Today was billing day. I don’t like billing day. It’s stressful. I work all month so I can bill on the first and by the end of the day all that money is spent. Not fun. (OK, it’s not really that bad but I don’t like billing.)
Then, in the midst of my fun billing I get an e-mail from someone that the department that I chair is having problems. I thought the problem had been taken care of. It hadn’t. I sent an e-mail to the person asking her what happened (MUCH nicer than I wanted to) only to have her call and quit. Great, not only do I have one team member out on maternity leave but now I’m short another.
Then I read an e-mail from a client. An unhappy client. A client that if I’d gone in LAST week and reviewed what I meant to review last week would not have been unhappy. But, I didn’t get it done last week and she wasn’t happy. I might be OK after I explained but we’ll see.
Then I got a call from my mom that a very dear, close friend died today. It’s put me in sort of a fog. It’s sad. I’m sad.
But things weren’t all bad. I got a referral from a current client for a possible very good new client.
Tonight was the last night of youth group for the year and the evening went VERY well. I met with the pastor yesterday who gave me the game plan for tonight and everyone pitched in and things went very smoothly. I wasn’t stressed. The pastoral team weren’t stressed. (In fact, I got a huge compliment today when I was told that when the team met this morning to go over the evening they were told “it’ll all work out FatChick has it under control”.
And, my eating was very good today. Which, considering some of the stresses of the day I’m very pleased with.
Here’s the low-down on what I ate:
Breakfast – 3 slices of bacon, one egg, coffee with sugar-free coffeemate
Lunch – Salad with romaine lettuce, sliced turkey, cheese, bleu cheese crumbles, dressing, and water
Afternoon snack/dinner – Three slices of cheese, celery with spreadable cheese, and water
For a youth group night this is a VERY good food diary. Monday nights + Fat Chick = Bad Eating usually. So, was my food today great? Probably not. But, when compared to a usual youth night it was great. Plus, I’m either getting a cold or I’m having allergy issues but I feel kind of crummy. AND they had a BBQ tonight — hot dogs, chips, pop, and cake. The hot dogs weren’t an issue — I HATE hot dogs. The chips and pop were — I seriously walked by the box of chips probably 20 times (no joke) and even played with the bags once contemplating grabbing on. I even debated witih myself and convinced myself that no one knew I was trying to eat healthier so it wouldn’t hurt anything. But, I DIDN’T do it. I’m happy, happy, happy with myself. I also didn’t grab the cold soda that I was eyeing.
I’m happy, happy, happy with myself. 
