I spent the morning purging my kitchen (as in my last post), washing up fruits and veggies and prepping foods for meals and it felt so amazing after. Amazing knowing my family will eat healthier now that the foods are ready to go and they can just grab them (rather than ending up in the composter at the end of the week as we were all too lazy to wash them up and eat them), and amazing that my morning was so productive. I can't stress enough to anyone of you trying to get healthier, to wash up all your fruits and veggies ahead of time (either the day of or the day after you get groceries) - even the kids will grab the healthier stuff if it's ready. Another huge one is pre cooking the chicken, turkey bacon, hard boiled eggs, etc so it's ready to go for quick lunches.
After a morning of purging and prepping I sat down to enjoy my lunch and "me time" before my client. I had one of those days at work today, when the Universe sends someone in just when you need it. It still gives me goosebumps everytime I think of all the clients the Universe has sent me who have said things to me that I NEEDED to hear at that exact moment, and today was one of those days. It's like a light bulb went off and it finally "hit me" when my client spoke the words they did, and than to top it off when I went to my car a song which has been playing over and over in my head started playing on the radio as I was leaving work - It was an afternoon FULL of Synchronicities that were very much needed.
Than to top it off, I had enough "left over daily points" after eating all my meals today that I could enjoy a SURPRISE treat my husband had hidden in the house - I was like a kid in the candy store when I found out he had one. While I don't like to "waste" so many points on a treat, I figured after having such a productive day (and having all my meals in), I would splurge and use them on this chocolate bar (and it still left me 4 more points I can use yet tonight). Normally a chocolate bar would take 30 SECONDS to eat for me as I LOVE chocolate, but after seeing how many points my favourite chocolate bar was, I decided to savour EVERY last bite and it ended up taking 3 MINUTES to eat - this chocolate bar was going to last me as long as I could make it after spending 12 points on it!
After savouring my chocolate bar and cleaning up the kitchen I decided to come on for my "facebook time" (AKA my "down time" - cause the kids are at work/doing homework and my husband watches his shows at night which I don't care for, so I have my "facebook" time :D BUT I'm thinking I should have stayed to cleaning the kitchen as when I went to my wall, a post from a page I have been following for a month or so appeared and when I began to read it, the emotions started flowing. If you've never heard of "Joey and Rory" before, you have to check it out. It will warm your heart. Or maybe it's just because their story hits SO CLOSE TO HOME for me, since my Mom passed of the exact same disease Joey has when she was 29, and after reading these blog posts, I can only begin to imagine how my Mom was feeling knowing she wouldn't get to see her girls grow up. Todays post REALLY hit hard as it's only a matter of time before Joey crosses over to her new journey. BUT I must say the positive out of this, is that even during reading this blog, I don't want to turn to food for the emotions it has stirred up in me, which is a HUGE change for me, as before I would have went right to the chip bag to "stuff down" the emotions. Maybe it's finally a sign I TRULY am healing from my Mom's passing 34 years ago (which I thought I had YEARS ago). Between things my client said today and this blog post, it feels good to release so much which I obivously had "stored down" still. My thoughts and prayers go to Joey, Rory and their daughter.
Here is Joey and Rory's Blog for those interested
WARNING - have kleenex on hand!!!!
http://thislifeilive.com/one-last-kiss/
https://www.facebook.com/joeyandrory/?fref=nf