Good enough.
Because I am about done and my brain is tell me I could have done more, I should have done more.
But really.
Fuck off brain.
I got done what I needed to do and then some.
Yoga.
Meeting with a lady bug and working on inventory for an hour.
Three loads of laundry
Cleaned the house, scoured the bathroom, took all the trash out, swept, vacuumed, swiffer’ed.
I know, swiffer is not a verb, but you know what I mean.
I went grocery shopping.
I cooked two different meals.
I made a spicy andouille and chicken soup with vegetables and corn and brown rice.
I canned up three jars and I froze three other containers of it.
I’m starting to stockpile meals for the next school weekend, every time I can I will freeze a little something to have for my school weekend.
Inevitably I have a lunch out with a friend in the cohort, much more so this semester than any other, I suspect since I’m in my last year with my cohort and making an effort to be connecting with my friends.
So food’s been made.
And I also roasted a chicken while I was doing my CBT webinar class tonight.
Plus a pot of brown rice with peas and corn.
I’ve got food for the week and then some.
And yet, I didn’t get enough done?
What ever.
Read an article for my Jungian Dream Work class and realized that I was pretty much caught up with all the material except for one article, I should be able to knock that out pretty quick, I might, maybe, even go back and read it before I go to bed tonight.
The CBT webinar kind of took it out of me though and I had to recuperate after wrapping it up.
Which meant eating some of said roasted chicken and brown rice with peas and corn.
It was delicious.
Then I put on a mixed tape and got my fucking good time on.
I needed to get a release.
Ahem.
Sometimes a girl has to do what a girl has to do.
Giggle.
Anyway.
I did do plenty today.
Made some phone calls.
Stayed connected with my people.
I did plenty.
Plus.
I mean.
It is my day off.
It’s ok to “slow down” a little.
And I’m feeling better.
Although this morning I was sorely wrong about takin my antibiotic when I did.
I’m supposed to take it four times a day, I still have one more to take tonight, around my meal times–breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack.
But.
I don’t like doing yoga with food in my belly.
And I still felt like I had some food from my little snack last night in my body, I thought, I should take it now, since I won’t actually have breakfast until 11a.m. or so, yoga and then a shower.
WRONG.
Not a fun yoga class, my tummy was super upset the entire time.
I got through the class though and the sweating was good and I’m glad I went, just note to self, take the antibiotics with food please.
I haven’t really had any sharp pain in my tooth today, so I’m hoping that between the ibuprofen I’ve been taking and taking the antibiotic that I’m doing ok.
Which is good as it will be a full week.
Supervision tomorrow, work, two clients.
Therapy Tuesday, work, two clients.
Wednesday is my short day, “just” work, and then seeing some fellows in the hood up at the Sunset Youth Services.
Thursday is work and two clients.
Friday is going into work an hour early to help my boss and two clients.
Saturday is group supervision.
And that’s my week.
I am sure wonderful things will happen during the week, it’s not always grinding and making things happen.
There are moments of sweetness and lightness, laughter, seeing the amazing beauty in my life, being grateful for all the love I have.
I have so much.
It astounds.
And.
It’s October!
How did that happen?
I noticed that the sunset was pretty early tonight.
I did something proactive for myself that I’ve been thinking about for over a year, ever since one of my professors mentioned that she had one.
I got a SAD lamp for my house.
I was diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder in my early twenties.
It wasn’t until my early thirties that I got the Adult Child of an Alcoholic, PTSD, Depression, and clinical Anxiety diagnoses.
Add Alcohol Use disorder.
And.
Cocaine Use Disorder.
Look ’em up, there in the DSM V.
Anyway.
It has been recommended by more than one trained professional that I get a light box.
They’re expensive.
But I said fuck it.
I got one today.
The Northern Light 10,000 Lux Boxlite.
I got it off Amazon, so it was a tiny bit cheaper than the one from the website, but yeah, I dropped a couple hundred.
I don’t get much natural light in my room and I noticed it a lot today since I was inside a lot doing work on the house and homework and meeting with the lady.
I had a bout of low-grade depression last winter, not much, certainly not enough for me to go back on antidepressants, and I almost didn’t realize it until it was just about past.
I also was having a very hard time resolving myself with leaving the boys that I had nannied for two and a half years and transitioning to starting a new job with a new family.
Compound that with some family of origin stress and I was definitely on the depressed end of things.
So.
I am going to be proactive and do good self-care.
If the dentist thing taught me anything I need to really be on my self-care.
It is important.
I am someone a lot of folks depend on and I want to be dependable and I want to be able to be present at work, for my clients, for the people I love in my life.
I’m worth the investment.
As they are.
Just trying to give myself more love so that I may love others as much as I possibly can.
So I choose to replenish myself and make sure I get enough “sunlight” this winter.
I will have more to give.
And there’s so much I want to give.
So much.
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