Al hamdulillah, a good day

I had one, I mean; the kind that reminded me of what it can be like when you’re not struggling against the weight of depression.

I got up early enough to take my meds on time and prepare to get to the therapist at a reasonably leisurely pace — which is amazing in Doha traffic. Then I had a good session with her — lots of strategy talk that insha’Allah will report on in a few days. I’d had the foresight to call a friend of mine and ask her out for coffee after the therapist, so I headed back across town to pick her up.

We spent the next 3 hours at the Villagio Mall — Starbucks, Carrefour and lots of walking! But more importantly — LOTS of laughing! What a great prescription that is!

When I got home I enjoyed catching up on emails and blog comments. Did I tell you guys how great you are? You are the best! TVdinner and I got into some funny exchanges and you see the results

Then followed the therapist’s advice about a good late evening routine. First thing I did was get rid of all my ex-husband’s “products” out of his bathroom (to be fair, they are not even geneder related — just don’t like ‘em). Then I dug into my little stash of great bath products, candles and incense. I have now reorganized my larger hall bathroom (the one with the tub) and the ensuite bathroom in the “Ms. bedroom” (as opposed to Master). Yes! I now have 2 bathrooms and both are fully sticked with an assortment of face, body, hair, and foot products; not to mention the candles and incense. Yeeee-Haaaaa!

So the only thing to do at that point was put on my favorite opera (Turandot) and take a relaxing candlelit bath. Of course, I had to do some serious pumice work on my feet first, and I shaved my legs for the first time in a month, and I FEEL GREAT! I had gotten lazy and unmotivated about my physical state. I don’t mean to imply that I had let myself go completely — I wasn’t like a ripe Stilton- but I had not nurtured myself. And I did tonight and a generous application of white jasmine body lotion helped.

I poured myself a glass of iced green tea and should be in bed but I wanted to write this while it was fresh and you could maybe feel how uplifted my spirit is tonight.

Salaam Alaikum.