Give Me The Wine, You Take The Snow
Dear Diary,
Oh, the weather outside is frightful! The whole town has practically been shut down since Monday…except for work. With the snowing, blowing, and extreme temperatures, I certainly do not want to be out and about. Luckily, I don’t work too far from home, but still, I would rather be at home cuddled up with the fur babies. I went out and did some shoveling and was I ever frozen when I came back in. They’re saying, with the extreme temps, that frost bite could happen within 5 minutes! How scary! I truly hope everyone has a warm place to be on these cold, blustery days. It’s currently 4 degrees out with a wind chill of -16 degrees. Tomorrow is supposed to be the coldest day of the week with a high of 1 degree. BRRR! I am so glad to have the day off.
I did make it to my sister’s for dinner on Monday. My brother in law had to pick me up though, due to the roads and definitely for the drifts on their roads. My little car would not have made it. Dinner was amazing as usually. She made me a wonderful spinach chicken spaghetti with a big salad and for dessert a carrot cake. Oh, and I had 3 glasses of wine! I don’t drink much, so I was certainly feeling it. But, hell, I was celebrating! And I wasn’t driving. I was so full I could have burst if someone poked me in the belly. I told her I probably was going to leave her house 20 pounds heavier, and I’m sure I was right. You have no idea, her cooking is amazing. I seriously think she needs to go to culinary school and do something that field. She’d be one hell of an amazing chef.
Speaking of weight, I really need to get motivated. One of my biggest insecurities is my weight. I was on such a good weight loss journey before my previous relationship. I had lost almost 30 pounds and was feeling so confident. I was also gaining some self esteem. After that relationship ended I was completely devastated and turned to food for comfort. I put all 30 of those pounds back on and probably then some. My confidence and self esteem have also taken a nose dive. I need to get back on that path I was on. Things are starting to look up for me these days and I really want to keep on the positive way of thinking. It’s just every time I look in the mirror, I see this fat girl staring back, and I feel like that’s mostly holding me back from who I want to be. However, I do try to work out. And my job is physically demanding. And when it’s nicer out, I do go hiking. But sticking to a regimen on my days off and when the weather is awful, is so hard. I’ll just keep trying.
Anyway, I am off to bed. It’s late in my world. Good night Diary!
Your Friend,
That Girl