Thanks to all for the well wishes after my mom’s fall! She is doing pretty well, or as well as to be expected. She’s in her usual good spirits and otherwise totally fine, as long as she doesn’t move. Moving around causes significant pain, so I think it’s just mostly frustrating for her to be sort of “stuck” and not able to do much.
I successfully dragged myself through my workday and then skipped my planned cardio and did a 20 minute You Tube “stretch yoga” video instead.
I crashed hard last night and slept solidly all night.
The only negative was that I had a WEIRD dream in which I was apparently incarcerated and serving a life sentence for….murder?? The details were a little fuzzy, lol. I want to say (I think) that I was wrongly accused. Or maybe it was some kind of “accidental killing” that I was a part of. (Ok, that made more sense in my head.)
Anyway, in the dream, I was actually behind bars and was wrestling with very real-seeming thoughts about the reality that the rest of my life would be carried out as a prisoner. It was kind of panic inducing and sad. When I woke up, I felt a sense of relief…. I’M FREE!! Phew. (Also, I didn’t kill anyone! Go me! 😆)
Current Books
Haven’t talked much about reading lately, because, well, I haven’t been reading that much lately.
Fiction: Still reading Beneath a Scarlet Sky, which I really like but started forever ago. I just haven’t made much time for fiction reading.
Non-fiction: Have done a bit better with since I usually still read at least 10-15 minutes every morning. Still slow going, but at least it’s going.
I recently started Drive, which is one that was on my To Read list for a long time.
I also picked up this hold the other day, which is the upcoming book club choice for the BOBW Patreon group:
I think there is about a 0% chance that I’ll have time to finish it before the next meeting, but oh well. Sarah had messaged me a few takeaways so far that did not make it sound overly appealing, also. She said maybe I should just skim read this one. 😉
I feel like no matter what, talking about hot topics of diet culture + parenting will make for an interesting conversation, even if I don’t finish the book.
Off to run a couple errands. Need to grab a few grocery items and return something at Target.
Charlie is doing this:
So, I’m taking advantage to get out of the house! I swung by Ethan’s McDonald’s (he’s working) for a tea and quick blog break.
Taking drive thru orders:
Daily Gratitude:
I am grateful for useful Facebook groups. I’ve been finding value in a couple of Hawaii Trip Planning groups and a New Puppy Owners one.
GRATEFUL KAE 
Hugs to mom!!! Oh gosh that must have been so scary. How are YOU after what happened?
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Thanks! It was scary! I was shaken up at first but very relieved once we got her evaluated and it seemed that she’ll hopefully make a full recovery.
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Glad to hear your mom is in good spirits despite the pain. Wishing her a speedy recovery.
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Thank you so much. 🙂
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So glad your mom is doing okay. What a terrible setback!
Fat Talk sounds like a book I should read. And Drive sounds really interesting, too! Hope you get to bed early tonight. 🙂
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Thanks! Yes, both books seem good- I just wish I had a little more time to read!!! Oh well. I guess they aren’t going anywhere.
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Wow, that is a HORRIBLE dream! I feel like it would leave me with a bad feeling for the whole day.
Glad your mom is doing okay, although it does sound like a frustrating situation for her. It could have been much worse though!
I think you could probably get away with skimming Fat Talk. While it’s an important topic (I think I want to read it) as a mom of two athletic boys you probably won’t be having as many issues as some of us (sigh.)
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Right, as unfair as it is, it did cross my mind that maybe it is more relevant for moms of girls. Though, I have heard buzz of increased diet/body image issues with boys too, just in different ways.
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that’s a weird dream… maybe because you felt guilty about your mom’s fall?
I dreamed about not finding my hiking shoes the night before the summit. panic attach was real in the dream.
diet culture book for parents… sigh… such loaded topic and depressing. please share your takeaways so I don’t have to read it. heheh.
oh… Charlie looks sooo cozy and a bit bored?
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Actually, I am wondering if maybe the dream was related to me feeling a little “trapped” lately. With Charlie at home, I am not nearly as free to just go and do what I want, when I want. I mentioned once recently to someone that I feel a little bit like a “prisoner” in my home, always basing what I do on what Charlie is doing, etc. He can’t be left alone for very long stretches of time, so it impacts everything I do! So maybe this feeling of being trapped/imprisoned manifested in my dream?? (Not that I really mind being stuck with Charlie- I love him to pieces- but still, it can be a lot to deal with!)
And Charlie was actually sleeping in that pic! Haha. For some reason his eyes stay open just a little sometimes.
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Dreams! I wish what happens that we sometimes dream about stuff that is completely non-related to anything in our life. Incarcerated for murder? What?? I had a very strange dream last night too (don’t remember details but it was disturbing when I woke up).
Stretch yoga at night can be super-calming. I love it.
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I just replied above to Coco, but I wonder if the jail thing was related to me feeling a bit trapped/ “imprisoned” lately in my own home due to needing to be so tied down to Charlie right now. I know this phase will pass eventually, so I’m not actually upset about it or anything, but maybe it came out in my dream?
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That dream would freak out too. I have some of those sometimes. I always wonder how my brain comes up with such nonsense and what that tells about me. But then I think maybe I am just be empathetic and replaying a movie from a characters side of view. Oh well, still too much adrenaline on waking…
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I know, it’s super weird when things like this happen! It’s like, what?!?! Haha. Or sometimes I will dream about somebody I know in real life but not really well AT ALL, and I wonder why the heck that person showed up in my dream.
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I feel you on the weird dreams – I dreamt the other night that my parents had passed away. I woke up crying. Those kinds of dreams are the worst, for sure. Hope you got some more sleep last night, too. And that your mom continues to feel a bit better day by day.
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OH MY that would be AWFUL!! I don’t blame you for reacting that way.
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Gosh, I hope your mom is okay! Yikes.
I listened to a couple of episodes of the podcast by Virginia Sole Smith and it was pretty interesting. I think I’ve had enough body image stuff to read lately though (still traumatized from the WW book) so I probably won’t read Fat Talk.
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I really haven’t read anything about body image/ diet culture… ever, I don’t think! So I actually am interested, sort of, to dive into it… but at the same time, it seems like such a loaded topic that part of me feels like I should just not even go there. Ha.
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I’m so out of touch with BOBW that I didn’t realize that was our next book. Do no chance I will read it and very little chance that I will attend since my work schedule is freaking bananas and not improving anytime soon. 😦 I do want to read that book at some point, though!
Your poor mom. I am glad she’s in good spirits but not being able to move with pain sounds horrible. 😦
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Yeah, I actually haven’t looked to see if I can even attend the Patreon meeting, either! I should probably do that. haha. I don’t think I will actually read the book either, or at least I definitely won’t finish it. Oh well. I do think it seems like an interesting topic for sure.
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