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My Life Thus Far
I Make No Apologies
It was another really great day. Nothing too out of the norm, just a relaxing, laid back day. I got to spend it with Snookums! Originally he was going to go do some extern hours, but he's going to do all of them on Thursday, just so we could have one full day together. It was wonderful. I haven't spent that much time with him in so long I can't even remember.
He woke me up this morning and asked me if I wanted to go to Port Townsend. Of course I did! Always! It's my favorite little town. Very liberal, hippie, vegan friendly, and close to nature. Everything I love. By the time we finally got up there it was lunch time, so we tried a new place I hadn't been to before, Banana Leaf Thai Bistro. It was good. I like Khu Larb better, but the ambiance was nice.
After lunch, we spent most of the day browsing through the little shops with a fine tooth comb. I got some new fall clothes (a scarf, sweater, flowy tie-dyed top), certified vegan/PETA approved purse and wallet, and a beautiful garnet and marcasite ring. As much as I'd like to say I don't enjoy things, I do. I love jewelry, new clothes, accessories. I make to apologies. I love fashion. We found fun books and games for the kids, as well.
We got home right around the time the kids got home from school, so it was a laid back evening at home. We baked our neighbor some pumpkin bread (she just found out this morning that her skin cancer has recurred), and just hung out together. Something we don't get to do as much of as I'd like. Snookums and I even managed to sneak off for a very quick quickie while the kids were distracted. I'd say the evening was a great success!
Tomorrow I have an early/short day. After having two days off in a row, then a short day, then another day off, I'm feeling like this week is easy-breezy! I better enjoy it before holiday commences. That's the only reason I'm getting all this time off. The calm before the store. Ugh. Holiday. Sometimes I wonder why I keep doing this to myself. But then I remember it's really only about a month of hell. And I'm sure I'll make good money.
I'm going thorough another mini crisis with my body. Every now and then I feel like I don't know the skin I'm in. I'm still losing weight, despite the fact that I'm not at all trying. I haven't even set foot in a gym since the spring. Maybe sometime in April. I get a lot of exercise at work, and I do yoga (not as much as I'd like, but it happens). I feel like the sheer amount and frequency with which I eat would balance that out, and yet my body is making drastic changes. I know it's because of my veganism. I used to eat a TON of diary. Now I rarely eat any kind of cheese. And when I do, vegan cheese has way less caloric weight. My body is finding it's happy weight. Which is awesome, and healthy for me. It's just weird not obsessing about it. I put on a pair of jeans today that I bought last winter and they were too small. I kept them because I liked the style and hoped this winter I'd fit them. They're a little big. It's so bizarre. After a lifetime of struggle. Seems like I'm finally finding the balance I've always wanted, but could never seem to achieve.
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