Self-Care Summer: 14, 15, 16/100

So let’s do a recap of the whole weekend. On Saturday my son turned 12. On Sunday we celebrated Father’s Day. On Monday I got back to (not pictured) walking and pilates with some productive self-care that I talk about in the most recent episode of the podcast.

One of the things my son wanted for his birthday was an oreo cake. It made me really happy to make this quick dessert for him. It came out great and tasted so yummy with a scoop of frozen yogurt.

Oreo cake

He also wanted to eat at Outback Steakhouse for his birthday. I will never understand that stronghold this place has on my kids but here we are. I ordered their new steak sandwich and it was everything. Sometimes self-care is ordering whatever you want. In the spirit of that I also ordered a top shelf margarita.

It was perfect.

The new steak sammie at Outback Steakhouse. 10/10 no notes.

Father’s Day and our son’s birthday almost always happens in the same weekend each year. We are normally always headed to the beach on Father’s Day. This year our beach trip got bumped a week. This is the face of a man that didn’t have to drive his family to the beach on Father’s Day.

I feel like that was his real gift.

For Father’s Day dinner he wanted subs. In the spirit of ordering whatever I wanted this weekend I got what he ordered. It was an insanely huge sandwich that was delicious. It took me three different meal times to eat most of it.

Jersey Mike’s Italian Sub on rosemary parmesan bread.

My stomach was tight. I do feel like I paid a price for eating both of these sandwiches back to back. My stomach was like, “Love don’t live here anymore.” You can not eat like this and expect to not feel it. Overeating might be a true thing of the past for me.

Sharing that because even I have days that I want to graze and gouge.

My own personal hell.

I eventually got back to my routine and hit the pavement for a walk. I’m always talking about the hills in my neighborhood. This is the big one and I feel like this picture isn’t even doing it justice. It’s huge. I’d like to get to a place where I’m comfortable jogging this hill.

Lately I’ve been adding to the end of all my walks. Slowly but surely I’ll get around to running it.

The only other thing I did for self-care was clean out the closet in my son’s room. I talk about this on the podcast but a big part of my self-care journey includes completing tasks that I avoid. Completing them really does free up my mental load. One by one I’m checking things off to have a more organized home. As soon as this place has been purged to my liking I will be moving on to the fun of decorating.

I already have paint samples that I need to use, so exciting!

See you tomorrow! 🖤✨