Day 91: A Slow Start

 

I'm finding that I need to disconnect a little from the political chatter, because of the hate and negativity being directed at Trump. The man doesn't take office until January 20 and, of course, the Democrats are full steam ahead criticizing anything and everything he plans on doing and trashing all of his cabinet picks. They're also trying to pass as much legislation as they can and trying to spend as much money as they can. Isn't that a mature response to losing the election ?!?! So today I'm not going down that rabbit hole.

I'm continuing to feel better about my health. My stool is blessedly normal with no signs of blood. Today I went ahead and moved the yoga cushion to the other end of the couch. I'm seeing that the way I sit on the couch is a big problem. If I sit up straight or walk around, I have no abdominal discomfort. When I sit slumped forward I do. I think I've been crushing my abdominal organs for months ! 

Yesterday I spent most of the day on the couch watching YouTube and playing some Cookie Jam. I haven't played it for a while, so it was fun to get back to that. I noticed that the latest challenge was expiring yet I was in first place. How the heck does that happen ? Well, as soon as I played a couple games the other "players" in my group started playing ! This tells me that the other players are AI generated and not real people. With 20 minutes left in the challenge, I won. What a joke ! The whole day wasn't a waste, as I got 3 loads of laundry done. My goal for today is washing the dishes as I have a lot of plastic that needs to be hand washed. 

Weather has turned cold but yesterday and today brought blue skies and sunshine, which is always great to see. I worry about the stray cats with winter approaching, but they've made it through the past couple winters just fine. Not long ago a black kitten showed up out of nowhere and I'm not sure who he or she might belong to. It's pretty skittish but knows enough to show up for food every day and seems to be growing fast ! I've had 5 customers the past 2 days and I'm grateful to have the ability to continue buying food for them. 

I haven't bothered applying for any jobs but I got an email from Verizon yesterday inviting me to apply for a customer support role. It involves evenings, weekends and holidays and I really don't want a job with that requirement at this point in my life. It's probably a union job and with zero seniority I'd end up working the shifts no one wants. No thanks ! I plan to sign up for unemployment in January, so I'll collect that as long as I can. I did apply to a job today that sounds like a good fit for me. We'll see if I get an interview !

I haven't been sticking to Nutrisystem 100% but I also haven't gone out and bought a bunch of non-compliant food. Today I had Eggo waffles for breakfast, along with a yogurt. Lunch was the usual pepperoni pizza melt. I had some Biscoff cookies for a snack around 2:30. 

I wanted to restart the treadmill today but I ended up not even getting dressed. I really need to take a shower before I think about putting clean clothes on. I will give myself until Monday to get back on track ! I feel fine physically and my back is 100% better, so I have no excuse other than laziness ! I did manage to put a string of lights up in the kitchen. I have all these extra lights that were my mom's so I'm trying to get more in the holiday spirit ! I also managed to put my stuffing recipe on paper for Barb. I guess she wants to share it with Nicole. I don't really measure so I did the best I could. We'll see how it goes ! The stuffing is my favorite part of Thanksgiving, so I can't wait to whip up a gigantic batch of that ! I always make a ton because it's a once a year thing and I freeze some to have with my turkey Nutrisystem dinners.

Below is what I achieved today. I am focusing on what I do each day, and not looking back to what I did or didn't do any other day. I hope that one day soon I won't need a checklist to ensure I do all of these everyday tasks !

Make the bed - 

feed cats - 

have breakfast - 

get dressed - 

exercise - 

clean litter boxes - 

have morning snack - 

have lunch - 

have afternoon snack - 

have dinner - 

have evening snack - 

shower - 

skincare - 

brush teeth -