What I'll Remember

It’s been no secret that my maternal grandparents were always “better” parents and grandparents than their paternal counter parts. They were nurturing and very good with children, whereas my dad’s side of the family has always been better with adult relationships than adult/children ones. Thus there was always a slight feeling of being cheated as children because my maternal grandparents always lived on the East Coast and my paternal grandparents were always two hours away at the most.

When my maternal grandfather died over a decade ago, I was left only a few memories and connections from our visits and similarities. When my maternal grandmother started having some serious physical ailments over the last six months, I was again faced with just a few memories to hang onto (thankfully, she seems to have recovered well).

But I have also come to appreciate my paternal grandparents as I’ve grown into an adult. Their little idiosyncrasies have been a source of amusement for the past few years. And as I have come to spend some time with them this Christmas before heading home with my family, their quirks have become even more endearing as their health starts to ail dramatically. I figure now is a good time to chronicle what I will remember…

I’ll remember this fun time when their short term memory seems to simply a slight nuisance. Like my grandmother asking me if I wanted to have breakfast, and then asking me again five minutes later.

I’ll remember them discussing “current” movies with my uncles admitting quite unashamedly that they really haven’t seen much in theaters in the past decade. My grandfather will blame my grandmother for being unable to stay awake during movies, and as my uncles tried to get my grandmother interested in the Harry Potter movies so grandpa can go see it, my grandma promptly responds “well, I can sleep through anything.”

I’ll remember how my grandpas knee got so bad that he had to start using a cane, and how this thanksgiving we saw him showing up with a fancy walker that also became a mobile seat. He’s become rather adept with wielding his cane to pint out things in the sky or across the room and sometimes hitting people in the process.

I’ll remember them making the bed every morning together.

I’ll remember my grandpa still calling my 88 year old grandmother “kid,” though he usually uses the pet name at the end of a question and she won’t realize she’s being talked to until he says “kid.” Then they’ll stare at each other for a few seconds and while he waits for an answer and she waits for the question, and then she’ll turn back to her crossword puzzle and he’ll stop caring about the conversation and go back to eating.

I’ll remember that they gave us savings bonds for every birthday growing up and how I came to know that these were truly gifts with foresight as they kept me alive for my last year of undergrad and have kept me out of real debt.

I’ll remember that they always put an orange in the bottom of our stockings just so there was a little bit of healthy food among all the candy of Christmas.

I'll remember their house dearly. They've lived in since my dad was young and has such an authentic feeling of "home." The cousins would usually stay in the front living room while the adults visited in the dining room and the family room, this is a tradition we continue to revive, though the oldest of the cousins is 27 and now drags her new husband into the "cousins room" with her.

I'll also be reminded of them every time we go to La Selva beach where they own property. That beach get-away has provided the only place that feels like "home" on the 4th of July and as been the source of many relaxing and wonderful days.

Where my maternal grandparents might be "better" at nurturing their families, my childhood is far more closely tied with my paternal grandparents. Though I think as we all recognize their decline into their 90s, we are choosing to take this time to prepare ourselves for their passing and be thankful for all the memories we are now afforded by their kindness and generosity.

First Prize?

So I am a bit of a connoisseur of Buffalo Wings. I have tried many, many varieties of this delicious food. I'm either craving wings, or nothing else on the menu seems as appetizing.

The worst Buffalo Wings I have ever had were from Tahoe Joes (Rocklin/Roseville, corner of Taylor and Roseville Blvd, across from Sunsplash). I didn't even get to sink my teeth into one before I felt like I knife was stabbing my tongue. I immediately looked down at the rest of the wings and said "I'm not eating any more of this."

As far as the best? Well, I've had a lot of recipes that were okay, and a lot that were good, but I've never had one that I could consier the best.

This morning/afternoon: I had the Buffalo Wings at Boulevard Cafe in Daly City. They are the best wings I have had thus far. They had standard spice and flavor, but the big thing that has put them at the top thus far is that the residual spice was minimal. A quick swig of water really brought ones mouth back to (almost) normal, so continuous eating was relatively easy and enjoyable. I was very content with my wings.

Do I think I've found the best? No, I think there is a better recipe available somewhere. And I will continue to search for it.

Signing off.

Growing Up

My first two weeks of my new job have been great. It's a bit painful getting up at 5:30 to make sure that I can somewhat leisurely lug myself out of bed, into the shower, and out the door (hopefully with something for breakfast in my stomach) by 7:00, but I'm slowly getting used to it. The people I work with are fantastic and I'm pretty sure that I love working with high schoolers. And I'm slowly (or at least it feels like it) getting better at my job.

