Scooby Chick

Hey there-- how's the job going? I'm intrigued. Any insights? Any improvements? You're rocking the workouts btw.

I once heard that the cravings for those things are your body whining for the bad stuff you're taking away from it. Kinda like when I ween off caffeine and I get a mad headache for a few days then it's all good. Don't give in to the cravings even a little if you can help it, and see if they diminish in a few days. If not... I got nothin' here. Feed them itty bits here and there? Yea, I stink at that too.

Damn... did ya see those letters there by my stats today? This faerie is HOT and on fire! You bet your bippee I'm hot. She flies away in an attempt to be graceful, but is so preoccupied with herself that a wing catches the edge of a spider's web and she veers off into a tree trunk. "Yep. I'm okay. All good here. It's only a flesh wound..." As she walks, somewhat dizzily and coughing faerie dust, off into the rainbow...

Holy Crow woman-- I turn my back and you've begun to conquer the world! Go back and read your entries-- look at all the amazing things you've accomplished in such a short time-- the key one being AWARENESS. Chickie, that's half the battle. You sound strong, pumped, and full of life. Seriously-- stop that crazy talk in your head I KNOW is in there right now. I am super proud of you. PS-- and even if you screw it up-- I'm still gonna be super proud of you. So there.

You go! Celebration must be sounded indeed! What an amazing set of changes are happening in your life. You're very brave and obviously committed if you delete the Kindle app understanding it as a potential sabatoger. Mental fortitude win about the size of the beast-mode table toting, I'd say. I also write in my task list to update my flight log and make 2 replies on certain days of the week (hey, seems like today is the day ) Keep it up-- you have the power and NOTHING is gonna get in your way!

OOOOO big win! Meditation achieved. Ah the sweet feeling of a more clear transition from school mode to home mode. All I had to do was think outside the box! The last two days I've come home I've entered through the back door. This stealthy move allows me to assess the terrain-- if all is quiet, the spawns are either doing homework or playing video games-- and here's my chance. I tip toe into the bathroom downstairs, careful not to make a sound, and I enter and close the door. I sit on the floor, que up my Headspace app (today I put on the fan so boys would assume smelly zone if they came down), plug in my headphones and experience 10 minutes of transition. And it makes a difference lemme tell ya. Hopefully no one will catch on soon. AND 2 days of achieving steps above 5k, even though my back hurt. Small steps... Until we fly together again... ~faith, trust, and a little triceratops

Caught between the world of COD supply drops, "snipes", and my own pleasantries, I pause to write today to keep myself accountable. I do believe there are too few hours in a day for doing what I want to or love to do. Alas... Though I feel like an epic faerie fail, seeing as I've done very little of the things I set myself to do this week, I do have a win... As the manboy spawn continues to sneak up on me and croon "hello..." in his best cracked voice Adele imitation, I reflect upon my gym experience today. I walked. Yes. I walked and my back did not groan in too much anger. AND I surpassed my 7k step goal for the day! My main issue is that of not working in the Yoga or the Meditation. I am very confused. I have no aversion to either; I actually enjoy both a great deal. Perhaps it's simply a case of weak flesh, of the 'spirit is willing' type. Hmmm. Once more to the point: This week I shall: Complete 1 Nerdfitness Yoga session between Monday and Sunday of next week. Stay after school at least 40 minutes for 2 days-- seeing as I'm staring down a week of no free or planning periods. Oh joy. Write on my gratitude page at least 3 times this week. Continue to track daily "to-do"s in BuJo. Until we fly together again... ~ faith, trust, and a little triceratops

Ah... what is One Little word, you ask? It's a "class" I stumbled upon in December and something about choosing and living with a word struck me, so I decided to enroll (disclaimer: the fee was $20 ish at the time). I do my best to follow along, but as I said previously, I'm woefully behind. And for my balance, that's ok. I don't buy anything she offers, I use the digital downloads and constructed my first page mainly digitally. I also use pages in my Bullet Journal to play. Its Aliedwards.com. Here's a screenshot with the overview. If you can't enlarge it to read, check it out on her site.

My thoughts are with your and your precious CorgiBoy. I find that a daily checklist helps keep me focused and eases my mind. I spend way to much time thinking "I feel like I have things to do but I don't know what they are" as I grow older. Then I get hit with a ton of bricks when reality reminds me what they were. It can prove embarrassing when I forgotten to send Christmas presents and need to mask them as "Christmas in July". I love your attitude. Day by day, small victory by small victory.

Ah... I, too, like to write. I find that purposely putting it as an item on my "to do" list at least twice a week makes me sit down and work. Now I don't have a novel in progress, but I like to tinker with a blog at times. And you're not alone, my NaNoWriMo was an epic fail as well. I'm currently journeying through something called "one little word" in which I live with a word (mine is balance) throughout a year and work through creative writing and other prompts to make that word a part of my life. Well, I'm still on the second January activity and March came out today. I just stay away from that facebook group and attached forums and schedule time every other week to chip away. Slow and steady. I'm working on my challenge of sorts, but I can't handle a battle log AND a challenge log, so I lurk here for inspiration and to hopefully give support. Good travels, my fellow journeymate!

My friend, 2 tortillas are better than 2 pints of ice cream, and at least the thingy had a fruit good for digestion, right? Seriously, you're awesome. Small victories, hell, miniscule victories. I'm super excited you have a good attitude and don't let the shite get you down. Right there you've smote the demon, at least for the present time. Hour by hour. You got this.

You're inspiring to me as we share many similarities besides age and sport of the spawn! My mantra's been "slow and steady" for some time now, even to the point of lowering some of my step goals so as to attain a very small victory. When I feel any victory I keep going, and you, my lady, have had many victories. Good journey to you!

A little faerie dust is sprinkled as I chant "I will not eat the ice cream, I will not eat the ice cream...: and so on. Goals for this week: Meditate at least 3 days this week between Sunday and Saturday. Continue to chart tasks and to-dos in my BuJu each night for the next day. Write in my BuJu Gratitude log at least 3 days this week between Sunday and Saturday. Stay after school for at least 30 minutes 2 days this week to grade papers Complete 1 NerdFitness Yoga session between Monday and Saturday. Happy to report my Bullet Journal to-dos continue to work out just fine. Tonight I will write on my gratitude page. I found I lack in that area, recording gratitude... The last 2 months I made a double page spread and wrote only a handful of times. Like decreasing my steps to achieve a small measure of success, I have done the same and reduced to one page. No corresponding dates. We'll see how that goes. The last two days I have stayed after school and it seems there is a glimmering light over at the Frankenstein place after all! I am a bit more caught up than I thought.. and just in time to receive a new batch of papers on Monday! yes, I am genius. I wish, though, there was magic faerie dust for meditation. After school today I tucked in my wings and sat with the young spawn and then promptly fell asleep in front of "Teen Titans". When I awoke, I was completely alone and subjected to an episode entitled "Leg Day" in which jacked up arm muscles characters drooled over and kissed their ripped muscles, until they find they have chicken legs. Then they do everything with their amazingly over-developed legs. It was a tad disconcerting... So I leave you with a piece of advice: parents, please, if you are going to do your child's argument response essay for him or her, please make sure to properly cite in-text quotations (as demonstrated in class) and use syntactical structures within the paper more indicative of your spawn. Oh, and if you choose to plagiarize, well, any way you slice that one it's awkward. But I'm working on a way to send you (as well as your child) to the suspension school. ~ faith, trust, and a little triceratops me

I like how you use the word "opportunity". I believe I will share that word with you, roll it around in my brain for a little, and then make it my own. There's a beauty in that word. Thank you, friend, for the gift.