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The Final Stretch

With today, we enter into Week Seven of my Summer Challenge. We are officially together in the home stretch. By finishing last week, I was rewarded with the Hogwarts Complete Collection in hardback from Amazon. If I finish this week, I am supposed to receive a seat in Paint Your Pet Night however, that probably will be changing soon. Two weeks from today and I have earned my spot at Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at the end of September! I am so close I can taste it!

I have a lot of feeling about this achievement. I don't successfully finishing things often. I usually give up, or cheat, or fail. It feels nice to know that I am so close to finishing the most challenging challenge of my life. It feels nice to know that I am not failing. But I don't want to get too excited because I still have two weeks to go.

Here is what I ate today:

Breakfast - pancakes
Morning Snack - applesauce
Lunch - turkey sandwich, popcorn, and grapes
Afternoon Snack - cherries and strawberries
Dinner - Lobster Ravioli and Shrimp and red wine

My stomach is feeling better but my headache won't go away. I have just been feeling off for so long and I am tried of it. I feel like I just need a Christmas break again where I can sleep for 14 days straight and try to get my head on straight.

I decided today that I am leaving LuLaRoe. Not immediately, but I will be leaving the company when it feels right for my family. I hate it and I want to be done with it. I think that is a good enough reason, don't you? I know that quitting will not make me feel any better but I do know that selling clothing is not working for me, just like it is not working for thousands of other women just like me around the country. I am not a suburban mom with tons of friends or a popular YouTuber with new followers every day. I am not cut out for this.

My evening was amazing today, haven't been able to say that in the past few days. Spent some time with my husband at his office, sold my embroidery machine, and I was able to see and help a friend. It was a nice change of pace.

Over and Out,
The Girl with IBS




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