1. Splenda Campaign. This is going really well. I proudly report that yesterday I had only one of my two alloted splenda packets. I'm learning to enjoy my cereal sweetened only with chunks of luscious peach, so yesterday, when I ordered iced tea with my lunch, I had a panic moment when I thought but I need at least 4 packets of Splenda with a glass this big. Not so. With a generous, restaurant sized serving of iced tea, I used . . . only ONE packet of splenda, and I liked it. I feel like my little E when she learned that she was grown enough to use the booster seat instead of the high chair.
2. Bachelorette Days. DH is flying back to Seattle with B, so I'll be a bachelorette here for four or five days. I'm looking forward to it (yes, honey, I'll miss you, too, if you're reading this!). I look forward to reading late in bed (I just received the newest book by one of my favorite authors); I want to spend a long afternoon at the Smithsonian in DC, I'll play my favorite kind of music at a volume level that might surprise you, and I'll get my exercise in without regard to family meal times. That said, the one thing I have to watch out for is overcoming a past tendency to eat too much of the wrong kinds of things when I'm alone. C'mon, I can do this, surely. Food is just food, right?? Pray for me.
3. Blessed quietude. Actually the other thing I'm looking forward to is quiet time. I noticed that someone I follow has a new post up about extrovert/introvert. I haven't opened it yet, but I can sure tell you that I'm an introvert in the sense that I need time alone, completely to myself, to recharge my batteries. I loves me my babies and kids and hubby, but my batteries are pretty darn low right now.
I hear J has awakened and he's calling my name . . . . !
Do you need time alone to recharge, or do you get your recharge from being with friends and family?
