A great big smoochy thank you to all you wonderful urbanmoms.ca readers for your heart-warming response to my last post. You know, it’s at times like these that I marvel at the support and encouragement we women/moms can offer each other. Just when I was down low in the deepest of doldrums, you came and offered me words of encouragement, acceptance and understanding. And I thank each and every one of you for it. And not only the peeps who wrote comments, but those behind the scenes who came and read and empathized silently.
To update y’all, I have been doing reasonably well…well, since the weekend, that is. Okay, to be clear…I did great until Thursday, when I found out my little one had broken her arm at summer camp. We spent the supper hour (and several more) running about between our family doctor, the X-ray clinic and the emergency room at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Read all about it here.
The upshot was that I just grabbed a sandwich at McDonald’s for dinner on Thursday. Then Friday. Well, Friday we were rushing around getting the car loaded up for our drive up to Edmonton (well, St. Albert, really) to visit family friends. So naturally we had pizza, because who had time to cook with all that packing to do? Then there was the visit with friends, a delicious big breakfast (bacon was involved) on Saturday, 6-inch sub for lunch (not bad) and dinner (shared three ways) at a noodle place. Add on a bag of popcorn (yes, I had topping) and some other munchies throughout the day, and, well, you get the picture. Sunday we picked up a sandwich at Tim’s on the way home (again, not so bad except mine came with a donut…ooops…well, at least I didn’t have an Ice Cap!) and some munchies (lordy, do I have a soft spot for Salt & Vinegar chhips) and before you know it, all the good work of the week before was tossed out the window somewhere between Leduc and Red Deer. As you can see from the pic at left, though, all is not lost – I can actually wear shorts again (those have been missing from my wardrobe for many years). FYI, that’s me at the Alberta Legistlature in Edmonton…they have this amazing water park with fountains, waterfalls and stepping stones, and all for people (aka kids, really) to get out and enjoy on a hot day…and we did!
But, you know what? Monday was a new day and I decided to turn over a new leaf. Today is end of day Tuesday and I just finished my bedtime snack of an apple. Things are looking up!
Kath, this week’s WW online is all about eating well when camping and on daytrips. I have tried to e-mail it to your urbanmoms e-mail address, so let me know if it doesn’t arrive. I thought it would be helpful for you. PS, good week or bad, you are still my inspiration!
Good for you for starting your week anew! I find that the days I mess up (mine was yesterday – I did the popcorn with butter thing at 10:30 pm, and then gummies at 11:30 pm, despite the fact that I’ve committed not to eat past 7:30 at night, and certainly not THAT kind of food!) are almost always followed by days of being really good – I’m calling them repentance days! 😉 So as long as I repent more than I sin, I figure I’m ending up on the right side of things, so to speak. (See? Food + Life collide again…)
So here’s to your week of repentance and recovery – may you be rewarded at week’s end with a lower number, or at least less guilt! 🙂
p.s. I hope M is doing OK after her weekend adventures!