Wow! I thought I was past this!

Nothing like family to bring out the best and worst in you! As a former (I thought) stress eater. I learned that exercising and focusing my energy somewhere else is much better than burying myself in a couple pints of Ben and Jerry's when it comes to dealing with stress.

HOWEVER...I just found out my dad is moving into our office on Monday! We have an insurance agency. He was working for an independent insurance company that was just bought out by Wells Fargo and he doesn't want to go in the deal. So while he is setting up a new company he will be residing in one of our private offices within our larger office. I love my dad and he's been a huge help to us many times over. But as a personality type...heaven help me! His nickname is Ziggy! The man has his very own dark cloud. His favorite phrase is, "That won't work." And there only two points of view...his and the wrong one. When we first wanted to open the office in this location, he didn't like it. We are between a salon and a restaurant. He said the perm smell would make our office stink. We have the distinction of being known as having the nicest Allstate office in Reno. People love it. He swears it smells like perm solution even if they aren't doing one. He will comment on when I eat, what I eat, where I eat, what it smells like, what I wear to work, what time i come in, what time I leave and anything else that he thinks he has a valuable opinion on. In short...I love him but he drives me right up a wall.

So in response to the news that he will be here Monday, what did I do? I started to feel panicky and the urge to eat. I haven't had that in a really, really long time! The good news is that I didn't eat as many Reeses peanut butter cups as I can hold (the number is truly staggering) Or two pints of Ben and Jerry's. Or all of several different items from the bakery down the hall. I had my favorite treat, Chobani peach yogurt with Kashi Go Lean Crunch in it. I'm not really hungry and I'm eating in response to an emotional trigger, but at least its real food and not total crap. But I'm scared to death I'm going to feel like this every day when I come to work now! Ohhhhh there's a very dark cloud on my horizon. Hurrican Ziggy is approaching!