Off to a Horrible Start

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.  At least these good intentions didn't end up hurting anyone but myself, not that they're really hurting me.  It's frustrating that less than a full day in I ended up failing, but tomorrow is a new day and I can make an effort again starting then.  That's what it's all about, keep on trying until you succeed.

The caffeine thing, that didn't even last more than twelve hours.  The orange soda was sitting there, calling my name.  However, it's not a lot of caffeine, and once it's gone, I'm not buying anymore.  I did do well with drinking green tea, which is a start.  At least it's something healthier than soda.  Now if only I could stick to that!

Exercise went well, but today I just didn't have the time!  Well, I did, but I had other things to do, so I decided to be a slacker instead.  There was just so much running around to get done!  I've also been achy.  I know, excuses, excuses.  However, it's not me making excuses this time!  I've been doing so much dance over the past two weeks that I think it's starting to wear on me.  The muscles in my back and sides are sore from constantly using them in ways my slacker body isn't used to.  It's wondering what all this proper posture stuff is!  I know it's good for me, but until my body adjusts, it's going to be rough.  Then there's having to put the baby in the carrier during class that isn't helping.  The extra weight on my body is hard to adjust to when it's so suddenly on me.  I think a day off isn't too much of a big deal, as long as I make no more excuses and get back to it.  Because of this, I've come to realize that exercising every day is kind of essential for me.  If I don't exercise every day then I'll just slack off on the day I'm supposed to.  I really do need to get off my butt and do it already!

In other news, we've started talking about getting another car today.  This topic leaves me a bit torn.  On one hand, it leaves me free to do what I want to do since I won't be house-bound when my significant other is at work.  On the other hand, I'm left worrying about the impact this is going to leave on the environment.  Doesn't this just give us a larger carbon footprint?  Won't this just increase the total emissions put out by my family?  Is that something I really want to do?  I suppose I don't have much choice.  The only option is to only drive when necessary.  I already have to leave the house anyway to do laundry, buy groceries, and run other essential errands.  I suppose it doesn't make that big of a difference if I'm using a secondary car or not.  I'll just have to keep track of how far I'm going.  With the economy being so bad and gas prices being what they are, I don't think that will be much of a challenge.

Tomorrow is also my birthday.  I get to celebrate it with doing something I don't really want to do, treat the household for lice.  It seems there's a breed of lice going around that is resistant to the store-bought chemicals as well as almost all holistic treatments I've found on the web.  Apparently it's gotten so bad that they've had to change the prescription they used to use to kill the nasty bugs for something they weren't resisting.  This prescription medication is the hardest thing to find!  It seems everyone has this nasty variant of the bugs because most of the pharmacies were out.  I hate the idea of putting chemicals on my head or my daugher's, but the only other option at this point is to shave our heads.  As much as I don't want to do that, I want these things gone.  If the prescription doesn't work, it may just come down to that.  It's sad when we live in a world where bugs have become so chemical resistant that it's not just the holistic remedies that don't work.  My poor kids have been made miserable with all kinds of things put in their hair that were supposed to kill the bugs or help remove the eggs.  We were joking that these things have become super lice!  Apparently we weren't far off at all!

Tomorrow, after every male in the house has their head shaved but the baby, and my daughter and I get our hair treated, and the laundry is done, I'm going to try and think of something sustainable living related to do.  Maybe I'll pull out one of my projects and knit.  I may look up a local recycling center for reference.  Maybe I'll just focus on my own health and go for a nice, long walk.  It will be nice to stretch my legs and work out the stress of everything going on.  Maybe it will help clear my mind.

Tomorrow is another day.  A birthday is always a good day to start new and more positive habits.  It's certainly one way I can do something to treat myself.