My Journey With Weight Loss – Keeping Myself Real

Yesterday we were told it could be quite rainy here on the south coast of BC. So, onto the treadmill for me to do a 5 km run. I wasn’t really into it for some reason but stuck to my resolve to get my workout done. By time it was over ‘heavy’ rains had started (oh and I do mean heavy). I explained to the dog that there would be no walk today as I didn’t think that even my rain slicker was going to protect me. As the morning progressed the rain just seem to keep coming in even stronger squalls to the point where even the downspouts couldn’t keep up.

After lunch I decided I should do some work as a client is expecting their finances to be completed this week. As I was heading downstairs to my office I noticed the mat on the inside of the front door was a little wet but knew it was from the rain slamming against the door all morning. For some reason I decided to check the garage and my heart sank when I realized it had a good coating of water that was 1/2 – 1 inch deep. I went out and checked the drain in front of the garage door and it was clogged. I managed to get as much of muck out of it as possible and used a push broom to get rid of all the water on the outside of the garage. I then tackled the inside with the broom pushing out all the water I could. Finally I got out a bunch of towels and got the cement floor as dry as possible (it’s a good thing we own a ton of towels). We don’t keep anything of real importance in the garage so no real loss, just a bunch of hard work.

Today I learned that our recreational property is completely flooded. I have only seen the pictures taken of some of the trailers from the lake but I have no idea how our trailer has fared. I Face Timed Tom to let him know and said worst case scenario is we have lost the trailer, best case is that we have to throw out all the items we have stored under the trailer. He asked if we are insured (seriously we have been married for nearly 30 years and he doesn’t know how neurotic I am about things like insurance?). I assured him we were for the trailer though it wouldn’t be much for the contents.

Yes, this storm wreaked some havoc on us but really it is all just things. So what if we have lost the trailer, we aren’t one of the 7,000 citizens evacuated from their homes when their town’s water system failed. We aren’t one of those who spent 24+ hours stranded on a highway that was blocked in both directions by landslides. We did not lose our lives as a woman did when her vehicle was hit by a landslide. We are safe as is all our family.

Sometimes you need to look at a situation and keep yourself real. My Dad used to always tell us that no matter how bad things are there is someone out there that has it worse. That thought came to my mind the past couple days as I kept myself in check. Things can be replaced without having our lives being in total upheaval as the evacuees are (note they have no idea when they will return home) nor did we lose a life like that poor woman in the landslide.

I know my household loves to be full of drama but what we are going through because of this storm is pretty minimal. Yep, have to keep myself real.