Veteran's Day Equals Lazy Day for me!!!

It's 6:07pm, I've been up since 10am, I've wanted to write this entry all day long--what took me so long? Nothing. I wish I could say it was my husband, my mother, the phone, errands, cleaning, work, organizing something that needs to be organized yet again, but it wasn't any of that. This was the most lazy day I've had since I started my job back in September. And I have loved it! I only work part-time, but during my "off" time, I'm a housewife--or at least I try to be. I run errands and cook and clean and so, I usually have somewhere to be. But today, I made the concious decision to DO NOTHING. My body needed the rest, I felt it this weekend; and I gave it a little, but not enough. More than that, my mind also needed a rest. You know like a mental health day. Yeah, I took one of those today. I let my husband make the bed, my mother do the dishes and didn't even bother to answer the phone. I'm not depressed, I just feel like being quiet. Which is rather odd for me, I know. And I have had to work through bouts of depression since May of this year; but I'm working my way up and out of that. I have a new plan! I've started eating right again (LOTS of fruits/veggies), cooking things from scratch (homemade vegetable soup), and working out a bit. No, I don't need to weight--I CAN'T lose weight actually. (Please don't hate me, I have a problem gaining weight). But, strength training and getting stronger helps--after I work out a bit--I can breathe so much better, fuller and easier! It's awesome--truly awesome! I over did it yesterday though and so my body said "sit your butt down today, lady!" So I did! I'm really excited about Thanksgiving and Christmas. In just a few short weeks I'll be turning 26 years old and this coming Sunday, Colin & I have been together for 3 years! THREE YEARS! I'm amazed, it's so wonderful! It's my longest relationship, his second longest. We're going to have a "stay-cation" to celebrate it and it'll be really fun! Saturday night we're doing something really fun too--but I'll post about that next week. Stay tuned! I clipped a bunch of coupons today and thoroughly enjoyed staying in my PJ's--it's been rather blissful, I must tell you. I lined up a Dr. appointment for tomrorrow and this weekend, Colin and I will be celebrating that 3 year anniversary so I needed to rest up! Let's see, what else did I do today? Read a lot of interesting articles on Yahoo.com and Beliefnet.com; I think beliefnet.com is one of my very favorite websites--such great articles and tips and stuff. For all religions, and people of ALL faiths--it's just great. I posted some photos from the Alzheimer's Memory Walk that I did this past Saturday (a lot of fun, very worthy cause), on Facebook and found out that my sister, Jordan, is single again. Poor girl, being a teenager sure sucks, I'm so glad I'm past that. Let's see, um, tomorrow my Uncle will turn 60. That is hard to believe. Not old, but definitely a milestone, I cannot forget to call him tomorrow. And right now, oh, I'm liking the picture in front of me--John Stamos guest starring on 'Friends,' so good looking he is--wow--and such a funny episode. Yesterday as I was driving in the car I thought about how very much my life has changed in the last three years since I met Colin and wow--so much has changed. But in such a good way. I'm a woman now, I was a wanna be woman then. I'm so glad we're going to celebrate 3 years together, it's such a thirll! :) What else is going on? Not much. I'm just trying to stick to my healthy eating, working out and positive attitude. I've enjoyed reading magazines lately and other peoples' blogs--that's always fun and enjoyable, and I usually learn something too! For instance, today I learned that Veteran's Day was originally called Armstice Day and was created after a treaty was signed in World War 1 on the 11th Day of the 11th Month in the 11th hour--very cool! You know, as a society, we do NOT know nearly enough about World War 1. World War 2 we studied with a vegance, but World Ward 1, I really don't know much about that, it's sad actually. I should go self-educate myself, you know. Anyhow, did I mention I'm loving my PJ's today! My soft fleece ones with the light blue clouds, stars and half moons on them--so comfy! A hot bath sounds good right about now--it's not really cold outside right now, but it's still Autumn and hot soup, hot showers and long PJ's just seem appropiate. I think I'm going to share some articles on Beliefnet.com; post them as entries--yeah, that's what I'll do, but not now. I think I'll lye down for a little while--I rarely get Wednesdays off anymore (I'm NOT complaining, I absolutely LOVE my job and am incredibly to blessed to have and especially the one that I do--so terrific!), I might as well go and enjoy it! Thank you Lord for this wonderful, relaxing, did absolutely nothing, kind of day! Happy Veteran's Day, God Bless America too!

In Light N' Love,
-Sarah Liz :)