Happy Monday! This week, I am committing to doing something each day to better regulate my nervous system because it is much needed.
This is good news for those who enjoy reading my blog! One thing that seems to help regulate my nervous system is writing. This is especially true when I find my favorite chair in the cool basement, and kick up my feet with the softest blanket, with my water in hand or nearby. This is the circumstance I find myself in currently as I write for you today.
It’s been exactly one week since the cousins left and we’re still trying to find our “normal”. This is partially because we still had a busy week of volunteering, church activities, work meetings, some (hopefully) temporary health issues for my husband, hosting friends for dinner, attending a family gathering, and hosting a sleepover for 5 girls, all while battling some hazardous air quality.
This week was certainly not normal. My nervous system feels a little shot. I’m going to try to not overcommit myself this week so I can better regulate and start feeling “back to normal”. Whatever that is.
I guess I just want to feel like I’m not in a constant state of reacting. I want to make sure I’m doing things to take care of myself, and I want to feel better in my body overall.
Yesterday, I made an effort to fuel my body well in hopes that it will start feeling better. So, here’s a look into everything I ate yesterday, Sunday, July 19.
Breakfast: Open-Faced Garden Egg Toast topped with tomato, cucumbers and pickled onions + side of cherries. (170 cal)
Since we could see the blue in the sky, and the AQI was only in the “unhealthy” range, I spent a little time in the garden. This week has been unusual. A couple of days ago, we had to stay inside because the AQI was 500+ which entered the hazardous range. This is from the wildfire smoke. It’s heartbreaking in many ways.
Coloring is another nervous system regulator for me.
For dinner, I made chicken sausage with broccoli and pan fried red potatoes. (420 cal)
Dinner tasted extra good (if just in my head) because the potatoes and broccoli came fresh, from a farm down the road.
Since the sausage was too spicy for Laney, she had a hot dog. The smoke moved out for a bit that evening so, we all ate dinner in the garden.
After dinner, I had a premier protein + banana smoothie. (265 cal)
Total calories for the day came in around 1,600.
