Before I go into the details of today, let me tell you about the rest of last night. BY FAR, the hardest thing I did yesterday was take that seaweed bath. I remembered that it was hard, but forgot how hard. The thing is, first of all, I don't "soak" in baths well. Usually I'm in there for no more than 10 minutes, enough to get clean and relax a little bit, and then I'm bored and done. Add to that the fact that I was in EXTREMELY hot water, which was causing me to sweat like crazy, then the seaweed which is simultaneously detoxing, and replacing minerals in, my body.
Then there's the fact that I had to keep as much of myself in the bath as possible. I kept finding myself sitting up, and I'd have to remember to keep under the water. I was so hot, and honestly a tiny bit clausterphobic. Granted, I forgot to bring my water to drink with me. Notes to self for tonight: Bring water and put seaweed in a muslin bag.. (man that stuff is hard to clean out of the bathtub!). I was also trying to pass the time with music, except I think some little hands had gotten to my radio, because the songs playing were CRAP! I kept thinking, "aren't they ever going to play some good music?" Then, towards then end of the bath, I realized it was the same group, playing a live show. Uggh... that started me getting annoyed. I could also hear mikey humming downstairs, which is fine, but it was not at ALL in tune with what I was listening to! More irritation. Gosh, I just wanted to get out of the tub, but needed to stay in for at least 15 more minutes... even more irritation. By the end of it I wanted to scream. I honestly have no idea how long I was in there for. It felt like hours, but I estimate it to be about 45 minutes, maybe even less. Tonight I'll look at the clock before going into the bath. Then I took a cool shower to rinse all the seaweed off. My skin and hair never felt better! I could even shave without needing shaving cream or lotion. By the time I was out of the shower, I felt like it was all worth it. Then I drink my tea (which was much better tasting than the green tea, btw), and I went to bed. I passed out as soon as my head hit the pillow.
Today I did the same exact process as yesterday, except I added some more fruit. I had some strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries that, if not eaten, would have gone bad. I had to take one for the team! lol...
I woke up feeling great, and was quite surprised. Throughout the morning, I did pretty well. I took the kids (I'm babysitting two of lilly's friends today) outside to play while I did my "sweating" of the day... working in the garden. Again, I was in pretty good spirits. By about 1:30 or so, I noticed that started to change... I was getting a little moody. Cooking lunch was even harder to do than yesterday... and I really DIDN'T want to drink my V8. I was also becoming very forgetful. I don't know how many times I went in a room to do something and couldn't remember what it was. And all day I knew I had a phone call to make, but it took forever for me to remember what it was. The headache also started to set in. I caught myself digging into lilly's trail mix that I gave her. As I was giving it to her, I noticed this awesome taste and crunch in my mouth, realized I had put a handful in my mouth without even thinking about it, and spit it out. Geez... But, that was the extent of it. It all went away quickly thereafter. I do think that I eat much healthier these days than I did when we were living in Texas. I cook pretty much all of our meals, and I cook healthier choices, and I drink a lot of water already... so, I could just be that I didn't have as much to detox with. In any case, I digress....
(This part was written quite a while after the previous part).... So here's the kick in the pants. As I was finishing up making my pineapple/papaya drink, my juicer died on me. That's right, it's gone. Farewell, juicer, you shall be missed. I had made two batches, one for me and one for mikey... so mikey was sweet and gave me his portion for me to have tomorrow. I won't be able to juice my apples or pears though... I'll just have to make it on the simply nutritious, the juice from mikey, and the v8. Honestly, I got pissed. And it was just as mikey was making dinner, and all I wanted to do was give up and start eating dinner with him. But he just kept telling me that I had one more day to go... sigh... I'm still mad and irritated, but it has nothing to do with the detoxing.
Ahhh, well. I've noticed two things so far: my sense of smell has increased dramatically. It's almost as if I'm pregnant again (I assure you, I'm not). Also, I have realized I'm a texture girl. I gave the kids (I'm babysitting two of lilly's friends today) some watermelon, and I was really excited about the juice at the bottom of the bowl. It wasn't NEARLY as gratifying as I thought it would be. I love the crunch of biting into a watermelon. And when I think about my favorite foods, they all go crunch inside my head while i chew on them. Guess that's why I don't like peas, and why I have a hard time eating squash. No crunch.
I didn't do the seaweed bath, because I'm still mad and just stamping my metaphorical feet a bit. Ahhh, time to go to bed and stop thinking about it. Tomorrow's another day.
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