Just Me

Just Whitney I think this is where I’ll post myself and talk to myself

[just-whitney]

I woke up to this

[just-whitney]

And just like that I’m back home 🥴

[just-whitney]

Still getting my steps in daily. Depends on the weather & my work schedule whether I get it in indoors or outside.

I need to hit 4 miles before I get ready for work.

[just-whitney]

I enjoyed my little walk home yesterday. 5.88 miles in 2 hours 2 minutes.

Parade days 🟰 I’m walking in the middle of the street.

[justwhitney2]

Well damn. My package came early.

It never fails. When I rearrange things to accommodate something. It works out how I least expected it to.

I was scheduled to go to work at 3pm. But when I got the early delivery notice this morning. I panicked and made arrangements to switch shifts with a coworker.

I expected UPS to come later today. Lately UPS been delivering later in the day after I leave for work. I couldn’t miss this package whatsoever. I know they’ll make more attempts. But the next couple business days are gonna be busy. I either won’t be home or I’ll be between shifts needing to sleep. Trying to sleep while you know you’re expecting a delivery doesn’t work well. The woes of living alone and having no safe places for packages to be left at.

I wasn’t taking any chances of it going missing. Or having to reach out to UPS for other arrangements.

I called my coworker back to switch back but he made plans. Which is fine. I was really just checking.

It’s probably for the best that this package came earlier than expected and I’m not going to work until 11pm.

[justwhitney2]

I have to exhaust myself completely on the daily until next Saturday otherwise I won’t get any sleep.

It’s hard to sleep when you’re excited and looking forward to going somewhere or doing something.

I should’ve had no problem falling back to sleep. But I feel like I’m up for the day.

I barely got any rest the last two days. Technically I was off but both days started early. Because I had a retwist appointment Thursday and I picked up an extra shift yesterday. I was on go both days from about 3am until 9-10pm. I get up that early because I’m slow to get ready and I hate rushing. Both days I had to be out the house little after 6am.

I’m hoping I can fall back to sleep until daylight. Ideally I want to get back up in 3 hours; get a little laundry done and then get my steps in on the walking pad before I get ready for work.

[justwhitney2]

Birthday maintenance started today with getting a retwist.

She’s cute you’re gonna have to take my word for it. Cuz I’m too tired to flex in the camera til I take a picture I like.

We got back from Brooklyn earlier than I expected. Way too early to get comfortable at home and I needed to close my activity rings. So I did some errands. Hopefully sleep takes me soon because I picked up an extra shift tomorrow morning.

[just-whitney]

I finally got my nose pierced 🥳🥳🥳I likey❗️I likey a lot❗️❗️

[just-whitney]

I’m geeked❗️❗️❗️my curves are making a comeback.

I have a mirror in front of my walking pad in my dressing room / closet. I was legit mesmerized the whole time I was walking. I was reading my kindle on the lil stand I have and every few minutes I was looking up at my reflection. Like damn look at the body bodying. I FaceTime my momma like 🗣️ GIRL LOOK at the body BODYING❗️❗️❗️

I had to remind my mommy how I look at my nephews graduation last year. I was at my highest and built like a box. Not a curve in sight.

I said mommy watch me cut up. Imma flatten my tummy and build a shapely booty I’m not gonna know how to act. Prepare to be sick of me😜❗️❗️❗️

[just-whitney]

Dates are just romantic interviews, and I don’t have the emotional bandwidth.

[just-whitney]

Currently reading….

[just-whitney]

I’m further along in this book. Like 80%. Aunt Addy just referenced intentionally happiness and it reminded that I took this screenshot but didn’t share it. So…. 💁🏾‍♀️

I want to be happy on purpose. Aunt Addy worded that meaning so perfectly.

If anyone chooses to read any of the books I share come back and tell me. We need to talk. This is 1 of books I really need to talk to somebody about cuz girl❗️❗️

[justwhitney2]

I’m so cold 🥶. It feels like an ice box in this office. I have my coat draped over my head and on both sides of me I have 2 mini space heaters on my desk. AND I’m still shivering. I’m never getting rid of this illness.

Gradually I been feeling better every day. I come to work and can’t catch a break. I have to carry a pharmacy on me as a precaution. I’m doing everything I can to get better. But I can’t win. Every time I come to work I’m battling against the central air. Engineers turn the temp up but can’t turn it off.

