I am pretty stoked that it is the end of my week. Fingers crossed, I will finally get to pack up my gear and head to the beach tomorrow after dropping Ken off at work. I plan to head out to White Rock, walk the boardwalk, lounge on the beach with The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (a few people have recommended this as a good read) and go for a swim. AHHHH. Music to my soul!!!!
It is all about the little things in life. Then, we get to play some shinny tomorrow night for the last time until our regular Crusher season starts up again! I think that officially makes it hockey year round for us!! CRAZY!
I have also been reading a book called When the Body Says No . This is an interesting read that talks about the impact of chronic stress on health. This also talks about the importance of owning your emotions and not always repressing who you are, what you want, what is important to you - as well as being able to say NO when you need to, taking selfish time to look after number one. This book delves in to illness and disease, links between illness and stress, and the links between stress and how a person has lived their life. This book delves in to what happens when a person isn't able to say no and stand up for themselves, and when their health is impacted by this stress and repressed self by (partially) manifesting itself in illness. Definitely something to ponder as I work my way through this book, especially when it comes to being honest about the good times and the bad times - about admitting when things aren't perfect, or you aren't feeling like a million bucks rather than pushing these feelings under the rug like they don't exist. It seems that we are easily able to discuss when life is rolling along at a fair clip, but to alo talk about when it is isn't. This book also talks about getting in touch with yourself, and relearning how to listen to what is really going on and make changes.
Interesting stuff!
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