Mental Health Day

I was sooo looking forward to today! Sometimes, having high expectations makes for bigger disappointments, but today did not disappoint at all! As per usual, I’ll start from the beginning. Which is probably the most interesting part anyway.

Laela chose last night to be the night she’d sleep a really nice long stretch. Which is great on a normal day. But her waking up to eat at 6:15 when my alarm is set for 7:30 made it a bit less adorable. However, those hours of unbroken sleep were lovely, and I felt really rested. So we fed her and Brady came and hung out with me while I got ready for the day. I was out the door by 8:30 to make my hair appointment by 9:30. I ran a few ideas by my hair girl before deciding to go with the much riskier cut. She was super excited to do it, and I was pumped to try it out! Hair grows back, right? I understand I may get mixed reviews, but I’m sooo happy with the decision I made!

I know, I look a bit glamour shot ish, but my mom thought I looked pretty and wanted to take pictures of me 🙂 Anyway, I got the cut and color and left my appointment at 11:30 to meet Jerilee for lunch around noon.

I parked in the underground parkade so I could leave my coat in the car, and headed up to buy a new hair product while I waited for Jerilee to arrive. We hit up Extreme Pita in the food court and grabbed some pita pizza. I had never tried it, but it was kind of super delicious. I got the buffalo chicken one with less hot sauce. I hate sweating when I eat. Anyway, we had a nice lunch together before heading over to Bath and Body Works to pick up some shoes Jerilee picked for me a week or two ago, and to smell all their new stuff. Guys, they have a pineapple soap!!! It smells amaaaaazing! However, the mennonite in me saw that the sale sucked so I left them there 🙁 I’ll be back, pineapple soap! No one is safe!

When Jerilee went to work at 1:30, I headed over to my chiro office. It was nice and quiet when I got there, so I didn’t have to wait. I got right into a room and Dr. Mike arrived after maybe two minutes. He complimented my hair and asked a bunch about Dekkers eyes and how they were healing. He said he had been thinking about the surgery and couldn’t understand a detail or two, so we talked it out a bit and he took a real interest, which I always appreciate. I got a good treatment as well, and he says I’m in way better condition now, so thats good to hear! He told me to stretch my mental health day out, and not to go home before I did some shopping. I told him I already bought shoes and he said that didn’t matter. Nice guy, hey?

I didn’t take his advice, however. I hit up Costco and dropped about $200 on all the big items we are running out of. Then I cashed in my Roll Up win for a hazelnut latte and drove to see my mom and show her my hair. I know, it seems silly and maybe a bit vain, but since the cut is very new and, let’s be honest – weird, I wanted to see her reaction. It went over really well, and we had a short visit before I headed back home. I wanted to arrive before the kids were awake, just to have a bit of down time with Brady. It worked out 🙂 Both kids stayed in bed for over an hour after I got home, which was great. When it was time to get them up, they were both super grumpy, so they ate, played a bit, and went to bed. Well, Dekker went to bed. Laela’s still having her last bottle of the night, but she’ll go down right away here. And then supper for Brady and I!

All things considered, it was a really good day! I love this new hair, I had a great date with Jerilee, and I always leave Dr. Mike’s office feeling warm and fuzzy. I loved seeing my mom in the middle of the day, driving with any music I want playing really, really loudly, and then its always nice to arrive home to a quiet house and my family.

I vote all mothers get days like this once in a while. I feel incredible.