Really, eggs? Really?

I woke up this morning feeling drugged from a sleepless night, dreading the part where I actually had to sit up and put my feet on the ground. I had a sour "Screw you Tuesday" attitude and I hadn't even really opened my eyes. My sweet, sweet Joe brought coffee in hopes of luring me out of bed and even turned on the Today show. Two things that usually work wonders to get me up and moving. Not today. No sir. But feeling the weight of today's To-Do list, I got out of bed, kissed my handsome husband good bye and started to get my day in order. First things, first: hard boil some eggs for the week. These babies are key to surviving our Food Adventure (more on this later) so I grabbed an 18 pack out of the fridge and BAM. Dropped them. All of them. On the kitchen floor and a little on the dog. ALL OVER. Let me just say that cleaning raw eggs off the floor sucks. Sucks massively.

After the Egg Catastrophe, I wiped myself off, added eggs to the grocery list and started to make a smoothie to replace my sad, sad eggless breakfast. I made the best damn looking blueberry/banana/almond butter/coconut milk smoothie around and BAM. Spilled it on the counter. More than half of it, in its creamy, blue beauty... all over the kitchen counter. Really??  

I should have stayed in bed. 

A creeping, haunting I Hate Today tune started buzzing in my head. BUT, by the grace of the universe, I started to fight it back. Now, this rarely happens- it is a horrible trait, but once I get into a mood or get frustrated, I stay there. But, crazily enough, despite my clumsy morning... I went out on the porch, into the sunshine and closed my eyes. "Be grateful for today. Whatever I do today, I will do it well and be happy about it." I took a few deep breaths and my goodness. 

I feel light, confident and excited to get this day back on track- the good tracks. 

Now maybe you aren't as impressed with this as I am- this is probably what normal people do. But in the past few months as we have been knee-deep in transition and changes in work, scenery, life...it has been really difficult to maintain a good perspective. As I type this, it is embarrassing and I feel spoiled to even say that, for goodness sake. I am married to my perfect man, living in the best little house ever, with the freedom to start over job-wise and health-wise. I am a very lucky girl. But like I said- perspective. It's easy to get sucked into my head and live there a little too long, obsessing over things I can't control and letting all of the little irritants carry more weight than they should. A huge LACK of perspective. But today! This is a breakthrough and I am so, so, so happy about it, grateful for it. 

I know it is due, in part, to our Food Adventure. Joe and I have been doing the Paleo Challenge for a month now and it has been a really good influence in every aspect of my life, of our lives. If you are not familiar with Paleo, this is a good site, as well as this one. Essentially, it is eating like a caveman would- meat, vegetables, nuts, nothing processed, no bread or sugar. It sounds horrible, I know- I am always the first person to roll my eyes at gluten free-this, lactose intolerant-that... blah blah. But Joe and I needed to make a change and our Boston friends were doing Paleo with their Cross Fit gym, so we chose this route. It is SO much easier than I ever could have imagined and it has had such a positive effect on both of us. We have been eating new foods, exercising, sleeping better (except last night, I blame the dog) and feeling better, as this morning shows. My cooking has been exciting and colorful, we're learning to snack on better foods, to make better choices and feel motivated by our progress. We both hit the 10 pound mark last week! I am dying to share some of our favorite recipes, so I will pepper in some good ones here and there. If you have any, please send them my way!

Now I must go and be productive, positive and good at... well, running errands and going to the gym :) Like I said... spoiled!

xo