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Happy Sunday!

You know what?  I’m in love with the weekend.  Every weekend.  Whether I have plans or shower and put my pijames back on, I love the weekend.  It’s my two day detox from the work week.  This weekend was much needed, I don’t believe I’ve ever had so many work induced meltdowns in one week before.

Unfortunately, these meltdowns happened while driving to the train station.  I don’t like melting down and having to drive at the same time.  Then, they’d happen on the train.  The morning train ride consisted of me trying to hold a straight face turned towards the window.  I’d feel stupid for melting down, stupid for feeling like a whiney baby and then, I’d just pray to release this and keep a level headed mind for the day.  On the way home, I’d pray to relax and be thankful that I’m going home.  Going to a home where I have a bed to sleep in and running water to take a shower and wash the day away.

Fortunately, I have people who care about me.  People who don’t know the full extent of what I felt or what I was going through, but they would share encouraging words with me just because they want to see me succeed.

All of those statements mean the world to me.

Where am I going with this?

Well, on Monday the post from SheReadsTruth stated:

“He doesn’t see it as ordinary at all.

Waking up each morning: He wants to join you, even before you open your eyes.

Grabbing your first cup of coffee:  He asks to sit with you.

He enjoys that traffic jam on the way to work: it’s extra time with you.

“Those” days.  Yes.  Those emotional, hormonal, roller coaster days.

Yes. Even those.

Sister, He wants to spend time with you.”

It was one of those wake-up moments for me reading this.  I thought, “yes, He wants to BE there on those days. On these crappy days that make me ashamed for having a bad attitude on the inside.  Actually, He wants to be invited to rid me of this bad attitude, because it’s not going to get me anywhere…”  My inner dialogue had really rambled.  It repeated itself throughout the week.

I truly had a battle with inviting Him in. I really had a battle with the deceptions of my emotions.

I got through my week, recognized the unhealthy place I was in and I refuse to revisit such a place again.  I cannot allow my emotions to take me to such a place that feels so permanent, yet isn’t.  After all, emotions are so temporary.  Yes?

Therefore, these bad seasons are too.

Thanks for letting me share/vent.

What I Ate Wednesday :)

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A big thanks to Jen @ Peas and Crayons for hosting each week!

I’ve returned back to my Banana Spinach smoothies:

I planted some herbs and tried to clean up the yard, but it’s hard to do when you are faced with such cuteness:

“oh hey, I’m just enjoying the sunshine!”

Instead of lunch I had lunch: lychees for dessert & Field Roast hot dogs!

Yeah, I kinda forgot the buns were toasting!

I joined my mom for dinner… she made her green beans and tuna.  You know how some things that are so simple just taste THAT much better because mom makes them?  Well, green beans are one of those things.  I’ve made some more interesting green bean sides, but there’s nothing like mom’s green beans.

Dessert? Well, lets just say I had some bites of this:

My nanny is quite the baker.  She should really own a business.  My family enjoyed this cake with layers of strawberries and bananas.  From what I tasted, there was a custard with the bananas and a cream cheese-y goo with the strawberries.  I’m not one for overly sweet stuff, this was a bit much for my taste buds!  It was quite the crowd pleaser!

So, do you pronounce ‘lychee’ as “lee-chee” or  ”lee-chay” ???  I was taught the later, but I also had no idea the fruit existed till I lived in France.  I try to buy them whenever I see them.

I was really excited to eat my Field Roast hot dogs! I liked hot dogs as a kid until my dad told me this awful story about what is in them.  Luckily, I can pronounce everything that on the Field Roast ingredient label.  I tend to get really odd faces when I tell people about Field Roast sausages/hot dogs.  I’ve seen some scary looking vegetarian hot dogs, so it’s understandable.

Vegetarian hot dogs: YAY or NAY?  

Watermelon slushies!

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It was a hot 3 day weekend.

Nothing better than watermelon slushies and living in a small town to be reminded of why we had a 3 day weekend.

You will want some frozen watermelon (you could non-frozen watermelon and it’ll be more watermelon juice like… unless you add ice), lemons and limes (optional), vanilla extract and agave nectar or unrefined sugar. It’s also good to add some mint!

Start piling everything into the Vitamix:

It really depends upon how much of this you intend to make, but I normally yield about 5 cups.

It’s hard to measure my massive frozen watermelon cuts, but you would want to add the following to a full blender:

  • 1/2 c. of all lime juice or a mix of lemon & lime juice  (I prefer all lime juice)
  • 1 tbsp. of vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup of agave nectar or sugar
  • 1/3 cup of mint leaves (I LOVE that much mint in this!)

You can easily mix this in with some tonic water (I’d add more sweetener to it though).  I’m not a mixed drink person, but if you are you can add whatever you believe would taste best!

(my apologies for poor picture quality, I grab whatever is available :) )

Catch-up!

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I accidentally disappeared!

My day job is in it’s busiest season.  I had such a crazy week that required an insane amount of energy.  By the end of the day Monday, I just knew my week wasn’t going to be what I wanted/planned for.  However, I go through it and I was super relaxed and maintained really good sleeps.  I’m just so thankful for that because I’ve struggled with stress, anxiety and sleeplessness in reaction to such weeks/days.  I just couldn’t help but wake up extra smiley knowing that I was doing so well, recognizing and being grateful for this change in my life!

I drank a lot more coffee than normal.

I used a lot more concealer than normal.

I also got to recreate and make a better version of a pizza recipe I was going to post last week.  Maybe it’s a good thing I didn’t get to post that?

Anything throw you off track lately?  How do you typically react in such situations?