Emma and the new normal

[Emma]

Saturday:

PT half assed today but better than no assed

walk done 
pulled a few weeds

clean clothes were put on in the morning.

made a meal plan, kinda

grocery shopping

back and knee holding up

only two exams tonight, but lots of driving.

[Emma]

Sunday:

PT yes

get dressed yes

walk no

 

Got sucked into the black hole of the internet. Need to get exercise done before internet surfing.

Spent some time imagining what the Fab 5 would do with me, instead of imaging what I want to do with my ex (which just makes me really angry).

[Emma]

Monday:

PT done ( before lunch!)

walk done (before lunch!)
shopping done. getting started on a new go bag (the stolen backpack was my previous go bag so I am starting from scratch). we have had two red flag warnings already.

Went to bank and Lovely Alice got everything straightened out in half an hour. She even found my IRA! Six weeks and hours on the phone and a real face to face fixed everything in half an hour. Sometimes that is what is needed.

yummy lunch done.

Feeling virtuous for having accomplished so much before lunch. Nap time now.

[Emma]

Tuesday:

PT done

walk not

got dressed

nap

work

News is just getting worse and worse and I’m tired of it. Wednesday and Thursday are my days off  and I am going into my time bubble and locking myself in. No news will be allowed. There will be Queer Eye and Fourth of July picnic since I am working the fourth.
I hereby declare July 1 and 2 to be total mental health days. I think Karamo would approve.

My new skin care products arrive on Thursday. I think Johnathan would approve.

My new clothes arrive on Monday. I bought some earrings that I love and I must say, I am rocking them. I think Tan would approve.

I promise to:

Do PT every day.

Dust, sweep and give my home a little TLC. Light bulbs need to be replaced, bookcase organized, that kind of thing. I think Bobby would approve.

Put the top down on the car and drive to a cute park and get my steps in.

Take the motorcycle for a ride.

Do the Betty White diet. At least for a few days. I think Antoni would...okay, forget Antoni.

I've been feeling a lot of guilt and stress and shame that I am not eating as well as I’m supposed to. So for the next few days I am eating whatever. I do have to stay aware of calories and blood sugar, so I won’t go totally nuts about the eating.

If anyone tries to talk about the news, I am going to put my fingers in my ears and yell “ la la la la! I can’t hear you!”

[Emma]

Whining ahead.

The day started well. But when I logged in to check my bank accounts, they were still messed up. I went to the branch and spoke to a person who told me everything was fine. When I got home and logged in again, it was still messed up. Big red letters telling me this account has been closed. I can access it for a few more weeks so that’s good. Anyway, I’m done. I have to wait for a couple of online deposits and then I’m taking my money elsewhere. I don’t want to deal with this crap anymore. 
Brunch was eggs Benedict from my local diner. Yum. That was excellent.

[Novaurora]

On 6/29/2020 at 10:43 AM, Emma said:

Spent some time imagining what the Fab 5 would do with me

I do this too, no lie

 

On 6/29/2020 at 3:01 PM, Emma said:

Six weeks and hours on the phone and a real face to face fixed everything in half an hour. Sometimes that is what is needed.

Face to Face is so much better for so many thing.  The automated phone voice is my arch nemesis!!!

 

On 7/1/2020 at 3:47 AM, Emma said:

I think Antoni would...okay, forget Antoni.

I don't know why this made me laugh so hard, but it did.  I'm so glad you're embracing that self love!!!!!

 

14 hours ago, Emma said:

I don’t want to deal with this crap anymore. 

Good for you!!  Get that stress and BS out of your life!!!

[Emma]

Emma can be a dingbat. Sometimes. I’ve been fuming for the last couple of days thinking I had to wait till Monday for the banks to open. I forgot that even though this is my Sunday the rest of the world thinks it’s Thursday and the banks are open. So I have new checking accounts at another bank and tomorrow will start the work to transfer everything else over. I won’t relax until everything is all good again.

[Emma]

Friday:

Dressed. Yes

Walk. Yes

PT. Yes

Thought about happy things and kept my mood up.

My neighbor picked up my skin care package (the one from Jonathan ) and dropped it off this morning with a nice note.

Slept in so I am skipping breakfast.

I have an eating plan for the week. Now let’s see how well I stick to it. 
Discovered the Babysitters Club on Netflix. I am enjoying that now that I have watched all of Queer Eye.

[Emma]

Saturday

Dress. Yes

PT. Yes

Walk. Short one, wasn’t feeling well.

Eating plan will not be discussed. Thank you and good night.

[Emma]

Sunday

Dressed. Yes.

PT. Yes

Walk. No, too bloody hot

Eating plan. Yes! Yes! Yes!

Skin care. Yes. Jonathan would be proud.

Called neighbor yesterday to thank her for returning my package. Ended up having a very nice chat. I have decided to put together a list of people who I can call and chat, at least seven. So far, Neighbor B, Neighbor E, son 2, (son 1 is terrible about calling or returning calls, or emails, or texts, or...), sister (when she is in a good mood). I would like to talk to my brother more often, he is not hostile but cold and distant. Don’t know if I can thaw him out. A couple of others, I will call during the week and see if they are receptive to chatting.
New clothes are supposed to arrive tomorrow.
 

[Emma]

So I just got a call from a church member who was very near tears. She said the world is on fire and was I writing anything about it. Inspiration. And another name for my weekly call list. 
PT. no

Walk. No

Dressed. Yes

Landlord trimmed the branch that was hanging over my living room, so yay, no more worries, but boo, no nap happened. 

