crazy wednesday

So today I had to drop Luna off at the clinic to be spayed. I was feeling guilty about it (seriously!) because she’s only five months old and so, so small.

We drove there at 6:40am (again, seriously), and she howled in the kennel the entire drive. She was sticking her tiny arms out the front of the carrier and almost touching the dashboard from the passenger seat. Every once in awhile she would look right at me through one of the openings along the top of the carrier and just cry. I felt wretched! We ended up arriving early, so I had to sit in the car and listen to her crying for another 10 minutes before the clinic opened to accept the patients for the day.

I drove away and felt like crying. I may have welled up a little bit, even though I knew I was doing the right thing. I went right from the clinic to my parents’ house, since it was on the same side of the river. Hung out there all day, and helped them prep for a holiday party.

I only got to enjoy a couple hours of the party though, ’cause then I had to go pick up Luna and take her home. Cue more crying and howling, but she simmered right down after I let her out.

Now, we have to keep the other cat in the basement, so he doesn’t play too rough with her or try to lick her incision. This will not go over well with Lu, as he doesn’t like to be alone…

This entry is pretty boring, and I would try to jazz it up but I feel like I’m getting sick with a cold. This cannot happen. Christmas is not a huge deal to me, as I’ve mentioned before. New Year’s Eve is my night. I refuse to be sick for New Year’s!

On that note, I’m going to head to bed with a warm cup of mint tea and a good book, and hopefully that’ll will my body into fighting off whatever has me stuffed up and icky-feeling right now.

I have some adorable pictures of pre-surgery Luna and loopy Luna. Will post-process and upload tomorrow.

Have lots of plans for tomorrow (lululemon trip, Ikea trip, house cleaning, photography) so I repeat: body, smarten up. You will not get sick.

sunday fun-day

This week, I’m going to make a concentrated effort to bring my lunch to work every day. I’ve gotten into the terrible habit of eating out more often than not, and it’s usually some kind of deep fried goodness.

With diving on break until January and the sudden influx of too many French fries and chicken fingers, I’ve thrown any strides I’ve made toward toning up my figure out the window. I’m basically back at square one and I really don’t like it. I wanted to take diving and yoga and make a healthier choice for myself. And it took one month to undo!

Not to mention I buy food that just goes bad in my fridge because Thomas and I don’t eat at home much.

So it stops this week! I don’t want to kibosh going out altogether, because I went out with my co-workers on Friday and it was a really great way to get to know them better. There’s a fine line between lazy and social, and I want to make sure I don’t exclude the social part of lunches out.

Going to yoga class tonight too.

Anyways.

Today’s been another relaxing day. Been watching the Office (love the episode where Michael is trying to learn the gender part of Spanish and puts Post-its full of genitalia all over his office. Why didn’t I think of that?!) and doing my laundry while relaxing with the cats.

productivity

It’s nice to feel like you’ve accomplished something at the end of the day. Usually for me, weekends are not a great way to get this feeling. After a long week at work, I usually take the weekend to recover or hit the pool (Saturday diving sessions).

Today I got my eyes checked, then went grocery shopping. It didn’t take very long, but when I got home I felt like I owned the day. I’ve been tackling the messy disorganized house since then, in between lengthy tea breaks and Christmas card addressing/stamping. It’s just the right balance of relaxing and getting stuff done.

My cousin invited me out tonight to hang out at the bar, and I’m really not sure if I want to go. I’d like to see him, since it’s been awhile, but the bar is about 30 minutes away and I’m really enjoying doing nothing right now. I was going to do my laundry tonight instead of going out…

Overall, I’m feeling super content right now. I love having time to myself like this (Thomas is at work) to relax and recharge. Apparently it’s a big thing in my personality type to like being around people, but then need time away to be introverted and get myself back and centered.

Yoga is starting to help with that too. And yes, it’s that same yoga studio that almost put me off yoga completely! I’ve been to a couple more classes since, and it’s much, much better now.

I also had a fun realization the other day. Lululemon is a store in Canada that sells yoga and activity gear. It’s pricey, but the quality is amazing and it lasts forever. I love their sweaters, because they’re so warm. The pants are awesome for working out or a way to stay comfortable at work/at home. But as I said…pricey shit. It seems counter-intuitive that a store that expounds so much “peace and serenity” yoga-loving good vibes feels the need to charge $90 for a sweater…

Lucky for me, they have a junior store. And my being short is finally paying off! I can fit into the larger sizes of the junior section, and the prices are a lot more reasonable. So now I finally have a pair of stretchy shorts as well that I can do my hot yoga in. I wore my old baseball shorts to my last class and didn’t realize until it was over that everyone could probably see right up them, thanks to the large leg holes. Oops.