Wednesday, June 10, 2009

back from stay-cation

Somehow my week away from my husband turned in to my own little stay-cation. I think it's because I desperately wanted to be on an actual vacation. I woke up at 2am hungover from my week of debauchery and declared it over. I don't regret it all that much. I had a great time with my best friend, hung out with my mom and relaxed more than I have in a while. Just like vacation. And just like vacation, the scale says I'm up 5 pounds. I wouldn't have gotten on it except for the fact that I wanted to know what drinking 100 bottles of wine would do to me. Ha! Now I know!

My husband comes home today. I see his tiny plane on the Continental website finally over this continent. I miss him and the dogs miss him and I swear I had no idea how much work he does around the house until I had to do it all myself. How do single mothers do it? I'm only a single mom for a week to 2 dogs. There are people that do this full time WITH kids. I realized this morning that I have not gotten the mail once!

My first thought after hauling my fat butt off the scale this morning was "I'll start again on Monday". Why the hell would I wait and gain another 5 pounds in the mean time? I'm back on it today and will back in the gym tomorrow. I'm sure that I will have quickly lost my ability to run any distance at all but I'll do my best.

I guess the moral of the story is that I enjoyed my time off from worrying about points and exercise and just about everything else. My job is not over, I just took a sabbatical.

14 comments:

  1. Congrats for your choice to re-commit today instead of waiting till Monday! I know it's easy to push off, but i really commend jumping back in mid-week and not procrastinating. I'm mucho guilty of that! Kudos to you :)

    It sounds like you enjoyed yourself and relaxed, which i'm totally jealous of. Hoping for a stay-cation of my own in July :)

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  2. Welcome back from nowhere.

    Now it's time to get back down to business...

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  3. Good job on re-starting today - glad you enjoyed your staycation!

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  4. Welcome home! It's good to have you back. Good idea not to wait til Monday. That always puts me in total slacker mode.

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  5. Good for you...gettin' back on the wagon. Sometimes putting it off is easier, but you're doing the right thing, and BRAVO for that.

    Glad your staycation was fun. Sounds as tho' you did get some relaxation and a little debauchery never hurt anyone....if it's only once in a while. :) You know me, I'm a big fan of debauchery. :)

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  6. 100 bottles of wine. That's my kind of vacation. Glad to read you're through with debauchery (for a while, at least) and back on track.

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  7. Good job starting over TODAY! It's so tempting to put it off - I know the feeling. I hope the running goes well!

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  8. We all need some time off occasionally, sounds like it has done you a lot of good and well done for getting straight back in the saddle - that is the best thing!

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  9. Great decision on starting today instead of waiting. You inspire me

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  10. Yeah, you do sound good! And I know you will be happy to see hubby. I wonder if there is a big check in your mailbox...what's your address again? :-)

    I am with you, I don't know how single moms do it! I don't even know how you do it, working a full time job and dogs and gyms and a very busy social life!

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  11. Congrats getting right back on track! That is seriously the hardest part. You'll lose those 5 pounds in no time!

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  12. You can drop that staycation gain in no time! I know you can. :)

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  13. Welcome home from your staycation. Glad you had a fun time while the hubs was gone. Good for you for not waiting until Monday to get back in the swing of things. You're a better woman than I.

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  14. Way to get back on track - that's a NSV for sure!!!

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