Day 2

Day 2 of what?

I'd say it's Day 2 of my promise to myself to exercise (as well as day 2 of being without my little girl :(  )

Today I did 25 minutes of yoga.  I found a yoga app on my receiver by Tara Stiles, and it had something like 90 different little yoga routines.  There was yoga for strength, morning yoga, yoga for killer abs, yoga for lower body strength (you get the idea)...

I picked 3 (abs, lower body and hip openers) to start off with, and I think that was good.  I wanted to do more, but I stopped myself because whenever I try to get healthy and work out, I over-do it.  I'm trying very hard to take it slow...my muscles have completely wasted away due to the water retention and protein loss (there goes  my plan to be a body-builder) but I WOULD like to be able to open a jar of peanut butter without my husband's help.  And I want to be able to go sledding with Izzy and not be so out of breath after one run.  All good reasons...all achievable.

I also had this AMAZING little salad tonight that I saw on Pinterest:

Source: l-i-t-t-l-e-w-o-n-d-e-r-s.tumblr.com via Jenn on Pinterest

OMG.  So good.  Just the right amount of tang and saltiness....I think the thing that topped it off was a salad mix I bought today that had herbs and peppery lettuces in it.  PERFECT!

Hey there...nice face

I spent Sunday doing this..packing my daughter's suitcase.  She's on a big "adventure" to Sweden with her Pappa.

I cried when we pulled out of the garage at home on our way to the airport.  I collected myself after a little bit and was good, as you can see here, but I totally lost it at security.  

I couldn't stay and watch my little baby walk away, even if she's with her Pappa.  I've never....never been away from her this long.  There's something about that whole umbilical cord thing....it can be cut, but never severed.

The sadness was crushing.  Again, thank you happy pills, 'cause it would've been a whole lot worse!  Unfortunately, all the crying, combined with kidney disease and a corpse-like sleep on my left side, left me with a swollen eye this morning.

 No, it's not noticeable at all, is it?  Maybe a shower will help?

Nope, that didn't work either.

Some crafty styling of my obnoxious hair made it much better....I swear that I'm not raising my eyebrow on purpose....

I had a meeting with a customer today....the swelling was better by then, but not gone.  I think I hid it pretty well.  It was  LONG day....didn't get home until 6:45pm, and then had to walk the dogs.  But I made a goal of daily exercise while they were gone, and I feel good that I kept it, even after all that.

It wasn't much...a little stretching, a little balancing, a little resistance/weight training, but it's a start.

And my face is normal again.