Throwback to Last Thursday

Last Thursday, we woke up on Day 2 of our "Healthy Living Adventure" feeling like a million bucks. The day before, we started with a daily routine: vitamins, exercise and healthy eating. While we were having our morning coffee on the deck, we talked about how great we felt...and yes - this was literally after one day. We were excited, we were determined and we were hell bent on the fact that in just a few short months we were going to be brand new people (well you know what I mean...figuratively speaking of course - brand new because now we wouldn't just be fabulous, we'd be fit and fabulous.)

We knew we were on the right track and were very excited to see how this journey would continue. Little did we know, it was going straight off the tracks. Soon, the weekend hit and it's like "to hell with any logical thinking". Eating all of the food, skipping exercising, having adult sodas...all of which are not part of the equation for healthy living. But, it was worth it because we were celebrating 2 awesome graduates with family and having a killer Sunday Funday with our chosen family. We knew that after the weekend, we'd get right back on that horse and start off fresh for the new week.

Well Monday morning rolled around and we couldn't find the damn horse. We weren't terrible, but we sure as hell didn't follow our schedule. We did start Monday morning off right, with our coffee on the deck (this is always a must), but that's not the way the day continued. Nicole busted her ass mowing the lawn in the 100 degree weather as I watched from the couch. We did water the flowers together though #powercouple. The rest of the day consisted of relaxing and watching movies on the couch while dining on filet mignon with long hots for lunch and a delicious cheeseburger for dinner. It was a nice restful day after a jammed packed weekend of shenanigans. We went to sleep with the intentions of starting off fresh, once again, Tuesday morning.

Well this is exactly what happened 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻on Tuesday. As always, you guessed it, we woke up and had our coffee on the deck, but also had a delicious shake as well. We did all of our laundry and also tidied up the house...all before 11:00am. The pups were living their best lives in the yard so we played with them for a little too. We were literally the dynamic duo...

This continued because at noon, I had my first energy healing appointment in MONTHS...I can't even remember the last time I went. Nicole took the ride with me so, while I was there, she could get my car washed and run a few errands...once again - she's Wonder Woman. The 90 minutes of my appointment were the best 90 minutes EVER. It focused on releasing the guilt and worry I constantly carry with me. Questions like: Do I do enough for my family? Can I do more for my family? Are we going to be able to carry on traditions for my family? Is it bad that we do things for us, instead of saving it for something my family might need? How can we make things better for my family? Am I, personally, being too selfish? The answers to all of these questions, unfortunately, are always "NO" for me in my mind = the GUILT. (I say, I, instead of we because this is something that I have been dealing with since I was young...and lucky for me - it's followed me all the way up to the present. Without Nicole, I don't know how I would be able to continue to handle it today.) I've always known that this crap just continues to grow inside me, but, in my session, my guides shared with me the most amazing words:

I am enough. What I do is enough. My heart is generous and full of love and positive energy. It surrounds it. Leaving this senseless feeling of guilt with no place to go. Instead, it causes chaos, inside, constantly circling my body trying to find a place to settle. Instead of carrying it, I need to learn how to release it. And boy did I release it that session. It was like all of this extra weight I carry on my shoulders (no, not literal weight...like stress, worry, etc) had been released. It's something that I will continue to work on because the calm I felt when I got off the table was indescribable. I could actually take a deep breath.

We were talking about my session on the way home and we decided to continue having a great day...this led us straight to Sharkeys for lunch. For us, Sharkeys, always turns into a black hole of bad decisions...bad decisions in that we tend to throw all caution to the wind and just live our best life. This can be summed up in one word "GLUTENOUS". After about 3 hours, which included a bar pie, a dozen wings, an order of fries with cheese and gravy (there they are called Sharkeys Fries) and a few iced cold sodas, we headed home. Only to continue the festivities on our deck. It was ridiculously hot, and we were sweating like pigs, but we were having the time of our lives. Our deck has become our fun zone. Drinks are always cold, food is always fresh and fun is always had. It's our outdoors, No Studs Inn. It turned out to be quite the whirlwind of a day...but again, it was worth it.

And just like that, it was Wednesday morning. A chance to start fresh ONCE AGAIN. That morning, Nicole had her appointment to get measured for her orthotics for planters fasciitis and I had a meeting for the reopening school committee. After her appointment, Nicole surprised me by picking us up McDonalds breakfast. OH MY GOD...she never fails...it was ab-so-freak-ing delicious. I mean, just look at it 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

We talked about the importance of getting back on track as we continued to stuff our faces. How it's important for us to be healthier...How it's important for us to set a healthy daily schedule for us to follow...How we need to do better in this area, in general. Soon after, I had a horrible allergy attack, which left the day pretty much shot. We thought it would be best to just lay on the couch and watch movies...while eating all the leftovers in the fridge. This proved to be the best idea ever...

With a snap of the fingers, here we are...Thursday. Just 8 short days after we started this "Healthy Living Adventure", which lasted for 1 and a half days. We've decided to finish out this week, having the best of times. We are so blessed to have the life we have, the home we have, and the love we have. We aren't going to worry about our schedule, or daily routine, or living our healthiest life. Instead, we're going to treat these next 4 days like vacation. Our very own "Staycation"...for us. There will be eating, there will be drinking, there will be shenanigans on top of shenanigans...but what there won't be is GUILT. It's just too heavy (no pun intended) to carry around.

After these 4 days, we plan on doing a real healthy 14 day detox, which will jump start us into our "Healthy Living Adventure". We're going to flush out the toxins, flush out the fun we've had and get ready to seriously take on this adventure. But until then...the party is on!