Tomorrow

It's a little strange to think about having to go into work in the morning but it's probably a good thing that I'm going back...  I've been able to have the last four days off of work so it's been like a double weekend.  With having my double weekend, I was able to get all of my Christmas gifts completed (some of them were homemade this year) and in a box ready to mail.  While working on one of the items I didn't think it would ever be finished, however, looking back it honestly only took me a week to complete it.  I'm not going to say much yet about what the item is because it is a gift but it honestly surprised me that I finished it (as well as other projects, too) in a week.  Gotta love those double weekends!  =)

Something else that was good about the long weekend is I was able to workout 3 out of the 4 days.  I thought this was especially helpful due to all of the food I ate that I wasn't planning on eating on Thanksgiving.  I hadn't made any Thanksgiving plans due to all of the crafts/projects I had to work on.  Then, the morning of Thanksgiving, I got a text from my dance instructor inviting me over for a small (for her) Thanksgiving luncheon (last year there was almost 30 people there for Thanksgiving and this year there was a total of 7 of us) and I opted to go.  I tried really hard to behave myself food-wise and I tried hard not to overeat.  I even limited myself to one dessert and even though each slice is like a million calories, I indulged in my holiday favorite -- a slice of pecan pie.  The calories were SO worth it!  =) However, that was one of the reasons for the extra workout time.

One of the things I know that I need to do is not burn myself out with the workout videos that I have found that I like because they will be all I have to workout to after the next few weeks.  I am still struggling with the thought of the dance studio closing and I haven't found a new dance "home" as of yet (honestly I haven't done too much looking into it...) probably mostly because I'm still in denial.  Not in denial that she's closing the studio because I know that it's something that she feels as if she needs to do for herself.  I guess I'm in denial over the fact that I'm actually going to have to find someplace else to take classes/lessons and find a new instructor.  Maybe that will be one of my New Year's Resolutions.

Over this long weekend, as I was working on my different projects, I was flipping through channels and watched Gone With the Wind.  It's been awhile since I've seen that movie (probably been a couple of years) and I hate to say that I identified with Scarlett.  I was able to identify with her in some ways; however, in other ways I have to say I wish I were more like her.  Not in the man stealing, master manipulator way but in her strength and determination.  She was faced with so many different challenges and she came out on top.  Yes, she didn't always triumph in the ways that she wanted to but she triumphed in so many other ways.  I also think that I need to adopt one of her most famous phrases, "Oh, I can't think about this now! I'll go crazy if I do! I'll think about it tomorrow. But I must think about it. I must think about it. What is there to do? What is there that matters? .... After all... tomorrow is another day!"

I guess her strength is something that I need to learn how to channel/modify for myself.  Although one of the things that I think I would want that Scarlett didn't (until she couldn't) is I would want a man more like Rhett rather than Ashley.  I think the wasband was like Ashley and that's not the type of man that I need for who I am.  I definitely need a man like Rhett who will stand up to me and challenge me and love me regardless of my hardheadedness.  But as I've had pointed out, a man like that isn't going to just drop into my lap, I'm actually going to have to get out there and look for him.  YIKES!  That's more than just a little nerve wracking...  Maybe I just need to put an ad out there and look for a modern day Rhett Butler...  Think it would work?  =)

Well, I think I'm going to put this away for tonight in order to prepare myself for the workweek ahead. I hope that you have a great week and remember, "tomorrow is another day!"