My work presentation this week went very well. I've gotten "great job" emails from several of the office directors, and the dean whose baseline facial expression always strikes me as vaguely disapproving said "it couldn't have gone better!" GO ME!!
In other good news, I treated myself recently to an Amazon splurge, and the spoils are finally arriving! I have a new George Winston CD, a copy of Gaiman's
The Dream Hunters, and one of those big exercise balls - purple of course! - to encourage me to pick up an exercise routine again. Thanks go to Nearly Hubby for inflating it for me, even though it required several minutes of energetic and very suggestive pumping. *snicker*
Unfortunately, the migraines are royally kicking my ass yet again. I'm basically back up to the highest point of headache frequency I've ever had (which is a few to several per week). It feels like everything that could potentially be a trigger, IS a trigger for me. The pills I'm on aren't helping, and the neurologist who prescribed them is still "on sabbatical" until the second week of September. Admittedly, I've been slacking on my wellness routine since the packing phase of the move. I feel like I never have the time for it anymore. But I've reached that point where the choices are to stay in bed and cry a lot (which would totally lead to more migraines and require more sick days than I have) or once again do all the little things within my power to prevent migraines. Steps 1, 2 and 3 will be getting more exercise, starting up the meditation habit again, and going in for regular massage therapy appointments... all of which will begin this very weekend. MOTIVAYSHUN, I HAS IT.
Oh! Another good thing. POOH on the nutritionist who acted like walking home from Harvard doesn't count for shit... because I have totally lost weight! I don't know how much because I haven't been willing to step on the scale. But all of my pants are noticeably bigger lately, to the point of needing to cinch in and pin the waistband of a pair without belt loops. That was inconvenient but uplifting. And while my love of tasty foods will likely remain unabated forever, I've been much more conscious of portion sizes and the need for additional veg (as has Chef Munki, kudos to him!).