Updates after a lil week off (Patreon)

Hi friends! Last week I took an intentional week off of posting on here just because there was too many things happening at once & my brain needed to turn something off. I have reasons why & things to share though! I have been physically hurting in a couple different places which has been really frustrating for me because it means I need to rest & when I take time off of the gym I get sad. 2 weeks ago, my knee was hurting so bad & I was kind of talking about it in my last vlog. I was only doing at home workouts in that video other than taking an afro dance class with my zumba pals & thought as long as I didn't do 6 days of workouts I would be okay... 

BUT THEN the following Monday I was planning to return to the gym & I hurt my lower back! I was like "Oh god! Great timing!" LOL. It was definitely a worse injury pain-wise than my knee though, so I just took all last week off of the gym too & rested a ton. Now, it's a week after I hurt myself & I feel great, but I also don't want to push it & immediately jump back into my workout routine. ANYWAY! This is all to say that I have just been doing lots of laying, accomplishing small tasks & to-do's, but also itching to get back into life as usual. 

I feel like I'm finally getting back to it today, but also am dealing with some ~emotional turmoil~ which I wrote about on my IG story earlier. I've just been doing lots of journaling, walking, reading, & cuddling the dogs. I feel like doing grounding practices or things I can always "fall back on" that bring me joy is such a great way to readjust after life's unexpected lows. So, this is my share today. I just tidied up my space which made me feel happy & I think I'm gonna go do some baking because the garden is PUMPING out zucchini right now. ZUCCHINI BREAD HERE I COME! Thanks for reading <3 I love you!