Day three

Day three just happened to be a Monday and the first day of work after 11 days of vacation. Surprisingly, not as bad as I had imagined it would be. Fortunately my staff are veterans of the working world and not easily excited. This is the first staff I have had that were all of an older age, how nice it is to not be drying tears and changing diapers daily( maybe a little exaggerated).  We work with seniors and being older gives us a unique perspective on their daily challenges.  After spending 13 years working for the American Red Cross , working with seniors has been a welcome and rewarding change of pace.  The excitement never ends and the day passes so quickly its time to leave and you feel like you just arrived.  Its definitely not always rainbows and butterflies, we work hard but the personal satisfaction makes it worth it.  All the mush aside, I thought today would be the opposite of what I enjoy about my job and the embodiment of what makes it challenging. So on day three towards my journey of change it was a very welcome surprise.  Its nice to be needed and appreciated but being able to take time off without the sky falling when you get back-priceless . As stress is a trigger point of my overeating I was glad to be at a normal stress level today.  I didn't overeat but I certain I could and should have ate less.  I better get a little more motivated if my 3 pound goal by the end of the week is going to be met. Far as the finances go, grocery store again today for 88.00 that's a total of 400.00 in 3 days.  Time to drop the hammer on feeding frenzy that my college boys bring with them when they hit town and their entourage descends on the house for their midnight feedings (remember I am pretty sure they are vampires or maybe I could call them foodpires for devourers of food after dark). I did talk to my mother who suggested I consider carpooling with my sister in law who works near by.  I told her it was a great idea if our working hours are the same as I spend 100.00 a week in gas in my 1997 Suburban going to work. Guess I can count this conversation as movement towards my resolutions.  If it actually happens.. even better.  I paid my enormous electric bill, bought a bunch of gas and as stated earlier purchased more groceries.  I updated my financial spreadsheet (sounds impressive if the numbers were not so pathetic) caulk that up as a positive towards change. I made the spreadsheet yesterday for the entire year... lets hope I can update it every day.  I am going to track my eating today on my weight watchers again another positive.  With so many positives a negative is bound to be in my future.  I don't want to miss the mark on these resolutions again, I am running out of years in order to accomplish and perfect them.  I do not want to spend the rest of my life trying to beat these things.  As Winston Churchill said KBO (keep buggering on) stiff upper lip and all that rot. Same bat place, same bat channel this is Robin signing off until tomorrow.