How am I doing on this How Am I Doin' Friday?

Well to be honest, so far I am not enjoying my day. The fact that the scale did not move in and of itself was not a plus or minus. The good news is I stayed exactly where I was yesterday. Conversely when you are being a stringent as I am, you always hope for a loss.
It was a little chilly (16 degrees) when I drove Susan to the shop. Once again, even that was no big deal. After all the car has heat.
I suppose the part of my day that is challenging my spirit is that upon returning home, I spent an hour paying bills. The good, no make that awesome news, is that every thing and I mean every thing is paid. I don't have another payment due until 2017.
The part that has me a little disheartened is just how much I watched fly out of my account in such a short period of time.
Normally when I pay my bills, I feel good. I feel as if  have accomplished something. I have a sense of pride knowing that I have met the challenge of providing for my family.
Today, I feel drained. 
It has effected me in such a way that I had trouble connecting to any of my daily personal emails. I got half way through my horoscope and hit delete. It just wasn't resonating with me. I Listened to my message from my mentor 3 different times,never finding the calm that allows me to hear what he is saying. It kept turning into blah,blah, blah. blah, blah.
The same thing happened when I tried to listen to John Maxwell on Day 12 of intentional living.
To be honest, Darren's message (Take time off to re-energize) did manage to stick in my head. Now all I have to do is create a plan to do that.
Paying bills is usually exciting to me.
Today it was distasteful.
The good news is that it's done. My desk is clear and I can now go about the rest of my day's activities.
Shopping for Shabbat dinner,the gym, an errand for Sara,and of course follow up on a bunch of work related items.
I have a letter to write to a friend that is long over due. His last 2 letters are sitting near my monitor staring at me. I feel badly that I have not responded since October when he sent me a birthday card. 
Actually, now I feel even worse about that. For 2 months I have had his letters sitting on my desk and I have not taken the short amount of time to write back. Did I mention that he is on vacation courtesy of the NY State corrections department? I know how much he appreciates receiving mail and yet I have not found the time to send him a note. It's Christmas time......even cons want to feel like somebody cares.
I am disappointed in myself and I will correct that  today.
I guess this day is an example of yet another one of those truisms that keep popping up for me.Today has been the proverbial eat the frog day.
Eat the frog.
It's a pretty distasteful image. Yet the best way to address it is just get it done as quickly as possible. Then at least I know it's out of the way and I can move on with the rest of my day.
So there's the good news. The frog has been devoured and it's not even 10 a.m. yet.
I think I'll grab a cup of coffee to wash it down and then go about enjoying the rest of my day!
Shabbat Shalom!