My #FavouriteThing today we as getting my car back. AND the friendly neighbourhood mechanic (no seriously, he’s super friendly, and he’s my neighbour’s best friend) gave me a very nice deal. AND he told me exactly what needs to be done over the next little while, and in what order to do it. And I trust him. Which is more than I can say for most mechanics. But I absolutely do trust him.
I also really enjoyed being active today. I went for a (very short, as I’m starting from scratch all over again) run yesterday, and I couldn’t walk by last night. I’ve packs on my knees, the whole shebang. So I thought today I’d go to the gym and work with weights, and do upper body. I did 15 minutes on the bike (and quit when my knees started to complain.) I did upper body weights, just light, as I haven’t been in a gym since 2007 when I was in a rehab program for my back injury. Then I (still being carless) walked home. My knees were screaming by the time I got home, but ice packs and anti-inflammatories helped.
I also watched a really excellent documentary called Maidentrip tonight about a 15 year old girl who circumnavigates the globe, single-handed. Completing her journey at 16, she is the youngest person ever to sail around the world single-handed.
A good day. What was your favourite thing today?
My favourite thing was working out again at lunch with my husband. We pushed ourselves a little bit further this time. I hurt and I think I’m going to take a day to rest, but I know I’ll be back at it on the weekend.
Another favourite thing was mother/daughter yoga. This week, for whatever reason, we were the only people in our yoga class. There is an earlier class that runs right before ours, and I’m thinking everyone went there. Anyway, it was nice, because my friend, Ange, runs the class. She’s lovely to be around. She’s so go with the flow. A good thing in yoga, I suppose. My daughter loves actually doing yoga (as opposed to the kiddie version Ange otherwise might do with the children), so the three of us had a great time together, and Ange and I shared a lot of laughs over the number of times my daughter said, “Look what I can do” and was twisted into some position that we could only ever dream of. Kids and their flexibility.
It was also very nice receiving support and empathy at work for the things we are going through right now trying to get a diagnoses and education plan set up for our daughter. I know that we have to keep pushing and knocking down these walls, and I will. I was having mixed feelings because I’d just hit another wall in terms of services/testing. I felt a combination of frustration over the fact that there are so many politics involved in simply testing a child for learning disabilities/ADHD (and holes in the funding), but I had a feeling of accomplishment because this means I can go on to the next potential source of help. Kind of a one down ______ to go feeling. Anyway, my boss is very on board with all of this. She is so supportive and wonderful. My co-worker has gone through the same thing with her son, so she has a lot of empathy for our situation. It’s so nice to have support even at work.
Finally (it was a day with many favourite things, what can I say?), I was very proud and encouraged by the progress that my daughter has been making at school. She did a good job on her homework, and her teacher sent home a praise note two days in a row about her reading. Proud mama.