End of February...already!

I say almost every week how crazy fast time is passing by. It's like I blink and another month swooshes by. 

This last week was a busy one for me. I don't leave the house often, and when I have to more than a couple of times in a week I feel like I need a full day to decompress. I thank COVID for this new Jenn. I used to love going out and these days I just like being at home. And yet, I want to go out, it's just so exhausting sometimes. 

On Tuesday I got my hair done did. This coloring of the gray hairs gets expensive, but I'm not yet ready to stop. Mom grayed nicely and I'm sure I will too, but I'm not ready. The last time I got my hair done, my stylist wanted to "try something new". I'm normally ok with that because I trust her. This new thing was the same thing I had been doing, just in a different way. It...took...4... hours...! No one needs to be at a salon for that long. 

This time it was a simple base color to get rid of the grays fighting their way to the sunlight. I was only there for 2 hours and that was perfect. 

On Wednesday was dinner club. I took zero photos! Weird I know. It was Sherrie's pick this time. She picked Tipsy Cow in Woodinville. I've been there before and have enjoyed their burgers. 

I've been trying to cut down my carb intake so going to a burger bar is not exactly the best place to go when trying to eat lower carb. I pulled out my tricks from when I was really serious on eating low carb and it worked! I looked at the menu before I went. Choose what I wanted and had a plan to eat it without the bun. And I did it! I really wasn't sure my willpower would stand. I had fries though. And that's okay. 

I've decided in this adventure of eating better that carbs need to be a part of my life. The all or nothing isn't working. If I take them all out then all I want is carbs. So there has to be a balance. I need to learn to live with them in my life in balance to all the healthy stuff. AND I need to give myself some grace for making good choices and bad choices. Being ok with the bad choices is the hardest. In the past I'd fall off the wagon and and that would be it. Diet over. 

We had a great time as usual. Laughing and eating is what our family does best. 

Thursday was another foot doctor visit. It's been two weeks and I followed his instructions - mostly. I was ready to get a scolding from him, and I kinda did. Turns out the boot he gave me to wear at night I haven't been able to wear through the night. It cause my foot to ache beyond belief so I take it off. I usually keep it on for about 2 hours then it comes off. He really wants me to get used to it for the entire night. If I can't then it'll take longer than to heal. The ultimate fix is surgery and I really don't want to do that. 

Two more weeks with stretching and wearing the boot. Cross your fingers it works. 

Friday, Janet and I went wine tasting. I got the passports this year for us and we are trying out best to make sure they get used. This time we went to the Woodin Creek area of Woodinville. We tasted at Rocky Pond, Truth Teller and Ancestry. All had great wines. I came home with 4 more bottles. 

So March is around the corner. It'll be gone in a flash no doubt. We're waiting for snow again tonight and I cannot wait until Spring. I'm very much over winter and the snow.