I’m still walking around with some cold & flu symptoms a whole week later. I have a scheduled follow up doctor’s appointment Thursday for another issue. If this doesn’t break by then I’m gonna ask for a z pack (antibiotics) because I’m usually better in 3-5 days.

My body wasn’t achy when I came in this afternoon. 😩🫩🤧😷🤒. I was feeling good. No crazy coughing or sneezing. I could breathe through my nose and throat wasn’t sore.

I’m tired of being sick. I’m miserable.

[just-whitney]

My throat is sore. 🥴 That’s usually my indicator I might be getting or I am sick. I already started taking drugs. As soon as I feel a little scratch in my throat I take drugs. I rather get ahead of any illness. If I do get sick, I refuse to be sick for more than a few days.

Tomorrow I gotta reup on my Mucinex D 1200mg. Plus get some juice shots and some Uncle Matt’s, the OJ with all the vitamins.

Whatever this is I’m getting rid of it by this weekend.

I’m not down bad. I still feel good enough to move my body and take my daily walks. They just might take me longer than usual.

Either 1 of my coworkers got me sick or yesterday’s walk by the Hudson River next to the west side highway did me in. It’s chillier by the water. Pores wide open from walking from the east side to the west and breeze coming off the water can do that.

Yall be careful with this up and down weather.

[justwhitney2]

I really thought I could thug it out and still walk my 5.5 miles walk home from work this morning.

Yea no…..🏳️. I got my sign to tap out for today so that’s what I’m going to do. I coughed so hard I almost bought up a lung. 🥴🗣️ Tap out.

CVS pharmacy counter opens at 8am. I’ll stop there and at another store to get supplies to get rid of this illness.

I’m not losing my streak on my fitness app so I adjusted my ring goals just for today.

I’m so glad it was a quiet shift last night. I just have to make it until 7am. I don’t have to come back until Saturday afternoon.

Update 9:30am 4/15… the supplies

Food wise…. I still have plenty soup stashed away in my freezer and I have protein shakes & snacks

I’m going into hibernation ✌🏾

[just-whitney]

To the old me…. I’ll do anything for you

*my heaviest vs yesterday (after 5ish months of changed habits)*

(Changed the lyrics)

For you ME

Anything for you ME I'll do anything for you ME

Oh yes I will

If it means that I have to compromise the way I feel

you I know I will

And if it means that I have to sacrifice to make things right

I'll be by your MY side

For you ME

I will do anything

[justwhitney2]

God forbid if something happened to you. How long do you think it would be before someone came looking for you???

After losing 2 of my cousins this year; this has been on my mind a lot.

The 1st cousin that passed had a seizure and she was in the county morgue for almost 2 months. Her mother was used to her being MIA. No one thought anything of her disappearing act until the morgue used social media to find her family.

My other cousin his mom was checking on him because she hadn’t heard him getting ready for work and found him.

[justwhitney2]

I’m tired of losing my cousins.

I don’t understand. I keep asking how… why. It’s not clicking how he went to sleep Thursday and didn’t wake up Friday.

I’m only a week older than him. 37 years old. He didn’t appear to have any health issues. So why. How does this happen.

Last few days I kid you not I been seeing him in the faces of strangers that share his features. I couldn’t understand. Why I keep seeing him but not seeing him. It clicked when I called my mom about something unrelated and she told me about him.

His mom is devastated.

I’m worried about my sister and nephews they were really close. Introvert 🙋🏾‍♀️. I’m around just not in the mix all the time. I’m not on the phone with people consistently. I rather talk in person or reach out because we’re making plans to link up.

Last time I seen him was about 3 weeks ago, I was passing by his job with 1 of my nephews. We were talking about tattoos and him getting his passport so he can join me on my birthday trip. He was gonna double up go with me and go on his own trip.

Life is short. LIVE IT.

I lost 2 cousins this year. They were both young. Peter was 37 and Monae was 43 years.

I’m not ok.

I called out. I can’t. I’m already a crybaby around this time of the month. I don’t think I’d be able to rein it if I went to work after hearing this.

Imma go with my sister and her boys to see his mom.

[aidashakur]

Currently soft launching my disappearance

[justwhitney2]

Last Sunday. Before I did the wall on the right. Mommy’s bedroom didn’t seem done.

During: last Thursday

After: