Day 7 – We waved my son off as he took his seat on the school coach for his educational trip. It was a sad Mummy moment for me but I knew that it would do him the world of good. However, in that moment I couldn’t help think of how much I will miss him. What will I do with myself all week? His routine is so much a part of my daily routine, that I cannot imagine what it will be like to not see or hear him around the house for a week.
In that moment, I tried to think of some positive things that having the space and time would mean to me as well as for him. I started to think of all of the cool things that he will be doing like swimming in the sea with his friends, exploring new areas and places of interest as well as learning to speak another language.
Now, that was quite easy for me to imagine all of the fun things that my son would be doing, so now it was my turn, time for me to start thinking of all the fun things that I will be free to do too. I remembered that I actually have such a busy social week ahead of me and started to relax in my mind a bit.
I started to appreciate all of the things that I will be experiencing this week, starting with celebrating the first day back to my weekly ‘Mindful Walking’ sessions with my walking buddy Sonia. I really missed our Sunday morning walks as Sonia was nursing an injury and we had not walked for a good few months.
We missed all of the gorgeous blooms in the park and the changing of the leaves as the weather transitioned from Summer to Autumn. However, the main thing was, we were able to get out today and enjoy the walk and chat despite the rainy weather. It literally rained the whole day – Soggy Sunday! By the time I got home, I was completely soaked and exhausted, as we were up at 4am to see my son off, nonetheless the morning was just perfect and was well worth it. It’s amazing how good we felt after our walk and talk, sharing our week’s Motherly woes and wins was a good antidote to the end of the week.
We did a shorter walk than normal as we did not want to walk too far and put too much pressure on Sonia’s recovering knee injury. We did the usual ‘pitstop’ at the French Café for a quick cuppa so that we could get home to our Sunday wifey duties.
I rushed up to Sainsbury’s to get Sunday dinner and then dashed home to get dry and dressed ready to visit my Dad. I got home and opened my diary to see what my week ahead looks like. It’s actually quite busy with events and people to see, so panic over, I think I have more than enough to keep me busy and occupied till my Son gets back home.
My Dad never ceases to amaze me, at the ripe age of 84 we were there playing games on his mobile phone and he was teaching me a thing or two with this new app for keeping your brain active. Clearly it works for him, he is one of the brightest pensioners I know. I was squinting over his shoulder looking at his narrow mobile phone screen (he upgraded to the latest Samsung). Seriously the images and text on the screen was so tiny, I was struggling to see what he was so intensely looking at with enthusiasm as his nimble fingers tapped away on the screen. I had to ask him the one question I had always been a bit baffled by but never really thought too much about. I asked him why he has not worn glasses all these years. Would you believe the answer he gave me? He said he has ‘bionic eyes’. Lol!! I literally burst out laughing, he insisted he had special eyes as he proceeded to tell me about the laser treatment he had for his cataracts!! I really love my Dad, he has a super sense of humour.
My Food Intake
I enjoyed another delicious smoothie. I seriously think I can get addicted to them. I had the rest of the Chinese from yesterday for my lunch (I don’t think Jessica would be happy about that) which was less than the portion that I ate yesterday. I had 3 cups of green tea, 2 cups of coffee, 1.5 litres water and a healthy salmon with courgettes and quinoa meal for dinner.
My Exercise Today
I did my feel good Mindful Walking with Sonia which was over 10,500 steps so I think we did ok.
My Overall Feelings Today
Felt energised today to be back in my walking routine with Sonia and managed to eat enough calories. However, I am starting to feel hungrier through the days now. Whereas in the beginning I struggled to eat the amount of food I was prescribed to eat. But now I am feeling famished and can’t wait to eat something, but at the same time, I do feel fuller and satisfied for longer. All good apart from missing my ‘Small Boy’!
Sometimes, life throws situations at you so you can learn the lesson, and learn to do things differently as part of the experience of overcoming that challenge. When life gives you lemons you make lemonade!
Where have you had to find the rainbow in a situation this week? I would love to hear how you dealt with it.