Hey all you sexy & gorgeous chicas!
Well, I was all proud of myself on Monday... yeah, now my foot is injured.
*big hilarious sigh* Figures, right? I'm having fun doing something I thought I'd never do and then I can't do it.
It hurts some when walking, and part of it is a little swollen and red. So that means staying off of it as much as possible the next few days to let it recover from whatever I did to it. (Or, knock on wood, going to a foot doctor if a couple of days doesn't take care of it.)
I'm disappointed, because I TRULY have started to enjoy my time on the treadmill just walking everything out.
It's okay... I'll be extra careful about what I do, keep the offending foot elevated in the evenings. Besides, exercising on an injured anything is not exactly helping me be healthy, and since being healthy is what I want, then it's rest time. I'll have to be on here reading more posts to keep away from the snacks during regular walking time.
Shy, you are one crazy woman going out Christmas Eve to shop. I went ONCE years ago... never... again.
Shimmering, we all have indeed have those days. (Remembering some of mine...
) You've got the right attitude about it. Being honest (to yourself, too, not just to us!) and realizing it wasn't the best choice, but the next time the idea pops up that "Oh, just tonight I'm sure I can manage with just a few..." you'll remember this and hopefully make the better choice.
It's not always easy getting back to normal the day after, either, so way to go
You can do it
This is just something that I've been thinking about...
I'm the type of person who, upon seeing something a friend/family member may like, will buy small trinkets or gifts all throughout the year. Nothing big at all and certainly not often, just little things. I think of them as gifts. Freely given, nothing expected, and after all, for me, that's what a gift is. A gift! And oh boy, it seems the meaning of the word has changed over the years...
I only bring it up (and maybe this is really a rant about my roommate
), because my roommate has begun her talk of her friends planning getting together to exchange gifts, and she "doesn't want to spend a lot of money, doesn't like so-and-so, doesn't want to do anything, feels obligated, hopes she gets something good". I guess it's just annoying to me since I always want to keep gift giving as well... giving, and not "expecting". (And she ruins my happy holidays mood when she gets into it...grrr)
The getting together to exchange gifts sounds perfectly nice and all, and I completely understand her not wanting to spend a bunch of money (who has an endless supply???) but I don't see why she doesn't just bow out, buy or create things for who she wants to
if and
because she wants to, not just participate and dread the whole thing.
Maybe the whole problem with Christmas gift giving is that it's become an obligation. It is expected of certain people... I just wish I could take that and throw it away. I like gifts... but I want the gifter to
want to give.
In the end what I think my entire point is... and boy it took me awhile to get here... is that when I give a gift. It is a gift. I want the person to enjoy it, use it, whatever it is that people do with gifts. But, that I hope I never expect anything in return. Well... except for maybe a "Thanks for thinking of me!".
Sorry for such a strange, long rant about nothing!
BTW... get your butt back here more often.. we miss you. 
But even if I do I know you are all here to support me!
but i'm covering for someone on a later shift today so i do't have to leave for work quite so early. i used to love 2nd shift, but with my 4 year it just doesn't work. i like being home to put him to bed.
