Wow - how did I miss so many days?!!? Well, I was really, really sick. And still technically am, but I'm starting to feel well enough to get around. I even did some cleaning today after grocery shopping! Unfortunately, I wasn't well enough to start my new job today, and the doctor told me not to do much until Monday, but the house has been calling out to me "Clllleeeeeaaaaaannnnn mmmmeeeeeeeeee!" And we have to skip out on the annual Christmas get together with Seth's family, so that sucks a lot, too. I was really looking forward to everything we had going on this weekend, but on the other hand I'm glad we've gotten a chance to rest and for me to get better.
Because I've been sick, I haven't had a lot of opportunities to stick to my resolutions, but I've been trying! Seth's been doing a wonderful job of taking care of me and I've been trying to show my appreciation, although it seems the needier I become the more negative I am. I'm glad that I can move around some now, since I can just do whatever I need to do instead of having to whine for it. This is really great when it comes to cleaning, but especially feeding myself. I didn't want to eat anything for a few days, but now all of a sudden my appetite is back and making up for lost time! It's getting intense down there.
We managed to make it to the grocery store tonight and, even though it took us twice as long as normal because I had to keep stopping, we got it done! I didn't really get a great haul, since our grocery store is really pricey and just changed their coupon policy so they won't stack them any more. So we now will have to commute like 40 minutes to the nearest town to get better prices on food or completely revamp how we eat. I'm not pleased, but it is what it is. Luckily, we only shop every other week so I have two weeks to come up with a new plan or if the new plan is to just go there from now on, since we don't shop that often.
I did get to play the wonderful "Confessions" game in the middle of the grocery store, though. I went to the health foods section on our way over to the produce (always our last stop so nothing gets smushed) and threw a pack of ground meat substitute into the cart. Seth started freaking out, and that's when I had to admit I had intentions of working us over to eating less meat all along and had really started grinding up vegetables and sticking them in foods that wouldn't show them. I'm sure everyone who worked tonight thought that exchange was hilarious ("YOU PUT LIMA BEANS IN MY WHAT?!?!?!?!"). So I have been making an effort to be kind to my family there, as well as our budget (hey, meat's expensive!). And once I came clean, Seth freaked out, then admitted that he'd try anything once and let it go.
I did also bring in the recycling bins, clean them out, and start filling them back up again! It feels great to cut back on our waste, and we stopped recycling when we moved here three months ago. It feels really, really great to get back into that habit again.
As far as no poo goes, I'm doing okay. The past few days were great, actually, but I decided to stretch it out to every third day instead of every other day and today was a bit greasy and stringy. I threw my hair back in a braid and called it a day, but it wasn't pleasant. I can't wait to hop in the shower and "wash" it tonight. But other than today, no complaints! And I read a few articles today where people have not only given up shampoo but using soap on their bodies (besides after using the bathroom and before food prep) as well. I don't know if I'm that hardcore or not. But it's interesting enough to consider!
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