[Emma]

Monday

Eating plan was ignored yesterday, giving my self a little break
I have been using sunscreen religiously and it is not working. I am disappointed. Back to covering up all the time. 
Declaring my last weekend to be mental health days was a good decision. It was the best weekend ever. Making my plans to do it again.

More very noisy tree trimming today.

[Emma]

Just heard the trimmers yelling “hey watch out for that car! “
Oh boy.

Fortunately I moved my car elsewhere.

[Emma]

They completely took down a tree in my yard. I walked out on my porch and I could see the sun! It was a pretty tree but dropped a ton of leaves and large branches. One thirty foot branch fell on my porch during a storm and damaged the roof. And maybe now I can actually grow plant something, there was so much shade before I couldn’t even grow a decent crop of dandelions.  

[Emma]

Tuesday

PT yes

Walk some

Dressed yes

Eating plan yes

Skin care yes. And have been doing it for the past few days, but forgot to note it. Bad news, my sunblock doesn’t seem to be working. My skin is pink and my face just feels a little bit burnt. So back I go to long sleeves and avoiding the sun.

My new clothes arrived today and they fit! 

I hunted around a bit but can’t figure out spoilers (so I can post pics of my new clothes).  Help, please.

Tomorrow starts the weekend. Mental health, walking in a park, a drive or motorcycle ride, a couple of projects, maybe. So looking forward to it.
 

 

[deftona]

1 hour ago, Emma said:

I hunted around a bit but can’t figure out spoilers (so I can post pics of my new clothes).  Help, please.

 

Are you on a computer? If so along the top panel there is an eye icon. Click that and it will bring up a box for you to pop the photos in. 

 

Or you can do it like so:

 

Add (but take out the *'s) [*spoiler] to start your text box and [*/spoiler] to close it. 

 

like so!

[Snarkyfishguts]

I laughed at a decent crop of dandelions, because I totally get that! It’s nice to see the sky too! 
 

looking forward to your pictures! 😍

[Emma]

Spoiler

Spoiler

The new clothes that fit. Thank you deftona!

[Emma]

Wednesday

Dressed yes

Walk yes

PT will do before bed, I promise

Eating plan mostly yes

I put on my mask and went to the used bookstore and bought a bag full of paperbacks, then Barnes and Noble and bought a stack of books and magazines and a jigsaw puzzle. Positivity rates are rising here. Still not very bad but enough to concern our public health doctor and she may roll back our reopening some.
Read the new Janet Evanovich, and took a lovely nap on my sunny porch. Baked a small cake, ate some and tossed the rest. I did sub fruit for cookies for my snack. Tomorrow I want to at least dye my scrubs. Lost two sets to bleach based disinfectants, I’m  hoping I can get them decent again and don’t have to order more.

There are two more dresses I want to buy, that would give me five nice outfits. If I stick to my plan for the next week I will buy one of them.

[deftona]

3 hours ago, Emma said:

The new clothes that fit. Thank you deftona!

 

I love the colours! 

 

3 hours ago, Emma said:

Wednesday

Dressed yes

Walk yes

PT will do before bed, I promise

Eating plan mostly yes

I put on my mask and went to the used bookstore and bought a bag full of paperbacks, then Barnes and Noble and bought a stack of books and magazines and a jigsaw puzzle. Positivity rates are rising here. Still not very bad but enough to concern our public health doctor and she may roll back our reopening some.
Read the new Janet Evanovich, and took a lovely nap on my sunny porch. Baked a small cake, ate some and tossed the rest. I did sub fruit for cookies for my snack. Tomorrow I want to at least dye my scrubs. Lost two sets to bleach based disinfectants, I’m  hoping I can get them decent again and don’t have to order more.

There are two more dresses I want to buy, that would give me five nice outfits. If I stick to my plan for the next week I will buy one of them.

 

This sounds like a really lovely way to spend a day. And yay for even more new dresses! 

[Ann of Owlshire]

On 7/7/2020 at 5:43 PM, Emma said:

They completely took down a tree in my yard. I walked out on my porch and I could see the sun! It was a pretty tree but dropped a ton of leaves and large branches. One thirty foot branch fell on my porch during a storm and damaged the roof. And maybe now I can actually grow plant something, there was so much shade before I couldn’t even grow a decent crop of dandelions.  

 

Our current place has a lovely old historic wall (think 3 storeys tall) that is quite iconic of the area but also means that only one tiny corner of the garden gets about an hour of sunshine at the height of summer XD It’s great on the really hot days! But not so great for growing anything.

 

Enjoy your sunshine! 

[Sciread77]

6 hours ago, Ann of Vries said:

 

Our current place has a lovely old historic wall (think 3 storeys tall) that is quite iconic of the area but also means that only one tiny corner of the garden gets about an hour of sunshine at the height of summer XD It’s great on the really hot days! But not so great for growing anything.

 

Enjoy your sunshine! 

Goodness, our old house had 5 big old oak trees and a gum ball tree. Nice when it was hot but we could only grow grass in the front and hostas or other total shade plants in the back. Enjoy your newfound sun!

[Snarkyfishguts]

21 hours ago, Emma said:

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The new clothes that fit. Thank you deftona!

Ooooh they are lovely!

 

your day sounds like heaven! Books, sunshine, cake...yup, that's heaven

[Emma]

Friday. Back to work.

Dressed. Yes

PT. Yes

Walk. Too hot.

Skin care. Yes

The dye job on the scrub pants is a fail. The bleach stains are still visible. A light blue rather than light pink, but still visible. Not going to bother trying to dye the tops.

No walk is happening today. Too hot. Will do some pacing in the house though, and PT is already done.

[Novaurora]

I love the new clothes!  Sorry your scrubs didn't survive the disinfectant!!