Working it some more! And having fun!

Oh yes, life is good.  I had another evening of doing my thing at another school's Open House, promoting the program that I volunteer with.  It's really coming together!  We have more volunteers, which we desperately needed.  It is just, oh, so good.

I also had lunch today with one of my most joyful friends.  She always sees a silver lining in life, and doesn't let nothing get her down.  It's very inspiring.  (Incidentally, she and her husband celebrated their 19th wedding anniversary this year.  They are a great couple.)  We had Arabic food, a first for both of us.  I ordered chicken shwarma, with fattoush salad, the best hummous I've ever had, delightful pita, yummy rice, and red cabbage.  Yum!!  Now that all of our kiddies are in school full-time, and I had a day 'off', we were able to spend time together, just the two of us.  Usually we would have our kids in tow.  It was a delightful time.

Overall, I'd have to say that this new medicine I'm taking is really, really helping me to chill out and stress less.  That's such a wonderful feeling.  I would have been feeling very guilty for taking time for pleasure instead of doing housework and downsizing my piles of useless crap... but no, I'm pretty much okay with taking time for me today.  The crap will always be here, either more or less of it, and I've come to accept that.  I will work at it, when I can, and in the meantime we will live happily together, my crap and I.

The medicine is also helping me to deal with the occasional meltdown that happens (when my boys don't get their way).  An explosion of negative energy would usually send me spiraling downhill, into a type of panic attack, where I feel physically ill, and am shaking.  Not this week.  I survived the meltdown unscathed.  It was a clearly identifiable improvement.

Other delightful things I'm doing this week include donating blood (my 2nd time, I'm very happy that I can be a blessing for someone else in this capacity), going to weekday mass once (what a great way to start the day!), and spending time resting when my body needs it.

That is what matters to me most.  No need to feel guilty about taking care of those things that matter most.  That's exactly how it should be.  I trust that everything else will fall into place, when I spend my time and energy on that which feeds my soul.