I amaze myself sometimes. That sounds stuck up, but it isn't meant to be. I'm amazed at my strength and courage; most of the time I feel like a big sissy girl. I will have to concede that I'm not quite the handy gal that I thought I was. I was all excited about my $5 Lowe's storm door & my Great Dane sized dog door and the fact that I was going to attempt to install it all by myself. It started out fine--I got the saw horses out, I laid the door down, traced the template where I needed to cut the new opening for the dog door and got all the necessary tools out. I then proceeded to cut the new opening out when I hit some resistance and then caught a nasty smell. Oops... I cut thru B's saw horse. Anywhoo, I continued and got thru that part. By the time that was all over, B, J and L were all coming up my drive way offering to help. My heroes to the rescue again! J and I got the door attached to the larger door and then B took over with the hanging of the large door to the house. Once he started to drill, measure, drill, carry, move, temp hang, cut shims, temp hang again, I knew I would have never have made it by myself. NEVER! But I did learn so much by just watching him do things; L is very lucky to have him as a dad.
I guess I haven't talked about my other victories, have I? They are food victories. I'm making small steps to eating healthier overall and I couldn't be more excited. And! The part about it is that it hasn't been THAT bad. I'm not 'suffering', I'm not freaking out, I'm not doing what I have done every other time! And it feels awesome. I feel so liberated from this 'food is the enemy' thing. Yes, it has only been a week, but I feel that I have come so far. I'm not removing myself from social situations cause of food (like I did in the past), I am not ruining everyones meal by complaining or going on an on about food. I'm enjoying the company of my friends and being food sensible at the same time. Could there be anything better than that!? No, my friends, there is nothing better than that... that is how life should work and I'm so glad I've finally woken up to it.
I guess I haven't talked about my other victories, have I? They are food victories. I'm making small steps to eating healthier overall and I couldn't be more excited. And! The part about it is that it hasn't been THAT bad. I'm not 'suffering', I'm not freaking out, I'm not doing what I have done every other time! And it feels awesome. I feel so liberated from this 'food is the enemy' thing. Yes, it has only been a week, but I feel that I have come so far. I'm not removing myself from social situations cause of food (like I did in the past), I am not ruining everyones meal by complaining or going on an on about food. I'm enjoying the company of my friends and being food sensible at the same time. Could there be anything better than that!? No, my friends, there is nothing better than that... that is how life should work and I'm so glad I've finally woken up to it.
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