Confessions. Do not read if you feel erudite tonight. It will ruin everything.
Check it: this is what I ingested today:
(Yeah, I DID just do a double-colon. Ka-POW! Eat it! Sorry, that's my bad diet talkin'. And speaking of colons. . .)
One Extra-Crispy English Muffin (butter and honey)
Three Cups of Tea
Three Ibuprofen
One Almond Joy, found in purse, during salmon-watching field trip with Elspeth
One Cheeseburger & Fries, after field-trip, when I was starved
One Bowl Pita Chips
Two Glasses of Wine
(These last two I devoured with gusto after I heard from the president of the PTA that I'd volunteered for something--remember?--and I'm way overdue on delivering. Then I looked up what I volunteered for--a thing another woman convinced me would be simple and easy as pie--and realized I've gotten myself into a whole heap of doodoo. I should have been suspicious because she used to do it herself and was all to happy to pass it to me! Argggg.)
Nary a vegetable or a fruit to be seen! Leafy green veg NOT WELCOME!
I began tallying this up in the shower after I put the kids to bed tonight. I am overwhelmed with the disgustingness of it. Groooossss. Often I will eat like a champ. Not a chimp (I do not eat lice or other, a-hem, unmentionables), a champ: kale and black bean wraps, salads, eggs, and yes, lots of tea. But tea is good for you.
Lately I've been eating like a college student or a drug addict or a pregnant woman. It's just awful.
But listen, it's been grey and rainy for a hundred days or more--at least it feels that way--and all day, each day, it seems like it's perpetually 5:30 in the evening. Constant twilight does strange things to a person.
I will turn over a new leaf. A new green, nutrient-rich lettuce leaf.
Sea-gulls and scavengers will eat the eyeballs and gonads out of a dead salmon first, since they're most nutrient-rich. I learned this today on the banks of Chico Creek as I watched the toothy salmon fight their way upstream. I learned a lot. And I ate an Almond Joy, pilfered from the Halloween Candy. Because I am a stupid human who apparently does not care about nutrients.
Tonight I will watch a stupid show on TV, fold laundry, and eat a big bowl of peas and carrots. As if I could save myself this late in the game! Still, it will help me sleep better. I will try to forget about the PTA. I will try to steady my eager hand as I pass the kids' leftover candy. I will do better. I will. Tomorrow, kale for breakfast.
(Yeah, I DID just do a double-colon. Ka-POW! Eat it! Sorry, that's my bad diet talkin'. And speaking of colons. . .)
One Extra-Crispy English Muffin (butter and honey)
Three Cups of Tea
Three Ibuprofen
One Almond Joy, found in purse, during salmon-watching field trip with Elspeth
One Cheeseburger & Fries, after field-trip, when I was starved
One Bowl Pita Chips
Two Glasses of Wine
(These last two I devoured with gusto after I heard from the president of the PTA that I'd volunteered for something--remember?--and I'm way overdue on delivering. Then I looked up what I volunteered for--a thing another woman convinced me would be simple and easy as pie--and realized I've gotten myself into a whole heap of doodoo. I should have been suspicious because she used to do it herself and was all to happy to pass it to me! Argggg.)
Nary a vegetable or a fruit to be seen! Leafy green veg NOT WELCOME!
I began tallying this up in the shower after I put the kids to bed tonight. I am overwhelmed with the disgustingness of it. Groooossss. Often I will eat like a champ. Not a chimp (I do not eat lice or other, a-hem, unmentionables), a champ: kale and black bean wraps, salads, eggs, and yes, lots of tea. But tea is good for you.
Lately I've been eating like a college student or a drug addict or a pregnant woman. It's just awful.
But listen, it's been grey and rainy for a hundred days or more--at least it feels that way--and all day, each day, it seems like it's perpetually 5:30 in the evening. Constant twilight does strange things to a person.
I will turn over a new leaf. A new green, nutrient-rich lettuce leaf.
Sea-gulls and scavengers will eat the eyeballs and gonads out of a dead salmon first, since they're most nutrient-rich. I learned this today on the banks of Chico Creek as I watched the toothy salmon fight their way upstream. I learned a lot. And I ate an Almond Joy, pilfered from the Halloween Candy. Because I am a stupid human who apparently does not care about nutrients.
Tonight I will watch a stupid show on TV, fold laundry, and eat a big bowl of peas and carrots. As if I could save myself this late in the game! Still, it will help me sleep better. I will try to forget about the PTA. I will try to steady my eager hand as I pass the kids' leftover candy. I will do better. I will. Tomorrow, kale for breakfast.
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P.S. Our hens are going to be MUCH happier this weekend when they move into the roomy and light filled Chick-bit Ritz!