Tonight, some of my friends are planning on traversing up to a casino to gamble for a while, my guess is that they're already en route, and had been invited to go with them. There was a large part of me that had wanted to throw caution to the wind and accompany them. To enjoy the fleeting hours of the Sunday before Labor Day, to spend some of my newly-earned money. Yet, I know myself and I know how I am with routines and I know where I'm at with my job right now. I was just started in on one of the most crucial and detail heavy portions of my job: Data entry of new applicants...where error is simply unacceptable. And I haven't adjusted to my new sleeping schedule, meaning that I'm still having a battle with my desire to pass out after lunch every day at work. Thus, I made the choice to stay home, and get to bed at an earlier hour so that I can adjust my body to my new schedule and not put myself in a poor position for tomorrows sleeping schedule.

Upon making this decision, I have decided it was boring, lethargic, and lame. It was also one of the more "grown up" decisions I have made ever, considering the ramifications on my job which now means my complete income, my livelihood, my healthcare, dental, life, etc, insurance.

When did this happen?

Olympics

Yes this is an edited post, get over it Hez, I'm giving you more words :)

Before I go onto my discussion of the Olympic games, I'd just like to say that at 9:00PM tonight in Rocklin the temperature was 91 degrees Fahrenheit. Yeah, I don't know how I'm still alive.

Anyways, I love the Olympics. I always have, and this year I get to view having a years worth of study on Chinese culture with the Humanities Chinese specialist. I took a whole class on Beijing (literally called Beijing) and I'm loving the familiarity of the landscape that NBC throws in with the Olympic theme. The level of exoticism is much lower and I enjoy knowing more about the hosty city

Seriously, when the President of the IOC states (as in the current commercial for some cell phone) in dramatic french accent, "I call upon the youth of the world to assemble four years from now in Beijing"...seriously guys. A call to action, to competition, and to camaraderie.

I love that even though there are rivalries between individuals, the rivalries of nations do not mean as much in these competitions. In fact, some of the national problems are put aside between the individual competitors. There is a great respect for each other (of course not the rule, there have been issues in the Olympics but they are the exception) and their ability to compete.

There's always a good reason to root for everyone and if nothing else, I love how we rally around the seriously dominant teams or individuals? Why? I think its because the Olympics are at test of the capabilities of humans. Yes the competition is generally highly physical but there's also a healthy dose of psychological factors. Gymnastics proves that every time. You make a mistake and know you get deductions you have to mental battle to have confidence in your ability to complete the next trick.

How much are we loving the competitions of Michael Phelps, as much of a douche as he is reported to be in person, watching his swimming events is among the most enthralling and you cant help but smile when in the last half of his race he shows everyone he was reserving energy while everyone else was sprinting and is all of a sudden, not only a body length in front of all the competition, but ahead of his previous world record. He is absolutely dominant, as is Misty May-Treanor and Carrie Walsh of Beach Volleyball, before their Olympic competition is over they will likely pass the first anniversary of their last loss. Yeah, they last lost a game back in August 2007. And they make winning look easy.

Watching the Mens Gymnastics team pull out a Bronze when their medal contention was supposed to be for the bronze with three other countries when they had their stars, the Hamm twins. Their replacements, the alternates, had the final two routines to seal the bronze medal for them. How's that naysayers? And Jonathan Horton, a serious contender for the Mens all around is a fantastic gymnast. He plays the game my style. Gymnastics is all about power, especially with the men. Jonathan Horton was solid in the team competition he did not have a major screw ups and he stuck every single one of his landings, and not like land with a little hop up to present your completion. He he landed his feet slammed into the ground with a very audible thud, as if someone was hammering a steel bar into the ground. His feet didn't move after he landed, just bend to stand up straight and present. It was awe inspiring.

And is it just me or are there a lot of attractive men in this years olympics? I think there are.

I'm just really enjoying this competition, its a lot of fun and there's a lot to feel happy about.

Professional Lacrosse

Now I first came to love Lacrosse while watching the NCAA championship game while visiting my grandparents. I was excited a year or so ago to find the existence of a professional league, in fact, the San Francisco Dragons play in Keezar stadium, which is a five minute walk from my house. I even saw a game on TV once, and it was much like the large open game of the NCAA championships (which I've caught two or three times now).

