As far as being sick goes, I'm feeling a lot better! I was determined to stick it out and call the doctor in the morning (okay, find a doctor in the morning, since we just moved here and I don't think there are any general practice doctors here. Yeah, that small of a town). But then a friend suggested I look into some homeopathic cures. I did a lot of Googling and came up with taking a vitamin C tablet and a garlic pill every two hours with lots of water and I can honestly say I feel incredibly better. I'm betting it's the water more than anything, but I don't really care because I feel better and it cost less than our copay. So that counts as being kind to myself!
And I spent my evening playing with my dog, snuggling with my cat, and loving on my man, so kindness all around there.
As far as the environment goes, I really pushed myself to cut down on my water usage while washing dishes. We don't have a dishwasher, so I've been really trying to figure out the best way to do dishes by hand. All of my searching has yielded different results, too. So I used the stream method (don't fill the sink with water, just run a stream) but I would only turn the water on to rinse something after I soaped it up. I also hung my laundry out to dry instead of throwing it in the dryer. I'm trying to make this more of a priority.
No Poo Day 3 is doing well. My hair was kind of heavy feeling today, but looked good. I washed with baking soda and vinegar tonight and it feels a lot better, almost lighter. So we'll see what we end up with in the morning haha. I think part of it is that I'm sick and my skin always gets super oily when I'm sick, so maybe when I get over it I'll be able to go longer in between without "washing" my hair. It's also still "detoxing" so I'll give it a week and then try to wash only every third day. But I do love the smell of lavendar from the essential oil I add on wash day...OH! And I have a No Poo convert. One of my WoW friends is going to try it as well. I was telling her that I was nervous about the detox period and sent her an article about all the nasty crap in shampoo and she thought the stuff was gross, too! So we're experimenting together. Seth is still really supportive and is more than willing to give my hair a good once over and tell me whether or not he thinks it looks good. And that's it for today! Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to get another post up in addition to a daily update!
And I didn't do anything worth taking a picture of today, so you get a random one I found on the computer I'm using. This is my in-law's older dog. Doesn't he look happy?
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| He doesn't use shampoo, either. |
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