Self soothing
I have been working extremely hard on myself and done a lot of things that make me really happy. I shall name these things now:
1. Aaron and I are nearly done furnishing our apartment. With grown up stuff. We hit up a Linens 'n Things that is going out of business and bought a bunch of much needed items, like chairs and knives and paper towel holder. All really nice stuff that I'm very happy with.
2. Our couch should arrive sometime this week, and I'm helping Aaron move the rest of his stuff in on Friday. The apartment should be complete by this weekend. Ah, I'll finally feel so settled!
3. I pushed myself to do a lot of social things this weekend, like happy hour at Superior Grill, Big Rock Candy Mountain show at the Howlin Wolf, Sarah's birthday party, dinner with Georgia, and watching the Saints game yesterday at Wow Wingery.
4. I had sushi with Georgia on Saturday evening. I haven't had sushi in so long. And it was soooooooo goooooooood. And the conversation was wonderful, as it always is with Miss Georgia Braun.
5. I joined a gym. Yep, I finally did the damn thing. I'd been thinking about it for a while, but hadn't found anything that I could afford or was really interested in. I found a gym downtown on Poydras, and it's really swanky, but small. They only allow 30 members a month. And I'm one! They have a heated pool, hot tub, sauna, and small gym with treadmills, ellipticals, weight machines, and bikes. I'm going to try to start going in the mornings, but today I'm starting after work because I couldn't sleep last night.
6. I cut and dyed my hair myself. Well, I only cut the bangs, and I didn't do such a terrible job. Of course, they were supposed to sweep the other way, but you know, mistakes can be fixed by parting the hair differently. And my redheadness is no more. I'm a rich chocolate brown, and damn does it look good.
7. I bought a long book that my therapist recommended. I'm going to start reading it. Hey, whatever helps, right?
8. Aaron's like the best boyfriend ever, and I am so lucky to have him in my life.
In other news, I really just could not sleep last night for no apparent reason, so I'm quite exhausted today. But I am really looking foward to going swimming after work.