That title is kind of redundant isn’t it? Today is Mother’s Day, a beautiful 70° sunny day. RAW is in Indiana doing what he does in Indiana and of course spending time with his mom. I was ok with him going this weekend so it was just me and Hollace. Her gift to me (I guess) is a hug first thing this morning and one when she went to bed. She is not a huggy girl so I guess that was my gift. She told me her gift was really not to be annoying like she was last night. She said it, not I. I guess the gift was also her not squacking too much about putting her clean clothes away and emptying the dishwasher. Hey, I just remembered she didn’t clean the litter box–hrmph.
Like I said earlier, it was a beautiful day. I felt guilt about not embracing that and spending the day outside. We aren’t outside people or rather I’m not. Hollace would tell you she isn’t either but I am sure she learns from example. I just wanted to stay in and do those artsy projects I’m always wanting to do and to read and to learn Cinema 4D and to write and to just chill. None of those are outside projects. I wanted to sit at my analog desk and dream.
I really hate nice weather days because of this. The pressure of normal people going out to enjoy it yet I don’t want to.
Around 5:00 I told Hollace to get on her shoes, lets go for a walk…outside. That took 30 minutes, then while we were out I hit the grocery for some eggs. Then we were back home. I talked to the neighbor for a short bit and then went back in to stay. There are some weekends (weather good or bad) where we never leave the house.
I made my pretty room/studio and now I want to stay in there only I’m not staying in there. I’m on the couch playing Words With Friends and reading. Last night we watched a couple episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and watched Little House of Horrors then the night was pretty much over. Hollace caught her second wind at 10:30 after she announced she was going to bed. She was up for another hour or so being goofy and annoying (not really, her word). I did want her to go to bed so I could go in the studio and watch some Lynda.com tutorials. I finally did at midnight and fell fast asleep in my chair.
Sorry I am being all scattered with this post. Just getting it all out for posterity.
Last Thursday we all went to the movie theater to see a live (by sattellite) showing of This American Life. It was a good show. Hollace just mention tonight that she thought that was cool.
I am taking a good stab at dieting again. I found an app that seems to deal with some of the issues I have with mindfulness. It is fairly easy to track my eating with and sets goals that so far aren’t too hard. I think I have lost 5 lbs so far. We will see tomorrow when I officially weight in. I ended today with 265 calories to spare. Wish me luck. I need to lose 125 lbs.
If only I would go outside and take a walk.