Have you ever had a really bad day? That was today. Sort of capping a bad few days actually--I have a massive bruise on my leg where I got acquainted with the foot of our new bed frame, a band-aid on my finger to cover a rather nasty cut I received from the lid of a pot--yes, you read that right. A piece was put on upside down, so it isn't quite as stupid as it sounds, and the tetanus shot I received on Tuesday still hurts. (What do they put in that shot and shy isn't more medical research looking into a less painful vaccine???) I've been working on tracking down everything for our taxes, and have the additional pleasure of realizing we'll take a tax hit on some mutual funds I sold early in the year to diversify our saving--and of course it's now worth half of what it was. They're all little stupid things, really, but today they seemed to all add up for a while.
So today I stopped for pizza, which I'd say had about 100 to 1 odds of being "legal," a diet coke (definitely illegal) AND salad with salad dressing (definitely illegal), which brings me to 4 cheats for the week. Yikes!
Have you noticed that we really don't seem to have any GOOD responses to stress? Know what my other options were? Go buy things I don't need (more yarn, fabric, or books are my big weaknesses--which those of you who have seen our house will agree with), go eat foods I shouldn't, or go drink something I shouldn't. How does any of that help stress? Know what would be really helpful? If my big desire when I'm stressed would be to do laundry. That would be helpful AND take away the potential stress of having to wander around naked.
Sigh.....so I made it 49 days before a big "slip up." Maybe that can be my only one?
3 comments:
I do hope the aches and pains have eased today.
Anything to do with money is bad news at the moment, so I really think you can afford to forgive yourself the illegals consumed yesterday. We all have bad days. After all Day 51 is another new day and will hopefully be rather brighter.
Hey 49 days without a major slip-up is impressive. I say forgive yourself and move on. :) And yeah, wouldn't it be great if my response to stress was vacuuming or dusting?
I'm not doing a 'year of' but I have seriously cut down my intake of sugary stuff - and I caved to some Skittles yesterday. Maybe I was having a sympathy slip-up? All I know is afterward I physically felt like crap. I hope I remember that feeling the next time I'm tempted!
Must be the moon or something - today I ate a bunch of stuff I ordinarily avoid, including a Peanut Buster Parfait on the way home from work. And you know what? Other than the self-loathing, it DID make me feel better!
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