This morning started out rough. By the time I left the house to go to the office I felt a little feverish. I think I was so stressed out I was literally making myself sick. When I got to yah office I immediately dove in and started getting work done. An hour later my assistant arrived and together we worked on getting things done. Slowly I started to feel better and by the end of the day I had made a huge dent in the work load. There are still a few items that need to be done but at least I'm not nearly as behind as I was. More importantly, I feel so much better. I don't feel sick anymore and I'm no where near as stressed out.
The kids didn't have daycare today so I decided I would bring them to the office with me. My assistant also didn't have a sitter so she brought her six year old daughter as well. It was a little hectic at the office with the kids running around all day but it worked out. My mom was supposed to pick up my kids at 3:30pm but that turned into 4:30pm. My assistant and I continued to work until 5pm and then she and her daughter headed out. I wrapped a few last minute items and left at 5:30pm. My six year old called me while I was packing up and asked what time I would be coming home. I said I was leaving and would be home in ten minutes. She explained that they were going to walk downtown to Joe's, a restaurant we frequent a lot, and that they would wait for me. I told her I would see her in ten minutes and hung up. After I got off the phone I started thinking about it. I really didn't want to go out to dinner. It's so hard to find lowfat food at restaurants. I usually have to guess how many calories and fat grams are in the food. I usually end up ordering a New York steak and splitting it with my daughter. The last time I did that though I experienced "treatment effects" from the Alli pills I take. I really didn't want to go through that again. I decided to text my mom and explain I would much rather barbecue steak for everyone then eat out and that I would stop at the store on the way home to grab some.
I went to Trader Joe's where I picked up some Top Sirloin Filets, veggies, fruit, and a roll of sourdough bread. When I got home I fired up the new barbecue (we got it a few days ago since the last one broke last weekend). I also cooked up a potato mix I got at Trader Joe's. I sliced the sourdough bread and layer everything out on the table. The food was amazing. The sirloin filets are amazing. We had them a week or two ago and the kids said they were the best steaks they ever had. They're a little pricey, $10.99/lb, but they're worth it. The potatoes also came out great. The only issue with dinner was that I bought and cooked WAY too much steak. Oh well, next time I cook for my mom and my kids I won't buy so much.
After dinner I was pretty tired but I still had to get in my twenty minutes of exercise or I'd fail the Ultimate Accountability Challenge I am doing. So my kids and I walked downtown to get ice cream (2 miles round trip). My older daughter got mango/orange sorbet, my younger daughter had mint chip, and I had lemon sorbet which was excellent. I took the wagon and pulled my younger daughter the entire 2 miles. My older daughter rode in the wagon for a quarter mile on the way back...that was quite an excercise. It was a great night for a walk. There was some art thing going on downtown so thee were more people out than usual. It was around 69 degrees which was perfect for a night time stroll.
All in all, today turned out to be a pretty good day. It didn't start out too well but I kept on truckin' and eventually the day got better. I am so happy I pushed myself this morning. If I hadn't I wouldn't have gotten anything done and I would then be REALLY stressed out. It would have been nice to get in a better workout but a two mile walk is much better than nothing at all.
I'm going to bed now. Night. xoxo.
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