Feeling Good Friday-Stuff will Happen Edition

Momentum was going in the right direction last week. It has stalled in the weight loss department this week though. Fortunately, not a weight gain. After feeling cruddy most of the weekend, I actually had lost a few pounds if I was to trust Monday mornings scale. It was mostly dehydration effects. I also had several less than healthy choices, and didn't do a strong calorie counting or exercise effort all week. So, considering I didn't gain, I'm OK, and looking to make this weekend and the week yet another refresh. I'm getting good at those.  Minnesota's welcome back to summer week was much appreciated. As I've said, I love fall, but I want the seasons to stay where they are supposed to be, and this autumn stuff happening the last two weekends of August was not making me smile. With another week of official summer, the weekend forecast is nothing but blue skies and warm temperatures. A perfect way to jump start my healthy reflections for the week, mind, body, and soul. 

• Dinner with A and L on Wednesday evening was absolutely wonderful. L is a power house, and I mean that in every sense of the word. She is creative, tenacious, and can make the hard decisions to get things done. However, more so, she is  kind, genuine and passionate about improving the world for children and families. She also has the perfect mix of humility, tipping her hat to shared success, but also not coy-she fully embraces her skills and achievements. 
• Having started my morning that night with a sweet roll and coffee, followed by a shared food truck lunch, followed by root beer floats for a departing colleague, I made wiser dinner choices and had hummus and crudities and a garden salad for supper. 
• I'm like the zen room-a lot. I just use if for five or so minutes of calm, and the low light, the soft colors, and the quiet ground me to get back on track when my mind gets in overdrive. I'm trying to think how I can carve more zen space out at home.
• This is for Wendy, I pulled up two different 12 minute yoga videos on fab, Fit, Fun TV. granted I only started one, but I am making a commitment to start these on Saturday and at least three times per week.  
• No weight gain, and I'll be happy with that. 

Something really major got botched at work, hanging up 10's of thousands of dollars in payments this week. We have it mostly resolved, just some processes beyond my scope and capacity to test out. For DD2's open house night, the school had a computer problem and the schedules for kids did not print out in alphabetical order and the night started in chaos, but was resolved almost just in time to start the mock walk through of our children's day. We met all her teachers, though many we know from other realms of life already, and saw several friends. She has incredible teachers this year! In school, activity, and testing fee's, I've spent $782.56, plus $265 on new reading glasses for DD2. Ouch, but I a thankful all these services and opportunities are available to her. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't feeling the weight of it all, but in each challenge, there is resolution and a potential upside. I'm heading to the lake to do some tasks, in solitude, and a solo kayak paddle around the lake. I have a girls sign making class tonight with my soup mama friends, but nothing else on the calendar. Today should be a good kick off to a new week. What healthy choices did you make for you personal well being? How do you shrug off and move forward when the burden of life stuff can be heavy?