Confessions of a co-dependent July 4th - Independence Day!

In honor of Independence Day, I thought I should do another update on my progress of Co-Dependence Therapy.

It’s been 3 ½ days that I've been alone. I’m noticing some things about myself . . .
I do enjoy using the bathroom with the door open. Not real sure what that means, but other’s I've asked have confessed they do the same when they are alone. Must be something about being trapped in that tiny room!

I am enjoying being alone more than I thought I would. I would please ask that you all keep praying for my nights and my dreams. So far so good, though last night I woke up a bazillion times! Not real sure why . . .

Noticing that I like to “wake-up” a little before I start working-out right away. Jen can pop up and go. I move a little slower in the mornings.

I like to eat late. Breakfast around 9 or 10. Lunch around 2 or 3. And dinner around 7ish. That all is of course based on me Not getting up at the butt crack of dawn.

I am a bit of a slob if given the chance. My clean clothes pile has moved from upstairs, to Jen’s bed, to the couch and now to the eating table. In all that moving, it has yet to make it to the dresser!

(my bed/office. Everything gets shuffled to Jen's bed when I go to sleep. And then moved back the next day!)

I do keep the kitchen clean. Well . . . the dishes done anyway. We have a tiny kitchen so any mess is just magnified. Though . . . some of the groceries I bought yesterday are still out on the counter. BUT I’m planning on using them soon!

I’m enjoying making my own schedule (to a degree). The phone doesn’t ring that often, not as often as it did with Jen here. So I’ve mostly been staying home to work and haven’t had any meetings. I’m sure that will change soon when our big order of Beads come in- but for now, I’m enjoying it ☺

I’m actually having fun cooking. I think it’s because I’m planning ahead of time. Trying to “cook” with what you can scrounge up in the cabinets isn’t very fun. But meal planning is! I’m taking some pics of my favorite meals and posting them on FB. Why? Because I have a lot of freakin’ time on my hands.


I have ALL the fans in the room pointed on me. I like that.

So far I’m doing better than I thought I would. I’ve worked out everyday and even on my “off” day I went for a 20 minute brisk walk.

That’s all the good stuff . . .
Of course I still miss Jen like crazy. I’m used to her being right here so I tell her every detail of my life. So with her being gone, she is getting emails from me that sound something like this: “oh, I loved this new bread I bought! I made a peanut butter sandwich on it. Yumm!” And then about an hour later she’ll get another one, “listened to a podcast from Watermark, it was awesome!”. And so on and so on . . . I’ve tried to condense the emails as best I can; but as soon as I send one, I think of some other random thing to say and have to send another!

But in conclusion, I would say that these last 3 ½ days have been pretty good. I’ve hung out downstairs some at the coffee shop we live above and eaten breakfast a few times with Goong, who works there. I’ve ran errands and have been checking things off my many different to-do lists. And I have spent WAY too much time on Facebook!

Remember me for these next 2 months world and check on me as often as you like.

Happy Independence Day!!!