Then today, while eating lunch, I flipped on the TV and ESPN2 is broadcasting the National Lacrossse League championships cup final between Buffalo and Portland. Exciting right? Flip that on and get rather confused. A) The jersey's are pretty loose compared to the ones I've seen in the past, B) The Goalies pads and jersey are waaaaaaaaaaaaay bigger than I remember, C) There's less people on the field because there's less of a field to play on. Intriguing eh?

So I hop on my trusty computer and take a look at the National Lacrosse League, and in a separate tab open up a google and search for Major League Lacrosse, which I was growingly sure was the name of the League that San Francisco was a part of. Lo and Behold, there are two separate professional Lacrosse leagues.

Kudos to the Buffalo Bandits who have won the title this year, apparently they've won it a few times.

My mind has been sufficiently blown for now, on to finish a Thesis draft.

Blowin in the Wind

I have stayed rather quiet about recent developments in California. And I think the reality is that I don't know how to handle it. I try to process the fact that I can get married in my own state, and have an emotional safeguard jump into action because I can feel the insane happiness welling up inside. It's just too much for me to handle and I'm not sure when I will be. The bad things: The decision can be overturned by a constitutional amendment which could be on the ballot in November. Good things: The California Supreme Court was not expected to make this decision, they're rather conservative on most matters. This is the most progressive decision of its kind because of the fact that California is granting marriage licenses to any comers, unlike Massachusetts which is only granting licenses to those who have been living in its state. The final good news is that our dear Governator has decided, after vetoing a marriage license twice through the state legislature and sending his minions to support the opposing side in the court, has stated that he will stand by the courts decision and not support the amendment on he November ballot.

I know there's a lot of people who are confused as to why marriage is so important to us gays. After thinking about it for a while, I believe I have a plausible answer. That which makes us different from straight people is who we are capable of being attracted to, not only in a physical and sexual way, but in a romantic and emotional way. In our culture, the way to show that you truly care about someone is through marriage. By not allowing marriage, the message is clearly sent that you are a second class human being. That which makes you different is that which makes you less. You cannot exemplify your difference in an equal way, your love is not equal to our love, you are less than us. This is why marriage means so much to us, when we are given permission to marry, we are finally allowed to be equals. That is where we can argue that the right to marry is a an inalienable right guaranteed by the Constitution, because it guarantees that we are treated as equals.

I tried to process the possibility of being able to marry about a month ago, I didn't get too far because I started crying and my emotional safeguards kicked in so I didn't become overwhelmed by the feelings. I don't think I can actually let myself go there, but I do know that when I do let that realization sink in for just a moment, the burning begins in the corners from my eye. I am truly so honored and so ecstatic to be a Californian.

Though even though this happiness, I still find it tragic that my reaction is simply to be happy that the courts have decided to demand that everyone treated me as an equal...I thought that we solved that problem ages ago. Part of me wants my response to simply be "its about time."

Ah, rest the rant, it is time for happiness. How long will it take for me to be considered an equal country round?

The answer my friends is blowing in the wind, the answer is blowing in the wind.

P.S. I had a really good date today, how timely :)

Conference Finals And School

Okay, so I've been busy and didn't have time to predict this round of the hockey playoffs before they started.

Quick Recap:

Flyers beat Les Habitants: BOO!!! Not what I predicted or wanted! Maybe next year Montreal, you're a good young team, with a lot of playoff left in ya.

Penguins beat Rangers: Predicted!

Red Wings beat Avalanche: Predicted, sad to see the Avs eliminated in four straight, kudos to Detroit.

Stars beat Sharks: Predicted, not what I wanted. Thank you Sharks for showing up in the last three games of the series, you regained some honor, and should be very proud of game six: epic and legendary.

So that brings my record to: 9-3...not too shabby if I do say so myself. Here's to making it 12-3?

Predictions for round 3, the Conference Finals. (Yes, I konw they're both three games in and kind of decided already, I picked these out a while ago, promise, and if you want to challenge me, I don't care, there's not money on it).

Penguins vs. Flyers: The Flyers have been a gritty hockey lovers team. I mean, I don't love the Flyers but they're playing the kind of hockey that the die hards love. It's not pretty, it's physical, ugly and full of heart. They might not have the smoothest game in the league but they're play until the last buzzer and exhaust themselves doing so. Problem for the Flyers: the Pittsburgh Penguins are playing excellent hockey, and I don't think they're even playing to their potential. The gritty play of the Flyers is insufficient for the Penguins machine. They've coasted through the playoffs and are dominating the Flyers in this series 3 games to none. The Flyers might pull off a win in the next game, but look for the Penguins to wrap this up in the next game or two. The Penguins are too good for Philadelphia. Kudos for your play thus far Flyers, but you'll be enjoying your lazyboys by the beginning of next week.

