Project overload and Red Vines

Howdy y'all!

Someone tell me again why I decided to take on EVERY single home project known to man?  Between coughing up sawdust balls and blowing black paint out of my nose, it's been a real treat around our household these days.

I feel so bad for the Mr.  You can tell by the look on his face that this has all happened pretty fast for him.  We usually throw an idea out there and marinate on it for a few months years and then we might get around to it.  (I couldn't help but think of when I bought 2 paint samples for the guest room that I painted on the wall 3 winters ago to "force" us into painting because how embarrassing would it be to explain those big patches of paint on the wall to potential overnight guests?  Nope, just never had anyone spend the night in 3 years so yeah...fail.  On the upside, it's a good thing we didn't because it's nowhere near the color we painted it so I guess our laziness paid off.)  With this project, we came back from Chicago and 6 days later we were in the throes of cleaning the basement and getting rid of everything in our guest room.  January was literally a blink in our world before it was gone.  We're hoping it's all for the better when it's all done, which right now feels like that's never going to happen.  I think that's how you know you're in the middle of a project right?  The light at the end of the tunnel feels more like a train than the sweet reward of completion.  But Friday the granite goes in so that'll be done.  It's looking like Saturday the crown molding in our bedrooms will go in making our place a "crown molding throughout" kind of home due to a talented friend who did our bathroom and living room molding.  Check that off the list.  Then the 16th the door guy will come in to measure and get our doors ordered so we can get those hideously dated blonde faux oak (or Foak as we call it) wood doors in a wood chipper where they belong.  Unfortunately, it would be twice as much if we got the door frame replaced like we were planning on and since we're less than 5 years out on selling this place, we've decided against it so you know what that means?  Sand, prime, paint and poly the door frames.  Can you feel the excitement?

*crickets*

You can bet your sweet bippy I told him to paint those mofos too because I just can't take any more painting projects right now.  So those will be some big items off of the table which should make life a little easier.

Then you have the everyday stuff that HAS to be done like oh exercise, planning meals, etc.  Sunday was a close one.  Lots of projects being juggled at once and then before we knew it, it was 7pm and we were hungry so we ate then went down to do free weights about 7:30pm.  Not that I ever would've skipped exercise but there are some nights when skipping is way more tempting than others and that was one of them!

I'll be honest, it was a BAD day with a few crying fits (no, Aunt Flo isn't in town) and I split the individual Red Vines I bought for movie night with the Mr as a big "eff you" to the atmospherical poo that was Sunday.  I know better but in the past it would've been MUCH worse.  It would've been order a large pizza, maybe cheesy garlic bread if I was feeling particularly bad, 2 cans of pop each then drown ourselves in grease until we felt like we were going to puke and not get anything else accomplished for the night including exercise.  So yeah, I'll take 240 calories worth of Red Vines that are never in the house over 2000+ calories that I could have delivered to my home.

Several appointments are set up over the next week so we've got a LOT of cleaning to do.  I have a doctor's appointment today, my first in 4 years which means I was about 200 lbs heavier when she saw me last.  The knot in the undies about that I'm now considered a "new patient" so I have to go and fill out paperwork, get a 2 minute session confirming I have no issues then come back another time for the physical I requested.  What a bite in the ass.  I said "uh, so I have to pay 2 co-pays?" and the wench receptionist who obviously hadn't had her coffee yet said no that the insurance company should pick up the physical since it's a wellness visit.  Whatevah.  It still makes me a little nervous though because my blood pressure usually spikes WAY up when I go to the doc so I'll have to take a reading then take a pic of it before we go so they know that isn't my norm.  Bleh.  So my focus is going to be keeping balance for both of us as he's got a ton going on at work.  Poor nugget.

How do you keep balance in your weight loss plan when everything around you is trying to suck up every minute of your day?

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