Don’t you lilac it?

My good day continued on yesterday. I went to bed and grabbed my mobile phone to set my alarm. There was a message there. I opened it up and got a pleasant surprise from work:

Take tomorrow off too. We’ll see you on Thursday.

That rarely happens so I danced around and was very, very grateful. I love my job but it’s nice to not have to gather everything together for Miss L and I to head out for the day, dragging her around.
I started to get all anxious, unnecessarily, thinking that maybe this was too good. Were they training a new Nanny and going to get rid of me? Hubby assured me they were silly little thoughts and I wiped them away.

I try and get to the Farmer’s Markets during the week to grab a few things for home (and work usually) so that was on our agenda for the day, as well as a few other errands. I was starting to get a bit anxious about my weigh in on Saturday and thought I should just get it over and done with today. She (the dietitian) was available so I made an appointment.

I was expecting a gain (so I couldn’t be disappointed). I ate a good handful of ‘bad’ things throughout the week and a half, and wasn’t as organised as I should be. I told her this all before weighing in and she understood and was really supportive. I was hoping that she wouldn’t give me a hard time, because that doesn’t work for me. I end up feeling guilty and eating more.

The scales had me at exactly the same weight. I’m happy with that. She’s happy with that. She’s asked that I try and keep a food diary for the week just so I am a little more aware.
We popped into Toys R Us to waste a few moments before my appointment. Our house is already looking like a well equipped play centre so we were trying to refrain from purchasing any more baby items. We thought we’d try her out in a walker/activity centre though, just for the fun of it. She was so happy. Her little arms were flapping about. She was laughing. How could we not buy it?
It was hilarious watching my handy Hubby put it all together. He always puts a dash of fun into even the most mundane things. I’m usually curled over in laughter, tears streaming down my face at his antics. This time was no exception.
Now that we have it home, Miss L isn’t the biggest fan of it. We thought it would have her amused for hours. She’ll learn to like it though. We’ll make sure of it!
I spent an hour and a bit this afternoon treating myself (well Hubby treated me actually) to a manicure and pedicure. It was nice and quiet. Usually I visit on the weekend and people are lined up outside waiting to get in. Today there were actually empty chairs and the nail person (therapist? What do I call them?) had time to burn on me. Beautiful. Being a little anxious and not-so-confident today I felt like they were talking about me and my weight in their own language. I kept it to myself. The girl next to me sparked up a conversation and thought they were talking about her, and me. She said: ignorance is bliss. It’s better not know. We both then went on to chatter away (in our own language, English!) and got our nails painted the same colour: Don’t you lilac it?

We then finished off the afternoon with a walk down along the beach. It was so beautiful and sunny, and a great way to end my string of good days. x

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