So…here are the results of “Get Ye Together Weekend” days 1 and 2.

Yesterday was getting mind and work together.

Cleaning up my work was harder than I thought it would be. Work has been insane. The project I have been working on since May was discontinued. It really sucked. It was made clear to me that my company gave up the project, not that it was taken from us, but I still felt like a huge embarrassing failure. As a result, though, I was not put back to the old project, but given a new one. It is not officially a promotion, but I will be the “right-hand man” of our manager and she has already given me things to do that are technically her job. I definitely feel like this is something that I earned. That’s nice. I also left work on Friday with nothing needing to be done. I don’t think that’s happened in months. Granted, I had to work about 10 hours over this week, but I got there about an hour before my day was over on Friday.

Cleaning up my mind was hard. I’m still really having a hard time figuring out why I have these plans and goals, but am unable to behave in a way that gets me there. On my two weeks off, I worked really hard with the self-acceptance thing. I made huge progress. I made an effort every day to stand in front of the mirror and acknowledge what I am proud of. I didn’t beat myself up for the Starbucks and the ice cream. I have worked really hard to love myself. And, as a result, the scale has gone in the opposite direction. But that’s okay. I do the best I can every day. That’s what I have to believe. In work, in health, in love, in my marriage, in housework. I do the best I can every day. My goal for yesterday was to work on accepting that. All I can do is pray more. And I’m doing that better too.

Today was a fun day. Cleaning my space and our money.

Cleaning up my space was incredibly rewarding. Washed and folded all the laundry – it’s not put away yet, but the night is still young. Cleaned inside and outside of the fridge. Straightened my cabinets. Scrubbed bathrooms. Cleaned banisters. Dusted. De-cat-haired couches. Basically, I rocked.

Cleaning up our finances were a different story. I am horrible about hanging onto receipts for a long time. This time, I was holding on to a few big tickets (car registration, a few tanks of gas, a shopping trip from 2 weeks ago). With the way the mortgage falls and my next paycheck, I needed to shuffle some money from savings to checking to be returned next week. I went ahead and got with the 21st century and signed up for the on-line banking. I still wasn’t able to transfer my statement into quicken, but I spent a while trying. But all that matters is that everything is paid and we can still afford gas and groceries.

I am looking forward to tomorrow.

Cleaning up my body. Detoxing from caffeine. Exercise of some sort. Grocery shopping with health in mind.

Cleaning up my spirit. Goal is listening to 5 sermons. I have SO MANY podcasts that I need to listen to. I plan on cooking a lot tomorrow, and I can do both at once. I’ll let you know what I learn.

So how are you all spending your holiday weekend?

Oh, and a few updates on how a chicken spends a weekend alone. I somehow dislocated the dryer vent and while trying to reattach it, I smashed my head between the washer and the dryer. Hard. Brought tears to my eyes.

I also misplaced my cell phone for a few minutes around dusk. Has anyone seen the Strangers? Yeah, I flipped out a little bit. But there was still a dialtone on my home phone, and then I found my cell phone under a stack of bank statements. So I was safe.