Hi March 2013,
I know we've just met but this has the potential to be a wonderful
friendship. I know it just by how I spent my first few hours with you, reading
snarky 1Bruce1 recaps of the best 8 Sweet Valley High books ever, the ones with
Crazy Margo the serial killer who wants to off one of the twins to replace her,
while eating an entire bag of potato chips dipped in ketchup. Our first lunch
together was Whole Foods maki, and your first day is Friday, and your
first week is a three-day one because I decided that Monday is a vacation day
for me. March, you don't get much better than this.
You and I are going to get to know each other, March, and there may be
times where we disagree. I certainly argued a lot with February, that's for
sure. I think we can do better than February, March.
Oh, update, March. My boss's boss just gave me free cheesecake from some
fancy French bakery that just opened up in the mall. It was tiny and it was
decadent. I know this is your doing, March.
Dear Self,
Self, I love you so damn much, just as you are. You can believe in God or
be a humanist and I still love you. You can call your Dad or not call your Dad
because you haven't heard from him since 2011 and that feels weird, and I still
love you. You can be fat, skinny, healthy or unhealthy, and we're cool. You can
have the hots for girls and boys and still be a great wife to your definite one
true love Greg and be faithful to him. I know these are things you worry about a
lot and I'm here to tell you to give you permission to be the wonderful adult
you are.
Self, I want you to feel better than ever. I don't ever want a time in
your life where you can't do the things you need to do because you are
suffering.
So here is what I want from you this month.
I want you to wake up and drink a liter of water every morning. I know you
really hate the water at your house, so I want you to go out this afternoon and
get one of those filtered pitchers, so you can just pour the water in it and it
doesn't taste funky.
I want you to go out this evening and get something reflective to wear on
your morning walks.
I want you to start taking morning walks. It only has to be 20 minutes and
it's out of the way for the rest of the day.
I want you to eat bigger breakfasts in the morning. Your breakfasts need
some veggies and more protein because you miscalculated your needs. I think
you'd really dig some mushrooms and chicken and some light cheese in your egg in
the morning along with a glass of milk. I think it would be easy for you to
follow that up with a hard boiled egg, a piece of string cheese, and a banana
three hours later. I think you could still pull off a leafy green salad with
chicken and orange slices for lunch with a tiny amount of oil, and then follow
that up with a greek yogurt/stevia/pumpkin butter/wheat germ snack before you go
home. That way when you get home all that is left is a small meal, which means
small clean up!
I want to see you cook your dinners on Sundays and pack them to eat for the
rest of the week so something is always ready when you get home. I'd like to see
you vary up your dinners a little, too. Having salmon, spinach, and avocado with
your sweet potato is fine, but it gets boring. It would be nice to make
something Greg wants to eat. You have an amazing array of recipes at your
fingertips from Erica and from Liz, yet you're not cooking like you said you
would. You need to start cooking on Sundays like you said you would so you have
dinner options throughout the week so boredom doesn't set in.
To recap self: your chores for this month are cooking on Sundays, eat
bigger breakfasts, drink a liter before breakfast, walk in the morning. That
way, when you're up late at night eating potato chips, you can get right back on
track and continue to be the self I love, guilt-free.
Because there's no need to freak out about potato chips. They're one of
the joys of life.
I'm linking up with Laura for Fab Friday because I'm fabulous. And even if
my blog is just for me, my way of communicating to those who care, I can always
use some blogs to read. Are you a positive person who just wants to show the
world all the love inside you? Well, I need that in my life. I'm going to be
commenting like crazy about that.
Just don't post about GOP stuff or anything about Chik-Fil-A ever and we'll
be friends. <3
No comments:
Post a Comment