My friends & family eat my weekends
I feel like on weekdays I can never get anything done. So on the weekends I kind of plan out & schedule what I want to do with my time.
Every weekend, I get trumped.
My mother likes to have me over for dinner on Sunday nights. She never used to, until Step Pops went to Iraq. When he was gone, I spent a lot of time with her. Now she likes to have me over & it’s a meal I don’t have to cook & a chance to see my sweet baby dog. (He is the family pet, and I miss him everyday. I can’t have a dog @ my apartment)
But Sunday evenings is when I like to, if you’ll forgive my bluntness, get shit done. Malcolm in the Middle & King of the Hill would be on in the background while I cooked my meals for the week & cleaned the house.
I love her but I don’t love losing 2-4 hours of work during what I consider my “prime time” (not a morning person, so between 4-9pm I can get a lot done) I have told her no in the past, but I told her yes today. Doesn’t matter what time I go over there, she will call me throughout the day to tell me what is on her mind. That, too, annoys me a little bit. Can’t I just have a day for me? I know I can’t say anything about it. I know she will have her feelings hurt & I don’t mean it personally. I don’t want to spend time with anyone on a Sunday. If I was dating someone, it might be different. Maybe I would have brunch with him & we’d read the paper or go for a walk (all things I have already done today, by myself), but I have the sneaking suspicion that even then I would like a day just for me.
Yesterday was no better. It’s nice to have friends to go do things with & nice to shop with my mother. Some people don’t have a mother anymore. I should focus on the positive. But there’s still a bratty little part of me that is resentful that I can’t get it all together & make more of a balance. You know, get it all done.
I bought cereal (Kashi cheerios, can’t think of their real name) and another cereal at WalMart that had 2 cute baby seals on it. I’m gonna mix that with the Extra Fiber All Bran for the best bang for my nutritional buck. I wanted to measure those out into baggies so there is less of a chance of bingeing on them. I also bought spinach that needs to go in a container to take to my work. I’m making chicken in the crock pot, too & will need noodles to go with that. Not to mention cleaning the kitchen when I’m done cooking and the bathroom. *sigh*
We don’t have overtime anymore, so I guess I will do these things tonight before I go to bed.
Small NSV: I got nothing that was unhealthy at the grocery store the other night. I’ve been snacking on fruit & going for small walks. There have certainly been some celebrations. But on the whole I am feeling good about it. I will go to the gym tomorrow to weigh in & see where the starting point is.
My coworker who walked with me last spring into the summer sent me an email about walking again in a few weeks when the weather gets warmer. There is really no nice way to say I have no intention of walking with her this year. I don’t want to get into it because I’m running late for Mom’s, but suffice it to say it’s not going to happen. Sometimes I would just like a nice relaxing (peaceful, SILENT) walk to break up my day. I think I may start walking on my 15 minute breaks tomorrow. I don’t know how I’m going the deal with her if she asks (and she will) so that is something I have to think about.
Hope everyone else is having a great weekend. xoxox
Posted by suchaprettyface on March 2nd, 2008 under GeneralPages
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