Generally happy

Isn't that a switch from just a few weeks ago? I still have problems of course. I still need some solutions. My outlook has gone back to what I consider more "normal" for myself - generally happy. A lot of it has to do with weather and more sunlight. A lot of it has to do with "letting go" of some of the bad "P Word" stuff lately. A lot of it has to do with rewarding companionship. :) A lot of it has to do with a sense of accomplishment, even though I can't name any major project I have actually completed! Whatever. I'll take it!

I just finished reading the book "The Year of Living Biblically." One of the things the author (A.J. Jacobs) took away from his year experiment of researching and trying to literally live the commandments and laws of the Bible was to have a Sabbath each week. I have decided to try that - not a Sabbath, must go to church, not allowed to watch TV, not allowed to wear play clothes kind of Sabbath - but my kind of Sabbath. NO LISTS ALLOWED. I will attend church if I WANT TO. I will walk IF I WANT TO. I will clean IF I WANT TO. I will nap IF I WANT TO. A Sabbath from my own brand of OCD and all the "musts" associated therewith.

Today I went to church and it was lovely. Afterward I came home and had a lovely high protein low carb meal of salmon and an entire bunch af asparagus with Bearnaise sauce. Then I walked down the street to church nearby and attended a benefit concert that was a fundraiser for our elementary strings program. Then I walked back home! Michael was home so we were able to discuss his trip to Chicago - he was all geeked out over Fermilab and the fantastic trilobites at the Field Museum. We had some dinner and then he had homework to do so I went to the evil empire to get food for us to take to Atlanta. I went through the itinerary and figured out how many meals we will have to buy and how many we can get away with taking convenience/ prepackaged food in our little cooler and backpacks and eating on the bus. It's always important for us to have food with us anyway so Michael can have veggie food if none is available and I can have carbs and protein available should an immediate need arise. We are going to do so much walking that I am going to have to tote lots of testers and snacks and such everywhere we go! I don't want to cause any drama....

So anyway, I just have this general feeling of bliss right now, despite the allergies and financial stress, despite STILL having no sink (I'm up to half a floor though) in my bathroom, despite the piles of dirty dishes in the kitchen and despite the unmade bed that awaits in my bedroom. Life is good.