1. Girlfriends. One of my co-workers returned from vacation today. She went to the Riviera Maya with two of her best girl friends. I really enjoyed hearing my friend, we'll call her Robyn, talk about the good times she had on vacation. It made me think about my friend situation. I have never been a person with many friends. In high school and college, I knew people, but I was only close with a few people. Same thing after college: I found a really great friend and it was cool because our husbands were friends and had the same interests, so the four of us hung out together and went on road trips and camping trips. Truthfully, I can't even really imagine what it would be like to go on vacation with friends and stay in the same room and stuff. I can do that with my sister, but it would be hard for me to do that like with LA (although we have shared rooms before, when I think about it, just not for longer than a night.) Anyway, I'm happy that Robyn had a great time and I liked looking at her photos!
2. RVs. I have been fantasizing about motorhomes and trailers lately. There are quite a few of these types of recreational vehicles in my neighborhood. They come in various sizes. The folks a couple of houses down from me have a ginormous motorhome. My neighbors have a good size trailer. There are more moderately-sized trailers and motorhomes elsewhere in the neighborhood. One of the neighbors with what I think is a perfectly sized motorhome were getting it ready to go a few days ago. I stopped and chatted with the lady. They were heading to the Oregon coast to hang out for awhile. One of the friendly men at my work has a giant trailer and the Oregon coast is his favorite place to go, too.
I think about where we would go if we had an RV. We'd probably go up to the mountains, or maybe out to the desert, possibly to Idaho or to Yellowstone. I wonder if I would like it or if it. I imagine loading up the bicycles for transportation while we were parked, because I think I would like the motorhome option better than the trailer option. There are RV rental places. Maybe someday MT and I will rent an RV for a week and see how it goes.
3. My food myths. I've been thinking about my relationship with food lately, and I found that I have some weird tendencies or thought processes about food. I don't know where they come from, but I'm pretty sure that these previously unconscious thoughts have contributed to my weight issues. I wrote down a few that came to me very quickly, and they are totally f'd up. Check it out:
- If there is food in the office, or even stuff at home, I will make a point to get some, even if I don't really want it. Like today, there was (interestingly) a soft-serve ice cream machine in the breakroom at work. I don't really even like ice cream, but I felt like I had to have some.
- I tell myself that I can't have certain foods in the house, because I can't be trusted with that food being in my space. An example is Nutella. I find Nutella to be delicious, nearly irresistible. When I have it in my house, I feel like I have to eat it all right away because I might not be able to have it again or that somebody else will eat it and I'll miss out.
- My sister told me that food is food. There is no such thing as "good" and "bad" food. I want to believe her, but the good and bad concept is stuck in my head. What's good and what's bad? Salad is good. Donuts are bad. There are plenty of other examples, but you see what I mean.
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I wrote a little about weight etc in my blog.
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