Trying Tuesday
Well…the weekend was a blast (now there’s an expression from the past). I acted like a teenager on a field trip…drank some wine, ate lots of snacks, cheeses, crackers…and just enjoyed being with friends. The weather was great…cool with dramatic fall clouds, and the winery overlooked Keuka Lake in all its beauty. We were 2 hours late to the Windmill - as our driver got lost and then my hubby started giving him directions and we ended up in the hills south of PennYan. The Windmill consisted of 5 buildings and an outdoor market place of everything from vegies to crafts to furniture, preserves, baked goods, and the ever-present “junk”. All I bought were foods…including some wondrful seedless grapes that tasted so much better than those from the supermarket. Lots of Amish and Mennonites at the market too.
Then I cooked a magnificent roast beef dinner for friends on Sunday evening and was totally exhausted by 9 pm. Unfortunately I ate without writing down a thing and was up a pound on Monday (oh well). I am finding it hard to get back on track. Also my DD is going through some emotional trials and I can’t help but be a worried concerned mother right now. The emotional eating is a trigger for me sometimes. I just want to feel better so I grab the nearest comfort food (or drink). I’ll try and substitute with a walk or bath - (like I did this am at 4:30 when my hubby woke me up to talk and couldn’t get back to sleep). Time to head for home….
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Lyn, a friend of mine who dabbles in astrology told me something this weekend about mercury being in retrograde (or somewhere?) and so we’re all dealing with barriers and issues in our lives. Sure looks that way, doesn’t it? DD’s and emotional trials are a part of my repertoire as well - none lately, thankfully, but you never know when, after all. Emotional eating? Yup, that would be me, too. Bad night’s sleep? Yup, we’re neck-to-neck on that one, too. I mentioned on GG’s that DH has been driving me batty with that WWII documentary that seems to go on and on with no end in sight. I’ve been trying my best to ignore it, but it’s hard to do when it’s playing in the same room. Last night I had some really AWFUL nightmares about the concentration camps and how those poor people were worked to death, experimented on, gassed, etc., etc. I find the holocaust a very difficult thing to think about - I usually take the coward’s way out and try my best NOT to think about it. This documentary has really been bothering me terribly, and after last night’s horrors, I finally told DH that I couldn’t handle it anymore and that he’d have to watch it when I’m not home.
Surprise, surprise! It’s been bothering him, too, and he’s decided not to watch the rest right now. So that was good news.
Then there’s the eating. Omigawd! Today - SO FAR - was better. I’m going to try to keep it that way until I go to bed. This stuff gets hard, eh?
Hang in there, kiddo,
Z
Hey Lyn, I thought I commented here earlier, but I messed up somehow. Just wanted to say I thought your week-end sounded absolutely divine. I am envious. You lived the life I think I’d like to try - gracious and filled with friends and travel and good food and good wine. That you only gained one little pound is wonderful! Sure do know what you mean about the emotional eating and surely surely do know about being a concerned worried mom. In my case, the aforementioned added more than 1lb to my body in the last week. This just means that you are a good (and normal) person - but you know that, aye? s’me, RubyJean.