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I work hard each day to make sure that I am working my program, so my life seems a little more normal. I know it's not normal with the AH in it but I can't imagine my life without him. So I have just as many issues as he does. But I was given some great advice the other day, by a wonderful person, to do more than one thing for myself. Usually I do at least 1 thing just for me each day even if that is only to get to this board AND post not just read. So I did, it was a struggle to get my day to work out so I could do them both. But it was so worth it. I had never thought about doing any more than just 1 thing for myself each day until then. I though through out the day that I wouldn't be able to do both let alone 1 thing, this particular day. One thing after another kept coming up and pushing my plans further and further away to the point that I had even thought I would have to push them to the next day. I was feeling really let down and then I just decided that I was going to take care of me and do these 2 things. My hair and my nails. I know it sounds simple, but they both take time to do and I felt so good doing them. I had needed to color my hair for quite sometime, I don't like my gray showing, and I had let it go. My nails were in equal disarray. I love to do my nails putting on nail tips and taking care of them. But I so rarely get the time to do that. But I was actually able to do both and still had time to make dinner in a timely manner so that it wasn't too late. It was late but everybody seemed to be ok with that. It was a matter of a half hour late but the kids knew I was doing something for myself. It's not like they are little kids, they are 16 and 20 years old both old enough to make dinner themselves if they had gotten hungry. So I threw all my worries out the window and took care of me and was so grateful for the suggestion that I may do that once a week from now on. Thank you "Dad" for the great suggestion!!!!! I really needed that and I don't know how you knew that but you did.
-- Edited by wildthang86 on Monday 8th of March 2010 04:22:33 PM
Great, you did things for yourself, you feel better, the world didn't come to an end----- and you don't have anymore gray hair. All good things.----- I spray gray into my hair----that way all my friends my age want feel selfconcious because I don't have any gray in my hair.------Sometimes I lie Michelle!! LOL
