Monday, July 11, 2011

making small efforts

This week, I have been attending to myself somewhat. I hope that doesn't sound terrifyingly euphemistic, we don't discuss that sort of thing here.

No, I've been:

attending the osteopath - well, once so far, and again on Wednesday. Need another trip to notice any improvement, she doesn't do crunches (violent physical realignments) so I don't know if it will be enough for me at the moment. Fingers crossed. Gently...

I booked a smear test. After only a year or two of meaning to. Sadly the wonderful doctor I raved about last time I went has gone, so we will see what her replacement is like. I'm sad though.

Skin brushing - trying to remember to actually do it, a few days in and my arse is noticeably silky. Woo!

Jaw excercises - I fixed my Neckline jaw exerciser thingy and will try and stick to that too - reviews suggest it fixes tmj, so here's hoping. And it might stop me getting jowls and any more double-chinnier.

**Wait!! I forgot to include my attempts to meditate! Mwa kindly send me a mindfulness in times of stress book that I am absorbing slooowwly, but have started making the effort to practise a bit of meditation again. It's hard because I think of bad things and the children scream and mess it up (I think not minding the screaming children while meditating successfully is a pretty high level skill and don't wish to hear about it if it's not) but I know it's just practice. So, that's in there too.

I'm debating spending money I probably shouldn't on an exercise bike/cross trainer combo - it's tempting - but is it foolhardy madness? It's just one of the things I can do without stopping for a while, and I don't seem to be able to get myself out of the house at the moment. Or in the last 6 months, or whatever. Hmm.

I also have moany bored kids, a work thing to finish NOW (why the hell have I not finished it yet!!) and two stories to complete for friday. It's hard to find time to skin brush and still get things done, people.

The other thing I lust after is one of these - I have been dying for one of these since the onset of adolescence, but I only just found out it's been invented. Please, Jesus and Santa, send me one?

14 comments:

Mwa said...

I find it most amusing that you won't talk about "attending to yourself" but you will talk about your smear test and brushing your bum to make it shiny. (Actually I would draw the line at roughly the same place, but still it amuses me.)

As for the bike, beware! We have one. It gets used about five times a year. In total. That's an average of 2.5 per person. But I'm sure some people use them more.

Ms. Moon said...

I have a feeling you'd use the pore cleanser about as often as the bike.

Ms. Moon said...

Or, anyway, that's how it would work for me.

Jo said...

Noooo, Mary, I'm obsessed with my blocked pores. I'd have to stop myself overusing it!

Mwa, you know me, I probably would happily talk about attending to myself also.

As for the bum brushing, you just made it sound more intimate than it is :)

Sigh, about the exercise bike. That's what Axl warned of too...

Annah said...

Hi Jo, try Jumbletown.ie for the bike thing, I imagine there are so many in spare rooms or acting as clothes horses. Everyone seems to report the same thing back....a novelty that ends up creating guilt!
Get the pore cleanser thing...and let me know if it works...
And how do you skin brush to achieve a silky ass...would love that!
I have moany bored children too, it is weird as they could technically amuse themselves, but they just kill each other! Friends are away on holidays, so much scope for giving out, poor souls.....

Jo said...

Annah, look up skin brushing? You need a softish brush, maybe from the body shop, and do long gentle strokes from ankle to waist, wrists to shoulders, or circular ones too, where needed!

Jo said...

Also, the cross trainer is on half price at the moment - so any second hand ones I've seen are all about the same price, and not quite what I want.

But I will probably do what I always do, dither til it's back to full price and have to give up. For better or worse, I don't know.

morgor said...

you brush your bum.... ok....

Jo said...

Women do these things, Morgor. We're told to.

Joanna Cake said...

I had an osteopath who didnt do much crunching but he sorted me out with exercises.

And I so need a jaw exerciser that doesnt involve my tongue :)

morgor said...

well stop listening.
I've never heard of any other woman being told to do this but perhaps they just never told me.
Womens bottoms are usually silky enough already!

Jo said...

Of course they never told you, you foolish man.

morgor said...

well if you're not vagazzled then you're listening to the wrong women.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/jennifer-love-hewitt-vagazzles-her-private-parts/story-e6frg30c-1225819261822

Anonymous said...

Are you not reading the 'other' blog?
Jo