Helen ~ Heynen

Hear ye hear ye….Yes, it is Monday night and I am at home writing in a blog. I just seem to get cooler and cooler everyday.

Let’s see. Today I finally broke down and followed through on a visit to my eye Dr…ugghhh. Some kind of Ophthalm -something or other. So I went in and was waiting with one other woman. I was reading McLean's Magazine.... (That’s a neat little Canadian magazine we have here)…Anyways I read this article about…"the power of gratitude" Apparently this study found that students who kept a “gratitude journal” got sick less often, exercised more and were more optimistic than those who wrote about hassles and mundane events. It said to find the blessing when something goes wrong and write thank you letters….some crap like that. ha! J/K…”



I thought to myself, “hmmm…I should tear this article out.” Better ask the receptionist lady. Then it was really strange because the other woman went up to the desk and said, “do you mind if I take this recipe out of this magazine?” Whoa…that’s weird.



Receptionist lady: “oh, that’s fine.”

Me: “Hey, I was just gonna ask if I could tear out this page here in this magazine.”

Receptionist: “ummm, welll…I can make a copy for you.”

Me: "oh. that’s ok. I’ll just go pick it up maybe later. Oh, no…it’s from like 3 months ago…” hint, hint.

Magazine nazi: “Oh, ok then. Go ahead and tear it out.” **Gratitude journal entry #1**…mag nazi let me tear out a page in a 3 month old McLean's magazine (that had god knows how many sick peoples’ germs on it) about showing gratitude….and for that I am grateful.



Oh....and I have to get my eye cut open, while I am awake and then they are going to take stem cells from the insides of my eyelids, and then they are gonna stitch my eyeball back up. (I didn't even know they could do that) But don't worry...they are gonna give me some good drugs for it so that I feel drunk and have no idea that they are jabbing my eyeball to shreds!!!!! So there will be no workout for me that day, obviously. But being the smartypants I am...we worked that baby out to fall on my rest day! eh? eh? ***gratitude entry #2 for doctor being so accomodating to my workout addiction and for that I am also grateful!

However, the doctor lectured me that I wouldn't be able to work out too much afterwards until I heal.....hopefully, I will be just as loveable with an eyepatch on and not have to hide out in my girl cave for 2 weeks, and thus look at the walls around me and feel inclined to workout. Does anyone see the irony with this picture????.....Ha…she doesn’t even know the half of it.

I nodded and agreed. “yeah, yeah. you’re right. ..now how bout you give some sedatives now!..ha! Then I left and went to the gym to get my free trial for this week -- BTW.....I start up Wed...it should be fun! A whole new world kinda-sorta. It's a rest day....goin swimming...and maybe a bit on the spinning bike!!!

Rain and thunder just set the mood for Yoga tonight.....