Adventures in GALing

[AntoniaB]

Took charge of some things over the weekend...got healthier food that doesn't take a lot of time to prep over the weekend; made a healthy soup, enough to take to work all week for lunches so I don't eat junk food; am several days now off the prescription sleep meds and while still having insomnia problems, I'm not feeling so "volatile." I have thought for some time the sleep med was making me a little bipolar!

Made a schedule for work and home time and for working on the book AND I scheduled time to NOT work as well, and even got up today and walked 10 min. on my treadmill. I know it's nothing but for me, that's more than I did for a year :-)

Feeling nerves pretty bad about coming back to teaching after a long time gone, but I've been talking about it with people and finding that a lot are saying they have the same issues and just never wanted to admit it. I even asked my class and several said they never slept all last night from nerves, and I said, look, I hear you. We'll all be fine in a week when things settle down.

I think I really need to be HERE, the interaction with people is so important after all those months in my house for weeks on end alone.

I've also reblocked my XH on the alt. Not seeing his face and OW's face pop up all the time is REALLY helpful...

So...that's where I'm at now. Taking control of my health in hopes that the physical improvement will help the mental.