Red Wings vs. Stars: This series, in many ways, is like the Eastern Conference Finals. Dallas has beaten two teams that, on paper, they had no business beating. However, Detroit, unlike all Presidents Trophy Winners (best regular season record), are continuing their excellent play in the playoffs. They have been dominant all season long. I haven't had a chance to catch a Detroit game yet, but I'm anticipating stellar play from them. Same thing, Dallas might pull out a win tonight, but they'll be done next week.

Which sets us up for the Stanley Cup Finals: Detroit Red Wings vs. Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburg has a better record in the playoffs. Malkin and Crosby are leading the charge, and to back them up, veterans who have been to the playoffs: Sykora, Roberts, Hossa, Gonchar, Sydor. Marc-Andre Fleury is playing extremely well.
However, as an early pic, I'm going to take Detroit. Zetterburg and Datsyuk have lived up to their potential with the addition of a streaking Franzen: Most Playoff Goals. In terms of support, the old Red Wings dynasty is till in Detroit, Maltby, Draper, Holmstrom, McCarty, not to mention Chelios and the best deffensemen in the league Nicklas Lidstrom. They've also nabbed Dallas Drake, Brad Stuart, and Brian Rafalski (who has won a few cups with New Jersey). And then you get to goal, you have old Red Wings star Chris Osgood who is as dominant as ever, and as a back up the have The Dominator, Dominik Hasek. There's experience in Detroit that might prove to be the difference between the Penguins and Red Wings. Between the streaking young guys who have three or four guys who have won the cup with different teams compared to nine or more who have won in Detroit with Detroit, I pick the Red Wings. It has the potential to be a long and drawn out series, but I'm thinking Detroit.

My grandma is doing well, she only has two cancerous lymph nodes. The treatment is rough on her, but we're very hopeful.

School is coming to a close, I've finished off two classes, and I have two tests and my Thesis left. YAY!!!

NHL Round Two

Oh dear readers...well, I don't know if you exist of not, but whatever, not the point.

The first round of the NHL Playoffs are over, my predictions have proven pretty good thus far, my record is 6-2, so here's to hoping I can do as well or better for the next round. Here's my thoughts:

Stars/Sharks: I will be rooting for the Sharks, and I think that they can win it. However, the Sharks took too long to finish of the Flames. The Stars are a much better team than the Flames are and they've got veterans who have been deep into the playoffs, pretty much as many as the Sharks have. Mike Ribiero came up big for them last round, so we'll see what he can pull together here. Stu Barnes also has a knack of coming up big for his team especially in the playoffs, and if Sergei Zubov can get healthy, the Stars defense will be in pretty good shape. And shall we not forget Mike Modano, who this season claimed the title of highest scoring American-born player in NHL history. The Sharks need to be the team that was hot in the last month of the regular season and muscled their way into second place in the West. They need to be the better team. In theory they are, but they relied too much on their offense in the first round and it almost got them eliminated. Defense needs to be better (cannot rely on the offense to score more goals than hey give up) and the offense needs to be able to consistently put the puck in the back of the net regularly. Nabokov is a better goalie than Turco, Kiprusoff is a better goalie than Turco, they have that going for them too. It's basically in the Sharks hands, they have to play like their in the playoffs and that they want it. As much as I love them, they're not playing the kind of hockey they need to in order to beat the Stars. I'm choosing Dallas and hoping I'm wrong.

Red Wings/Avalanche: Oh the greatest modern rivalry of the NHL, this will be an awesome series for fans and I hope it goes to seven games so that we can see passionate hockey at it's best. Kudos the Avs for bringing back the usual suspects. It must be great for Joe Sakic to see Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote back on the bench for their run to the playoffs, and it's great to see Jose Theodore back on his game. In the end, Detroit hasn't choked yet. They're playing really well. And how awesome it must be for that team to have Osgood winning the top spot in goalie for now and knowing that if he starts making mistake you have another hall of fame goalie, Dominik Hasek waiting to prove himself in the playoffs again. I think what it comes down to the fact that Detroit is just a better team over all, and unlike San Jose, they've been showing it all year and they haven't stopped. Detroit will take this series, and I think destroy Dallas in the conference finals and get a chance to hoist the cup again.

