LoveJodyLynn | Just Keep Swimming

I woke up, looked at my phone, saw it was the 1st and thought “YES!!! That planner I’ve been dreaming of pre-orders today” to quickly remember that pre-orders require money that I’m not spending this month. Oh well. If it’s there in a month, I’ll snag one. If not, I’ll be a real grown up and write it down on a planner I already have in my car under some “treasures”.

Then I worked. I packed my lunch, left half of it at home, drank some extra water to compensate for that space in my stomach half a sweet potato was supposed to take up and made a mental note to not forget it tomorrow! Then the internet got a little wonky and I had exactly 22 min to make it home. It’s a drive that can take anywhere from 15 min to 30 min depending on the time of day. I went past 3 coffee shops, each time thinking — they have free wifi, I wonder if I could get it from the parking lot without going in, because I can’t go in.

I made it home…..3 min late….Thankfully my coworkers are gracious and still let me join the convo.

Then I went to the store…I had to ok. I’m hosting dinner tomorrow, the money was set aside for it, it’s technically groceries and all in parts of the store I’m allowed to be in (the outside perimeter). I did want to go last night so it fell more “within the crazy imaginary rules I have that aren’t real rules” but it was just too late by the time I would have made it there. So I went today, and even though every screaming child under the age of 15 was in Walmart it was going ok. But then I walked by the candles… “oh I need another one of the same scent that I already have that still has half a candle left because it smells delish and I need that for tomorrow” I got my cart halfway turned into that aisle before I though “GET THE HAIL STORM OUTTA THERE!” Whew, I escape the candle aisle. I also escape the shaker cup aisle, the nail polish aisle and the “you’re standing in the checkout lane for 10 min here’s every temptation known to man” aisle.

The key….keep swimming. You think you want it, move past it so you have time to think. I want a lot of things. I don’t need any of them. At the end of this month I think I might even believe that!