Tuesday

Lee didn't get to go to Creation this week for reasons beyond his control. He already has the week off work, though, so it will be a "vacation" week for our family. We will probably go to the Celtic Fling at the Faire this weekend.



Today I went to hang out with my Mommi in the later part of the morning and the early part of the afternoon. Apparently I need adult [female!] conversation because four hours slipped by unnoticed by me! It felt good to connect with my mom, as it always does. Talking to her helps me center myself. That's hard to explain, but its a good thing.



When I got home, it felt so peaceful to see my books lined up on my new bookshelves, gifted to us by a friend. I loved books more than any other "thing" in the world. Books are like friends to me. They hold memories and new worlds of knowledge in their pages. I like the way they smell and the way they look. I love to learn from them and to escape into them.



I had a furious fit of decluttering and organizing on Sunday. I got all the storage stuff cleared out of the kids bedroom. There is one big piece of clutter in there - a full sized mattress sans boxspring which needs to go to freecycle. Then there is a pile of toys in the kitchen that need to go to the thrift store.

After dinner tonight I had a horrible gallbladder attack. It has been about eight months since I had one but it was the worst one ever. It is time to seriously change my diet - cut back on fatty meat and dairy (my favorite foods) and increase fiber and vegetables (my least favorite foods). I hate that I am having to deal with this before I even hit thirty, but I have just never eaten healthily. My body is sending me a clear message. During the beginning of my pregnancy, my body wouldn't let me eat the danger foods and I actually craved the good foods like high fiber breads and bean sprout sandwiches. One day I had a bowl of spaghetti with meaty sauce, and i had the only attack of the whole pregnancy. Today I had sloppy joe meat with sour cream and tostitoes. Dairy AND fatty meats... and acidy tomatoes. So. Anyway. No more complaining about this stupid body. Going to go to the store tomorrow and get yummy crusty fibery bread and bean sprouts. Mmmmm. And for desert... jello??