Rangers/Penguins: Rangers have been doing well, kudos to them. Look for the Penguins to come up big here though. They were the only team to sweep their first round and against the team that represented the East for the Stanley Cup last year. They're well rested, look for the Rangers to give them more problems than Ottowa did, but the Penguins will take this series too.

Canadians/Flyers: The Flyers eeeeked their way into round two against an underrated Washington team, but Montreal is a very good team. It's not even that they've got some good players, they've got a bunch of nobodies besides Koivu, they're good because they're a balanced, good team. The Flyers have been doing well, but I'd be stunned if they can pull this one off. Briere is doing amazingly well, but you can't fight a balanced team with a good player on a hot streak who has carried his team thus far. Philly just doesn't have the team to play against Montreal. Look for the Canadians to continue to be underrated as they end the streaking Flyers run into the playoffs and do so rather quietly. This is probably the series with the least hype so the Canadians will take care of things quietly. Then watch them stun the Penguins in the Conference finals.

Canadians/Red Wings: That's two balanced teams going for the Cup, it should be good.

Hockey Madness

First Update: Grandma's condition is definitely not the worst it could be after hearing the results of recent testing. There are two lymph nodes in her abdomen I believe that are affected by the cancer, and they're hopeful that after six rounds of chemotherapy her prognosis will be looking a lot better. YAY!!!

Hockey matchups: With the Conference Quarterfinals (first round) coming to a close, I'm pleased to announce that my record is looking pretty good. Here's how it looks right now:

Eastern Conference:
Canadians/Bruins-Canadians win 4/3. I picked the Canadians to take this round. I think they're a fantastic younger team who have the goods to go far and I don't think they're being taken too seriously yet. The focus in the East is on the Penguins, Rangers and Capitals right now and their interaction between the younger stars and their veteran counterparts. I have a soft spot for Saku Koivu, especially after he beat cancer and came back to play. They're my pick from the East to compete for Stanley Cup. I think they've got the youth (Price, Kostitsyn x2) and the depth with good veteran leadership (Koivu, Kovalev, Smolinski, Brisebois, Dandenault, Hamrlik). Canadians going to the finals.

Flyers/Capitals-Series tied 3/3. Flyers are one of my least favorite teams in the NHL, though I do hope for the best for the sake of Briere and Biron, two former Sabres. I'm still going to root for the Capitals so that we can see just how clutch Ovechkin is as the playoffs continue, and I'm happy for Olie Kolzig for sticking with his team for all those years they didn't make the playoffs or left in the first round. Lots of respect for the guy. Even with how well they're doing and my desire for the Caps to win, I think the Flyers are going to take it, Briere is the top goal scorer in the playoffs, he's clutch, look for him in game 7.

Penguins/Senators-Penguins win 4/0. Senators are number one on my shit list because of their treatment of the Sabres in the Conference finals last year. Ecstatic that they're out of the playoffs in the first round, swept by the Pens. Kudos to this younger team, they had the most convincing first round in the league, they're ready to be contenders, we'll see how their stars do as the pressure for the playoffs continue. Thanks for sweeping the Sens, Pens. See you next round. Oh yeah, picked the Penguins too.

Devils/Rangers-Rangers win 4/1. The Devils were one of my other picks to really compete for the cup, they've been too good for so long, I'd like to see Marty Brodeur go back for the Stanley Cup. At the same time, its been a while for the Rangers, longer than the Devils, and they do have Drury and Shanahan, I'll root for them for that. Picked the Devils, lost that one.

Western Conference:
Red Wings/Predators-Red Wings win 4/2. The wings are making another playoff run. Surprise surprise. I'm happy for Hasek, my favorite goalie and among my favorite players of all time. I'm happy for him, and I'm definitely a fan of the Wings more than the Preds. Picked the Red Wings.

Avalanche/Wild-Avalanche win 4/2. Yay Avalanche! Third favorite team moving past the Wild. I'm glad to see them doing well after their all star team disappeared a few years ago. And I believe if the Sharks win that sets up an Avalanche/Red Wings series which will absolutely fantastic, bad blood and great hockey. The greatest rivalry of modern hockey. Oh yeah, I picked the Avalanche.

Flames/Sharks-Series tied 3/3. The Sharks are working on being my second heartbreaking team...why must my two favorite teams cause me so much stress. They were abysmal in game six after coming back in games 4 and 5. First game seven in San Jose, look to their depth to bring it home for them. Calgary has put up much more of a fight that I wanted or expected, but I think the Sharks will have a fire under them and they just have more talent and depth than the Flames do. The Sharks are my pick in the West, and as my second favorite and hometown team, I want them to take it all. I hope they do.

