Success!

Well, I cannot believe it! I actually successfully completed the detox and I feel fabulous! It was all I had hoped for and more. I have more energy, I feel happier, look brighter, slept better and am 2kg down! Sure it is probably water weight or whatever the term is but seeing lower numbers on the scales inspires me to keep going on this weight loss journey. On a completely non-physical level, my mind seems clearer and I feel like I could take on the world and achieve anything I set my mind too! It is a great feeling and what I have been searching for for a really long time. So in hindsight, the detox has worked wonders at setting me firmly on the path to success...I haven't felt this awesome in a really long time (since before I was diagnosed with PND in fact!). I would recommend detoxing using the 48hr Rapid Detox program to everyone but of course, I am not a doctor or an expert by any stretch of the imagination so use some common sense here and assess if it is right for you.

So today I am tackling my extremely messy office with very important bills and paperwork lost in there somewhere. I have been very mature (not) over the last few weeks and have completely ignored bills and any financial matters because it has just been too stressful and depressing. I hate how expensive it is to live these days and the fact that there is never enough money to go around. The obvious solution is for me to go back to work but the cons to that arrangement far outweigh the pros of having an extra few hundred dollars a week. There is no way to get this time back with the kids and with Sophie off to school next year I am already reflecting on how fast the last four (nearly five) years have gone by. It's not that I don't want to work (good grief, being a stay-at-home-Mum is the equivalent of TWO full time jobs so it is definitely work, we just don't get paid for it) but I feel that for my little family, the best choice is to stay home with the kids, at least until they are both at school. I know this arrangement doesn't suit everyone but that is a topic for discussion another day :-)

Anyway, as I was saying, today I shall tackle the messy office, then I want to clean the pantry, do up a menu plan, do the washing and address the issue of putting far too many things on my To Do list! I also have a few ideas running through my head for novels so I want to find some time today to hash them out a bit. Speaking of stories, I got a letter regarding the short story competition I entered and unfortunately, I didn't make the top 10. Bit of a bummer but I am feeling OK about it. It is kind of like that feeling when you go to buy your favourite treat at the supermarket only to find they are out of stock...disappointed, but not the end of the world. In my eyes, writing and submitting the story was my goal and I have achieved that. It is only onwards and upwards from here and who knows where this writing journey will take me (hopefully to J.K Rowling status!! LOL). 

With all these things to get done today, the kids will be left to entertain themselves a bit. Sophie is still in her PJ's and watching a movie so the TV is baby sitting her and Elliott is playing in the car. Don't panic, the car is in the garage that adjoins the living area, the windows are down, the keys are out of it and he is perfectly safe. I can hear him, I can see him, he can hear me and whinge at me so all is right with the world. Speaking of bad Mummy moments, I put Sophie in time out last night for being stubborn, rude and cheeky. She had to stay there so long for ignoring me every time I went to get her out that she fell asleep in the time out chair! Another one to add to the growing list for my Mother of the Year entry form :-)