Feelin' Groovy

Hannah Mountain Trail - GSMNP

November 13, 2010

Feelin' Groovy ..........well, of course I am.  Who wouldn't?  I've just arrived home after an incredibly relaxing massage, it is POURING rain outside, I've got the evening all to myself and please don't tell Karen after today's post at Waisting Time, but it's just after 5 p.m. and I already have on my purple fuzzy robe and PJ's.  To top it off, my beloved Lady Vols play their first televised basketball game tonight, so who could ask for anything more?   Maybe a pizza delivered right about tip-off time???  Nope, not even going there!

Mr. B and I enjoyed  a wonderfully relaxing Sunday after his marathon concert schedule Saturday and my 10.3 mile hike.  Our youth choir was singing in the service yesterday morning so having no responsibilities at church, we elected to attend via the televised version.  We rarely do that, so it was a treat to attend in the now famous fuzzy purple robe and PJ's!  Late yesterday afternoon, we did go out for a long walk, but headed right back in as the rain we are now experiencing was already trying to begin.  It has literally rained all day long and we look forward to more of the same tomorrow.  Thankfully, it isn't very cold so we aren't experiencing anything other than rain unlike our friends up in Minnesota!

I had a gorgeous hike on Saturday with one of my favorite hiking buddies.  We are unofficially trying to hike all the 900 miles of trails within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Since I do not backpack, there are a few I'll never be able to do, but it's fun to mark them off the map with a yellow highlighter as I hike them for the first time.  Saturday's hike of 10.3 miles was 7.6 miles of new trail and 2.7 miles of trail I'd done before.  And it's also fun to help out my friend who DOES backpack and is much closer to hiking all the trails than I am.  I cannot describe that feeling that arrives about a mile or so into a hike, but it is such a sense of well-being and knowledge that I'm exactly where I'm meant to be at that point in time.  It must be similar to a runner's high.

Friday evening, I was faced with one of those difficult situation that you finally just accept the impossibility of it and move on.   We were invited, along with four other couples, to be the guests of some friends celebrating an achievement at The Melting Pot, of all places.  If you've ever been to one of these, you know that's it's a gastric feast of gigantic proportions.  Our host asked if he could do the ordering and I swear, I think he ordered one of everything on the menu.  This couple are dear friends and to have been picky or arrogant about my eating would've been rude, so I just chose to go with it.  I stopped at appropriate times during each course and am happy to say, I was not overly stuffed when we left.  But there was the little matter of the Flaming Turtle dessert course.  Put a warm vat of melted milk chocolate, caramel and pecans in front of me along with a plate of goodies to dip in above mentioned vat and what in the heck am I supposed to do??  

This is one of those weeks when Mr. B has something every night including Friday and Saturday.  Please don't tell him, but I'm looking forward to a week of singleness!!  Tomorrow evening, I'm attending a Aqua Aerobics class with a friend and Thursday evening, a class on nutrition with the same friend.  If we like the Aqua Aerobics class, it may be something we begin regularly on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.  

I'm incorporating several new things into my eating plan to try and shake things up.  I am ready to admit that I just plain got bored with the whole thing and forced myself to try staying in the box for a few weeks too long when my stronger self was shouting, "try a new shape - get out of the box."  I'm almost afraid to write this down, but the intuitive eating thing is kind of working right now.  Probably not for long term.  I know me and I need more structure, but it's o.k. just for today.  

So, here's how Simon and Garfunkel finished off Feelin' Groovy.   It works for me just fine..........

Got no deeds to do
No promises to keep
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morningtime drop all its petals on me...
Life, I love you,
All is groovy

So, how's your Monday been?   Has it been a Feelin' Groovy kind of day?