embracing change

[flowmom]

So today went really well. Spent the morning with the kids and parents outside in the forest...it felt like a spring day and all the leaves are new and fresh on the trees and shrubs.

This afternoon I went shopping at the thrift store with mom and smart sister. Sister didn't pull any punches and was adamant if the fit in the butt was unacceptable to her . Scored some pants and some great silver shoes. Pants were desperately needed as I didn't have a single pair of well fitting ones. I don't want to spend money on new clothes until my weight stabilizes -- still seem to be losing.

Then I made dinner with mom. I haven't cooked in months! Dinner for eight came together easily though. I made Moroccan spiced lamb, tabbouleh, and served pita with hummous and baba ghanoush. We had cactus fruit for dessert. It was yummy IMHO.

It sucked when H came home for bedtime. I was really appalled that he was barely even polite to my mother. They have always had a warm relationship.

It's been an exhausting day. My parents are like children in some ways...you can count on them to need assistance with using a phone, or misplacing their sweater, etc. But it was great to have the positive energy of eight family members who are rarely all together. I did find myself able to ignore my sitch for good long stretches and that felt GREAT.