Treat myself with respect

I’m sick, with a nasty cold. My body is full of ache, and my throat is sore. I’m tired, but can’t sleep. It feels as though my sinuses are going to explode. The temptation to relieve the pressure by drilling a hole into my skull is strong. (Although, I admit that could be influenced by having seen skull hole-drilling on Grey’s Anatomy the other day.)

Sadly, I’ve been better about eating healthy foods and starting to drink more reasonable amounts of water. I’ve also been making an effort to get back into good routines with moisturising and such. Where’s the positive reinforcement?

The positive part is that I’m allowing myself a day of rest to get over this thing. Guilt usually gets the better of me, resulting in me hauling my sorry self into work. Not really good for me, not good for my work, and certainly not good for my colleagues. (Mind you, I suspect I got this from colleagues who came into work unwell last week.)

On a side note, to cheer myself up, I’ve booked a ticket to go and see one of my favourite artists, Lior. He’s playing in London in August. (He’s also playing the SpiegelTent in Edinburgh, but I can’t make it to those two shows.) I saw two of his shows in Melbourne, back in 2006. I love his music. I’ve invited a friend along, but I’m going even if she can’t make it.

bananas with cream and sugar.

Okay, okay… so perhaps it could more accurately be described as a (large) bowl of cream with sugar, topped with a sliced banana to disguise how disgraceful it truly was. Regardless, I’m feeling slightly icky right now. (Serves me right.)

I’m pleased to say however, that even though I may have just eaten a bowl-full of cream… and that I haven’t been running in ages... I have been eating quite well, overall. We’ve been cooking up some really yummy, healthy, bursting-to-the-seams-with-veggies meals. We’re all feeling quite good as a result.

It’s a start, that’s for sure.

make sure the food I’m consuming is good for me; drink more water (ah, that old goal again); get more sleep (which is exactly what I should be doing right now); and get some exercise.

I did motivate myself to get out and run this evening. Didn’t go very far, but just the fact that I did it was a great start. Oddly enough, my horoscope for today (which I read after the fact), was:

Oct 2 2007

If you have a regular physical exercise routine, try to mix it up a bit today. Doing the same thing over and over again is boring for you, and it’s boring for your body. And if you do not have any sort of regular physical routine, today you definitely need to start one. Even if it’s something small – like taking a walk at lunchtime, or walking upstairs instead of taking the elevator—it will make a big difference in your energy level and in your attitude today.

_Freaky.

On that note, time for bed!