorrow is better.

Taking a sick day

Part of taking care of me is about being ok taking sick days when I need to. I don't do that well. I love my job and what I do and feel that taking a sick day is letting a lot of people I care about and enjoy working with down. That's delusional. If I'm sick I'm not a lot of help to any one and put others at risk of getting sick. I don't do sick well. I pout and eat usually so that has something to do with my not wanting to stay home. I have been better at that the last few times I've been sick. That's because I don't have any junk food in the house and I don't go out when I'm sick. I isolate and don't want to see anyone. The truth is I don't want people to see me sick. My brain tries to tell me that sick means weak. I know that's not true, but it tries. So today is a sick day. I can just take care of me today.

I had the day off today.

I had the day off today. I've got my annual spring sinus cold. So I took care of myself. Rest, soup. A low key day.

Yeah!!! The weather is changing

We have had a long cold gray winter and I have battled depression and lack of motivation for the last three months. The weather has broken through this past week and I feel like I'm coming back to life. Even with a sinus cold I feel like I have more energy then I have had in months. I'm taking the dog for long walks and I've been out bike riding. I'm getting projects done around the house and hanging laundry in the sun. My eating patterns have improved also. I think that I'll have to look in to getting a light therapy lamp for next winter. I can't afford to not have the energy to do cardio, and take care of me. I have to get the weight off... this is not about vanity... it's about the quality of my life.