That describes my weekend. Bekah's been sick since Friday and I've been inside with her ALL weekend. I have serious cabin fever. I got to leave on Saturday to run errands, but that didn't really combat the caged-in feeling; seems like everyone and their dog runs errands on Saturdays and I felt claustrophobic while I was out.
Bekah's feeling better. She kept everything down that she ate today. Let's hope she doesn't throw up at midnight like she did last night. Twice.
I was hoping to get started on making her Easter dress. I have some great fabric (thanks Holly) and it will be almost free to make. But as soon as I started searching for a good tutorial or free pattern, all the wind went out of my sails. The internet has failed me tonight. The one possibility I had of redeeming my last few hours of weekend was ruined. No good patterns. No good tutorials. I didn't start on the dress.
Plus, one view of myself yesterday convinced me that my hips are too big (yet again), but I've been craving food all weekend (no, I'm not pregnant so don't mention it). And with the sick kid and rain the previous week, I haven't exercised nearly as much as I should. The irony is that I'm speaking about healthy eating and weight loss on Wednesday night at Enrichment. I definitely don't feel like a spokesperson for that after this week.
...blah.
4 comments:
Well Linds, I feel for ya...what a bummer about Bekah being sick. You never want your little ones to feel bad for one thing...but being inside the whole weekend would make anyone feel claustrophobic!
The dress thing will hit you at the right time...better not to force it or you would end up making mistakes and feeling even worse. You still have tons of time for that project.
Sewing is one of those things that you have to approach very positively because you will inevitably run into snags (literally) and it's so much easier to deal will mistakes when you aren't about ready to cry to begin with.
The weight thing is another one of those timing things in my opinion. When you are ready, You'll get back into the swing...you are so good about exercise and you will be again. It does tend to be a cycle that's hard to break...i.e. feeling blah so you don't exercise...so then you feel depressed and stressed out and blah so you eat stuff that you normally wouldn't want. I know about that cycle very well.
But the thing is, you have to take into account that you are the mother of a small child who takes a tremendous amount of energy, both physically and mentally/emotionally. I don't know but you probably have other challenges you are facing at the same time...who doesn't? Give yourself time to come back to center and don't try to push yourself into some kind of "ideal". Trust your own timetable and listen to yourself.
Sorry such a long comment but I heard something in your blog voice that I recognized in me. Love you! Tricia
Open some windows and enjoy the sunshine UNTIL you can get out! It will air out the germs too - ha! Sometimes patterns go on sale for 99 cents... maybe go look for something cheap but awesome. There AIN'T NO WAY your hips are too big. The end.
I always get frustrated trying to find a pattern to match my fabric or fabric to match my pattern. One thing that helps... I go to the simplicity, McCalls or butterick websites and look at patterns. I right down the number of the patterns I like. That way when Joanns has patterns on sale for $1 or $2, I already have a shopping list, with out having to look at the catalogs in the store. If I never use a pattern, I don't have to feel so guilty, because I only paid $1 to $2 for it. I sure that whatever you make will be gorgeous. Crafts are always a good thing to have on hand for sick days.
Lynaya has the whole pattern store, you really should just shop over at her house. Haha :) Wow, I am amazed you even thought of Easter yet. I am thinking Ok, next week sharing time, and Oh TAXES! Fun stuff :) Take care!
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