My husband’s home!
After a two week business trip, my husband has come home. It was a really hard two weeks. The kids have been nuts, work has been stressful, I haven’t had any time to work on my projects and I haven’t been sleeping. Food-wise, things have been pretty good. I haven’t gained any weight, but I haven’t lost any either. I’m happy with that. It would have been nice to have lost, but status quo in such a stressful environment is still good.
Now that I’ve finished school until September, I was hoping to spend more time exercising. That hasn’t happened yet. I’ll be doing quite a bit of traveling this summer, so I’m a bit nervous about being able to fit in exercise as well. I’m still walking every morning with my girlfriends. While I’m away, I won’t be able to keep to a routine. I have some exercise pocket books that I’ll take with me and I’ll try to do them.
Next week start my travels. I’ll be going to Hong Kong to celebrate my 18th wedding anniversary. I have no idea what the food situation will be. I keep kosher, so the food will be very limited. I’m sure that I’ll figure something out. I’m really looking forward to this trip. It should be a lot of fun.
Has it been a week?
A week ago my husband left on a two week business trip. It feels like he’s been gone a month. Things have been so crazy around the house and at work. All I’ve wanted to do is go to bed and pull the covers over my face and get a few more hours of sleep. I am tired. I’ve been a very good girl though. I have been getting up at 5:30 am every morning for my walk. That plus driving back and forth has really left me drained.
Last week was our 18th wedding anniversary. It’s really hard to believe that we’ve been married that long. In some ways, I feel like I’ve know him forever, in others, I don’t feel old enough to have known anyone for 18 years. It’s pretty strange that way.
My husband tried to sneak earrings on me as an anniversary gift, but his plans got foiled. My daughter was supposed to stick them into a hidden compartment that I rarely go into in my computer bag, but she put it in the main section instead. It was quite a surprise to see them. I thought the Hong Kong trip was the present, but I guess I get two. He also sent me flowers to my office. Beautiful red roses. They were nice to get, but it just made me feel sad, pointing out how far apart we are. He is coming back on Friday.
It was a real bummer that he had to be so far away for our anniversary. I miss him. We are going to be celebrating by taking a 5 day trip to Hong Kong next week. That should be fun. I’m not sure what we are going to do there, but it sounds so exotic. It should be a lot of fun.
There is a Disneyland in Hong Kong. I’ve been to the one in California, Florida and Paris, and we are debating about going to the one in Hong Kong as well. I love roller coasters, so it speaks to me. The only question is why would I go half way around to world to have such an American experience. It seems like a waste. I’m sure that there is so much culture to see and enjoy in Hong Kong that I’m leaning on not going. We’ll see if my roller coaster hunger kicks in.
I’ll be going into work late today. I’m going to try to get in a few more z’s after I drop my daughter off at the school bus. It’s hard doing it all, but everything will seem more doable after a bit of a nap.
Not McDonald’s!
My husband left last night for a business trip. The girls and I dropped him off at the airport. At the airport, there is a kosher McDonald’s. We live north of Jerusalem, and don’t have the opportunity to go to McDonald’s all that much. The girls wanted to go. It was a little treat that the family could share together before my husband left, so we ate there. It was good for everyone else, but for me, it was a bad mistake.
I have been under a lot of stress lately. My husband leaving was just the thing that took me over the top. (I was going to say icing on the cake, but they don’t sell cake or icing at McDonald’s.) I ate. We started off with ice cream. Waited a bit. And then we had our main course. For me, that was a quarter pounder. I don’t know why I ate it. I don’t even like McDonald’s hamburgers. Not only did I eat my hamburger, I also ate a few nuggets and some french fries.
I guess I really do know why I ate it. I ate it because I was at a low on sleep and low on nerve. To have will power, a person needs to have a bit of strength. I’ve been zapped out.
I’m not going to beat myself up over it. I am going to learn from my mistakes. When temptation like this comes around again, I’ll be ready for it. It’s OK to mess up some times, but that doesn’t mean that it defines what I am doing. I am now back on the wagon.
