Day Twenty-Five

I'm writing my blog post early today for two reasons: A, I feel really awesome today, and, B, I'm going to watch Forks Over Knives with Gary. I've seen it, but he hasn't. On that note, let me tell you how my day went from shit to freakin' awesome.

As we all know, lately Gary has been grumpy and irritable as hell. Or, at the very least, some of you can tell it from the few blog posts I have with what little info I have about that part of me and him. I'm not the type to put my dirty laundry out about my relationship to everyone. I don't even post about it on Facebook. I personally think--and you can feel about this however you want, this is just me--that it's in really bad, bad, bad taste. But, anyway, I will say that today we had a pretty rough start. Actually, horrific.

The truth is, our house kinda fell apart around us. The ceiling in the kitchen collapsed, the hot water heater went to shit over a year ago almost, and then a slap leak happened. Awesome, right? You're wondering what this has to do with my juice/raw food diet. Well, I'm getting to that, my few patient readers.

So, house is a mess. (We're at my mom's while we're fixing it, just so you know.) Gary feels a bit like a failure for that, even if it doesn't make him any less awesome than we all know he is. (You'd think he was if you met him. He oozes awesome--for real.[ Yes, I'm a 90s kid.]) Then, being on this fast brought this infection to the front line of pain. So, yeah, he's been bitchy. Fast forward to this morning. We need to get a call made before we move back in (mortgage stuff). He's missing some paperwork and I get frustrated. So... it escalated fairly quickly and went down hill from there until about 4-5pm. But then, we dropped the kids off at their mom's, took our buddy who was helping us out at the house home, and went to have some coffee (a nice little treat for us since we haven't been drinking any for this fast).

We talked and sorted it out. We both realized we were being buttheads. (Ya know, what I call someone being a jerk... or a douche... it sound funnier! Don't judge me...!) And then.... something freakin' amazing happened.

He told me about how this diet has helped him feel better, outside of the infection, how he wants to eat healthier. He told me he wants to start a garden with me, and produce our own canned veggies, fruits, and jams. We both--individually--tried to start a garden of veggies and failed. So, we've decided it we do it together, and stick with it as a team, we can do it. And that makes me feel really good. Really good.

I'm excited, energized, and happy about our communication.

On that note, I got him some garlic pills to help with the infection. They're also amazing for lowering cholesterol  for those of you interested. I figure by stacking that with the OoO he'll do much better. He also told me about all the healthy recipes he wants to make and all the healthy veggies and fruits he's been craving. And it's finally so nice to hear him voicing the same things I've been feeling. That's what I've been missing out on.

I'm really happy. (Sorry this post is so long....)

On a final note, I'm late on my period/menstrual. But, I've read it's because of the fast. Just some info for you other gals on the fast, or looking to find out of that's normal. It is. But, I'm going back to eating on Monday, so I'm not worried. However, if you go more than 30 days without a mensie, fast or not, see your doctor. It mgiht be more than the fast, and I would hate for that. Please keep in mind, this blog is not a substitue for real medical advice either. (I really don't want to sued.... please don't. I'm a broke writer... and college student. Plus... you do like me, don't you...?)

Anyway, thanks for reading and wishing me luck. Have a good night, a Merry Christmas, or whatever holiday works for you!

Five days left!

Wooohoo!