witch hazel

One thing I have to say about this high fiber diet is that witch hazel has become my new best friend.  I'll leave it at that....

I'm really glad that Phil is doing this thing with me.  His support has kept me honest more times than I'd like to admit.  I'd like to think it works both ways, too.

Today was a bit crazy.  I was at the office later than I wanted to be (again), and didn't have as much time to get ready for the party tonight as I needed.  Because of this, I was rushing about and ended up missing some of my meals.  By 5:30 this evening, everything was in place, and I sat down and went to order the pizzas for the party.  BAD IDEA!!!  I started looking through the menu and got REALLY hungry.  I would not been able to not eat pizza if Phil hadn't said that he was not going to do it.  This, of course, pissed me off, because if I break the diet and he doesn't, that makes him the stronger person.  He knows this and plays his cards well.  I'm quite sure he was jonesing for some pizza, too, but said he wasn't going to do it to see what I'd do.  At least, this is what I'm choosing to believe, because I'm not going to admit that he really wasn't thinking about doing something bad.   Anyhow, we discussed dinner and ended up doing dinner right then so we wouldn't be so tempted when the pizza came.  We did deconstructed turkey burgers - lettuce, turkey burger, tomatoes, onions, mustard, and pickle relish (or whatever you like on burgers except cheese and mayo) - with a side of mashed cauliflower and a big glass of water.

Now, I'm stuffed.  The pizza is on the way, but I won't be tempted because I can't even think about eating. 

This is very important to healthy living - eat good first, so you won't be tempted to do the bad stuff later!!!  I guess this is another Dr. Mindy pearl.  I'm tooting my own horn right now, but the pizza's not here yet - maybe I should keep my mouth shut!

So, as I write this, I'm dressed as Professor McGonigal (sp?).  I have candelabras on the kitchen table with black and red tapers and a gold table cloth.  There is a roaring fire in the fireplace, and the table is set for 6 girls with Harry Potter plates, chocolate frogs, Bertie Botts every flavor beans, and gift bags.  Emma's (store bought) cake is decorated (see yesterday's blog), and the night is ready to start.  Unfortunately, it's 6:19 and only 2 guests are here so far.  We're going to have transfiguration class (using shrinky dinks), potions class (making punch with sherbet, ginger ale, and the girls will "add" something like strawberries, mint, gummy worms, and lemon/limes), care of magical creatures (playing with pets), and history of Hogwarts (HP trivia).  Then, the girls will retire to upstairs to watch HP movies and go to bed.  (Yeah, right)

Someone who I really respect told me today that I've got to learn to let some stuff go.  I can't be supermom, super doctor, den leader, soccer coach, super wife and everything else.  She's right.  But, tell me, how do I turn that off?  I'm so excited that we could do this party for Emma.  She's proud of her mom and dad for pulling it off.  She's excited and I know she'll be talking about this for weeks.  I do a lot of the extra-curricular stuff because I don't get much time with the kids.  If I don't volunteer when they are doing things, that's even less time that I can spend with them.  I also like teaching - a lot!  That's why I enjoy coaching and den leading.   It's an outlet for me - kind of like this!!   I guess I'll just keep burning this candle at both ends for a while until my kids don't want me to be involved anymore.  Believe me, I know that is coming.  That's when I'll start to let things go and do more stuff for myself.  Right?  Sure.


Phil, BTW, just commented that it's OK that more kids aren't here because, "The less of you there are, the less chance you'll do any of those weird girl fighting things.  You know, you girls do weird things."

And that pretty much sums it all up, doesn't it?

Dr. Mindy