Dancing with Daffodils

The last of my four happiness goals was a physical goal to exercise every day for a week. I definitely put this one off. I am not happy with my body right now and feel very frustrated with two things in particular, one which I feel I have control over and one which I don't so instead of wallowing like I usually do, it was time to focus on what I could do to be more healthy. I have only ever exercised in order to lose weight but tried to shift my focus to exercising to be healthy and feel good, whether I lose weight or not. I enjoy volleyball and swimming and bike riding and try to take walks with the kids regularly but nothing is consistent enough or easy to do with kids and my schedule so this goal was really one of prioritization and an effort to not be lazy or make excuses.  I was moderately successful. Monday I went for a walk while pushing my two kids in the stroller, Tuesday I did my elliptical machine, and Wednesday I did laps at the pool. Thursday and Friday were both ve...

After a busy birthday week, it was time to get back on track with my happiness. I decided since school was starting that it was a good time to meet my neighbors and work on my social goal. On Monday I decided to write out a simple invitation to a potluck dinner to be held in our yard on Saturday evening. I printed these off at about 5pm on Monday afternoon but was too chicken to go around and deliver them because I might run into the people coming home from work and have to talk to them. Kind of the idea, I know, but so awkward. I decided to do the sensible thing and wait until the next morning when hopefully everyone would be gone and I could just tape the invitation to their doors. Which I did. Actually, my kids did it. I stood in the road while they ran up to the doors and taped the invitation onto it. I had them knock on the doors of the few neighbors we do actually know and we said hi and told them about the potluck so I knew that at least three families were coming, but we invi...