Rain in the Summertime

Its been very rainy for the last few days, and its going to rain again today. So much for little man's & my date night at Automania. Oh well, there are plenty of other events all summer.
I've been SO tired all week, and I just want to regain some energy. I think I know what has sapped my energy too.
1. not drinking enough water. My body needs water, and when I don't drink enough fluids it goes into starvation mode.
2. not eating good for me foods. garbage in, garbage out basically. I've had way too much fast food this week, and that has caused a lot of issues for me (I've already gained weight because of it). I need to be healthier, and by not taking care of ME by feeding myself good food to fuel my incredible machine-I'm causing myself problems.
3. not really exercising. this is the big one for me-when I exercise, I feel so good and I love love love the endorphin high that I get. I love how I feel when I do pilates and when I lift weights. I love how I feel when I do yoga, and stretch my body into new positions.
4. still not being 100% recovered from strep throat. I am convinced that this is huge-that I am still trying to feel baseline normal. I think I need to go back to taking my airborne daily again just to feel normal. add to it, I am still so congested, and I just feel icky and blah. I do my neti treatments every day, but it doesn't seem to help me at all. I don't really want to take any decongestants unless i absolutely have to.
5. not getting enough "good" sleep. I go to bed way to late, and I am stressed when I hit the pillow. A lot of that has to do with the fact that my immediate before bedtime time is spent with trying to convince a 7 year old that sleeping is in his best interest. I have been taking melantonin again, which allows me to not wake up 5 gazillion times a night and does not make me feel all groggy and hungover like tylenol pm does. Basically, I have to re-establish a before bed ritual. I like having my sleepy time tea, stretch, maybe use my little neck roll thingy (its very indulgent and makes me feel special-plus takes away the pain). And I need to get the little man back into a bed time routine for his own sanity.
6. mental exhaustion. I've been having a heck of a time shutting my brain off lately, with it going a million miles an hour. I don't just stop for a few minutes and relax. Add to it all the little daily stressors, and its setting myself up for a major disaster. When I can't shut off my head, I start to get cranky. When I get cranky watch out!
Everything just feeds into everything else. I don't do the things that really make a difference in my life, mainly because I don't seem to want to take the time. It also has a lot to do with lacking the endurance to get through the day. Actually, there is this whole undercurrent that if I am doing all that I need to do to lead a happy life, then I can't be a martyr. I can't whine and complain about things, because there is nothing to complain about...basically my entire persona would be thrown out of whack.
But, you know what-that's ok. I have never felt completely comfortable with that persona anyway. What kid wants a mommy that whines more than they do? My son loves it when we're engaged in doing things together, not the parallel stuff. Its one thing for me to be physically present, but being mentally and emotionally present helps too.
So, its the end of the week. I need to get myself through today, come home, take a little nap and let the evening unfold. I need to write out a to-do list of what needs to get done this weekend, and where I need to go. There's grocery shopping, laundry, and cleaning house. In between the raindrops, I need to get out to the garden and weed. Church. Prepping meals for the week. Doing all that I can to make life good for my family.
But most of all, being present and mindful.