Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Back to Basics Check In

September 18, 2022

Well, if you read my last post you know I’ve been having a rough time. I think last week was the culmination of a lot of crap mentally and physically over the summer – if not longer. That said, since I went on my Back to Basics month I’ve actually been getting some things done. The one big thing is I’m spending more time with my kids and talking with them more. I didn’t think I’d not been doing that but apparently I have.

Another thing is I’m finding that I’m getting into my daily routines a little better. On Thursday I decided to play catch up on the housework and got quite a bit done in the morning. That was another reason to take the rest of the day off – you don’t need to spend all day cleaning. Life is meant to be lived not to be spent cleaning your house into something resembling a museum. Or other people’s houses – on Instagram or real life. If your house is relatively clean and tidy you’re good. If it’s messier and interfering with living then you need a different approach but it still isn’t cleaning all day either.

I decided to cut out caffeine and cut way back on sugar as well since last week’s health scare. I started drinking a lot more water and am feeling much better. So, obviously, I’m keeping that up. I’m also getting more fruit in – orange juice, a banana, and one of those applesauce cups. One of those at each meal or as a snack. I decided it would be an easy way to get three servings of fruit in and it’s working. Baby stepping my way back to better.

I do need to make an appointment with my doctor though because my blood pressure was somewhat elevated, but it may have just been the stress. In any case a visit is warranted.

I axed out a lot of the people I followed on Instagram (except family) and am not spending nearly as much time online (except for things to do with Queen Elizabeth’s funeral) and that’s a plus. Like I said in my original back to basics post, I need to listen to God and me. Everything else is just chatter. I’m even limiting the amount of self help books I’m reading as well to quiet down. However, I did pick up “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett and started reading that. Somehow my two youngest kids and I got in a conversation about it and I figured it was time to read it – all the way through this time.

My skincare routine is not where I’d like it to be. I digressed with a kit from Youth to the People but it wasn’t working (drying) so I’m using Clinique’s Rinse Off Foaming Cleanser, Laneige Cream Skin Toner, Sephora’s Probiotic Moisturizer, and my Banana Boat Mineral Face Sunscreen. All from my stash.

So that’s how it’s going. While I’m weighing in once a week I’m not seeing much change yet – my body is probably trying to reset now that I’m getting more water and fruit in. And, really, getting healthy physically and mentally are paramount right now.

One thing I did think of – most of my summers starting with right after high school until the year I got married were crazy. A lot of not great things happened and I wonder sometimes if my mind/body just go on a PTSD rampage some summers remembering all that. Even from 2010 to about 2016 I had no summers due to other ongoing crises. Which may mean each summer my mind gears up for another crappy summer and that’s why the anxiety goes wonky. Something for me to think about and work on.

Here’s to another week – hot week – but a new week none the less. Cheers.

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