i managed to get out of bed and get myself to my therapist appointment amazingly enough, since i had trouble falling asleep. we talked about all those lifestyle changes the stupid doctors want me to make, and she asked me what one change did i want to do, that i think i could realistically accomplish. going back to martial arts, i said. so she said to just concentrate on that one thing. don’t worry about going on a dairy- and gluten-free diet, and all that other stuff. just one thing. fine with me.
afterwards, i met Brian for lunch at the Weber Grill. it’s a chain, but i’d never been there, and it was good. it’s so nice that he’s working downtown now at his new job, which means we can actually have lunch together. he also gets home at a normal hour and isn’t so beat from driving through traffic or taking the Metra from the suburbs. since i have my therapist appointment at the same time each week, Brian and i decided to meet for lunch every Friday. last year we tried making Fridays “date night,” but his office was way too far to drive to. there and back? forget it. now, it’s so much easier. how nice for us to be able to do things as a couple besides buying cat food and taking out the trash!