Stars/Ducks-Stars win 4/2. Boo! Stars are number 2 on my shit list of hockey and I like the Ducks. I guess we'll have to wait for another year for them. Here's to hoping the Sharks win and knock them out in the next round. Picked the Ducks, didn't get it.

My record: Correct-4 Incorrect-2 Undecided: 2, look for the Sharks and Flyers come bring home game seven.

The woes of schoolwork

I'm half heartedly trying to work on an essay due on Wednesday. Yes, I still have another day, but I also need to work on a group project tomorrow...the work for that also due on Wednesday.

So what am I doing, hanging out at The Nunnery. Dinner is being made at some point soon, there's a duo working on their speech for nationals. I've almost added another page to this essay in...hmmm...three hours? There's an excellent rate, eh?

I'm on a West Wing kick. Seriously, I'm in love with that show. Good characters, good writing, what more could one ask for?

Hmmm...burnt my finger cooking orange chicken. It hurts to type a bit. Oh well, I still need to work on the essay...whooopdedooo...

A Day of Serious Home Rest

I woke up this morning, earlier than I wanted, but I was awake, so roused myself, though I stayed in bed. I eventually got up and did a bit of homework, just a bit.

My mother and I got on the same page for our two upcoming retreats. One, we were never concerned about...and still aren't. The other, well, it's coming along. We've got a few months to work on it, and another resource to use that should be published soon, woot.

I took a 2.5 hour nap. Yay. That felt good, I liked the mattress much better than the one in my room anyways.

Yeah, today wasn't exactly note worthy. Though I have ended it with some good viewing of the TV show Bones and two text convo's with the Ash-A-Bash and Mike. Good times indeed. :)

Spring Break Update

The following is a break update. I have Mike Doughty's "I Hear the Bells" going through my head. Perhaps it would be wise to read this with that song play. I don't know. Get into my head a little bit...if you dare :)

Detox: I didn't go for two full days. I stopped yesterday around one. I was feeling immensely better anyways, seriously, immensely better. I still have the stuff and am considering going another day when I get back from break. What happened? Well, I like food a lot. Two days without food is difficult, especially when the options for food are really really good. I'll do it when I'm back in SF and not wanting to make a meal for myself. Deal.

Grandma: No new news yet.

Friends: I've seen pretty much everyone I've expected to see already, I'll see almost all of them again almost before I go home. Good times.

Thesis: Making a bit of progress, not sure how I feel about that...oh well, quite frankly I don't care that I'm not sure how I feel about that :)

Other homework: Doing some decent work, perhaps not as much progress as I would have hoped for before break, but actually doing more during break that I have in the past, yay me!

Super Mario Galaxy/Relaxing/Sleeping: Making great progress, quite happy :)

Grandma Fors

This is a picture of my dear maternal grandmother. I found out as my mother drove me home on Friday that she had been complaining of abdominal pain and they went into get it checked up. Verdict was Lymphoma.

My mother just got a phone call from her sisters who are with my grandmother now through all the testing. What I've managed to hear from my parents chatting is that "It's worse than they thought" and "malignant cancer."

Yeah for good news, eh? I'll keep y'all updated as I know more. Might be making a quick trip back east sometime in the nearish future.

Detox

So I decided to detox for two days this break. My body felt completely gross and sluggish, so I decided to try and get rid of the toxins. Here's how it's gone down:

I got a detox pamphlet from a vitamin store near my place. There's a list of do and don't foods. I was planning on using that to create a diet for a few days to flush out my systems...

Until my Aunt decided to dump off a detox liquid bottle on me, she said she was going to use it but wants me to try it out first, guinea pig it for her. It's a 48 hour plan. The idea is that you mix 4 oz of this green liquid with 4 oz of water. Drink that over four hours and repeat over the 48 hours. Oh, and 8 oz of pure water every two hours. But that's it.

Now, how I fared:
Pretty good all day. Even with fresh baked bread. And Easter candy. And family meals. The green stuff actually sufficed when I got hunger pangs. At least until tonight. I finished off my 3:00 dose of green stuffs and 5:00 glass of water, and succumbed to the need to chew. I was good and abided by the dietary guidelines of the pamphlet.

Confession: I want to gorge myself on delicious food right now. I want to take my Easter basket and eat ALL the chocolate in it. I want to eat lots and lots of carbs.

Plan: Do the same thing tomorrow that I did today. Wednesday will be glorious.