I guess I run now

I need a routine!

Got back in town late Wednesday night for meetings on Thurs & Friday…hubby came into town around 1:30 Friday night with a carload of stuff (including the some 20 boxes we packed from his school office), and he left again early this afternoon…a 9-plus car ride is a nightmare with only 36 hours in between, poor thing. But he teaches first thing tomorrow morning, so…

Yesterday I went to my friend’s farm & worked for about 3 hours in the morning. The sun was out, but it rained Friday night, so all the veggies were coated in cool rain water, which made things nice. And in the last few days I’ve also made cherry jam (2 batches), blueberry jam, frozen tomatoes, and have salsa on the agenda for tomorrow. Okay, jam isn’t exactly diet food, but in moderation, I think it’ll just be a lovely reminder of the summer all winter long. So on one front…eating more local stuff…I’ve been doing okay…

Was planning to take hubby up on his “I got this covered” when I asked if I should head back up north to help him finish up packing & cleaning. So if he didn’t need me, I figured I could just go ahead & get back into old (good) habits like running regularly. But then a call from MIL this afternoon changed my mind. Truth is, she’s right & hubby’s using the packing & such to put off working on the diss. I did it, all my friends did it; hell, I had one friend who decided to write her first novel mid-dissertation & another who started making chocolate truffles (she’d show up at parties with no less than 8 different varieties, hundreds of the things). Anything to put off writing! & as MIL was quick to point out, 68% of people who start a job ABD (all but dissertation) never finish writing theirs, so never get the PhD! & once hubby starts work, well, that first year is hell!

So MIL, who (so unlike MILs everywhere) usually doesn’t offer me a lick of advice for dealing with her son, suggested I try my best to not take “no help needed” as an answer from hubby. So I guess I’ll head back up there Tuesday, help him pack, and do my best to lock him in his home office to write. MIL asked should she kidnap him for a week or two to get him back to writing…hopefully it won’t come to that. But I’ve only got about a week before I have to be back here for more damn meetings! Only a week to help him get into the habit of writing regularly again.

Anyway, I’m not gone & I think about ya’ll a lot. I’m just tired of having nothing by way of exercise to report, no weight loss, no success, and ya’ll are doing so amazing. I plan to run tomorrow morning, and I’ve been eating well all this time, but I’ve also gained back 2 of the pounds I lost (so I need to bite the bullet & adjust my counter!) & that makes me really mad! I’d hoped to be farther along at this point; I’d hoped to be in the best shape of my life or heading in that direction by this point in the summer. But the summer’s almost over & I can’t even see getting back into my exercise routine at this stage. CRAP! This isn’t working!