I sometimes think my life is straight out of some looney toon cartoon! Expect the unexpected is what I need to start saying in relation to my life! This last week has been exactly that! Rashes, car breakdowns, rain, x crazy dog, etc. ok, the dog is a puppy…so she is supposed to be crazy! But otherwise, life has been nuts!
Rainy Weather
So let’s start with the weather. It was overcast and rainy for about a week and a half. When the sun would shine long enough to actually mow, I would be working! We even had hail three times…that I know about! (Picture of hail on the front deck below) So the grass was growing like crazy!
Yes, I know. Rain and fast growing grass is be expected in April and May! Thankfully, this weekend we had some sunny weather and we were able to get out and mow. The grass was so long that we had to go much slower. So what can usually be done in a combined 7 hours took about 9. Fun fun! But hey, push mowing is good exercise right?
Around the house we also got a few things planted. My father in law put up some shelves that had formerly been in their garage. And he started to build me a counter to fit into the great abyss. My washer and dryer sit at a right angle to each other …not side by side. That leaves a corner of space that I can’t access or use in the Landry room. It is annoying because it’s not only dead space, but I have dropped stuff back there and have to contort…or move a machine to extract it! So I had a grand idea of putting up a table/counter back there. It’s in the works! It is half built at the moment..:but it’s on the way! I also got a plan in my head for a rocky hill that sits along the road. Right now it is all weedy and overgrown (and an eyesore). I have a plan in my head for how to turn the eyesore into something that at least looks like we care…if not is pretty!
Car Breakdowns
It’s the old car…the one that Jason typically uses to commute to work. Last year , the car was giving us a warning light..and then up and died on the side of a highway. The alternator went out. The mechanic that we went to had the car for like two months and well…we will NEVER go back there due to some other issues. But hey, the car was running. Or was it. We actually didn’t drive that car much in the next 6-7 months as Jason was injured….(you can read about the axe accident here). He went back to work in late February. And by mid April he mentioned that the light was flickering again….intermittently. We took it to our new mechanic…and they ran all sorts of tests. Drove it. Checked the alternator. You name it. Everything was good. The mechanic was like, we can put in a new alternator if you want. But the mechanic went on to say, ‘honestly, if it were my car I would run that one until it goes out…then put the new one in. So that is what we did. This morning the alternator went out while Jason was on his way to work. …like he is quite literally waiting for the tow truck as I write this.
Car problems …yuck!!!
Poison
Last fall we had been working on cleaning the brush piles and all the overgrowth by our shed. It was going smashingly (until the aforementioned axe accident). Except….I picked up poison! That was in lots of places on my body. Like really? How? I would be in misery for about three weeks and have a week or so reprieve and then boom…I would contract it again. For about three months. Then it was gone….no more poison…and blew side mi the of peaceful skin! Until two weeks ago…back in the same area. I was so careful! Long pants. Long sleeves. Gloves. I was cognizant of where I touched my body …keeping my hands away from my face, etc. and I scrubbed down with strong soap afterward. Three days later it began. And it spread. And spread. I seriously have poison just about Al everywhere! I kid you not! I think my feet are the only thing not affected! I seriously have poison underneath my bra! How???? I’m counting the days until this bout is history!
Jason luckily, is immune. So I have made my vow that I will not be helping to finish clear that area. He is on his own! We try not to use poison since we have animals, but we have caved because we need this poison gone!
Fun fun!
Points Challenge
I started my points challenge on May 1. You can read about the points challenge plan here. It is going well. I am adding up my points. I know that there is room for improvement. But it has also opened ky eyes to a few ‘problem areas’. For example. The first day I only earned 2 points for fruits and veggies! That’s horrible. So I have been really making an effort to rebuild the habit of lots of fresh fruits and veggies!
So it’s working to help me bring awareness to what I’m doing on a variety of different levels!
Weigh In
So I restarted and got more focused on my health at the beginning of may. I started my challenge. I have been wracking up points. How am I doing?
I have no real clue. I have hopped onto the scales once or twice. However, I haven’t really paid attention to the numbers or what is happening. Why? I’m fighting a mammoth case of poison. I am full of potions and lotions. Medicine messes up and skews the numbers on the scale. So I am just staying the course…the weight will drop and when this poison is behind me and my body can go back to normal, then I will find my weight! Until then, carry on business as usual!
Emotions
I am battling some serious emotions and feelings. This last year had been wave after wave of depressive feelings. It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions. It’s been extremely difficult. I feel like I’m pulling out of it and then I get kicked in the teeth again. (Or at least it feels that way). I know that my emotional state affects my weight loss efforts. And the reduced weight loss just plays into those emotions exacerbating some of the stuff that I am already feeling. It’s just difficult! I’m fighting it though. I’m fighting the urge to just let myself sink into a depression. I’m gonna make it.
So that is the update on my crazy life. I’m fighting for my mental health and my physical health! I’m determined to win!
