It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but not much for the move has occurred. Just mainly, small life changes for me that I’ll touch on a bit. Oh, and Happy Christmas in July!
I decided a month ago that I wanted to start a vegetarian diet, and strictly follow it by my 21st birthday, next May. I’ve already cut many things out of my diet, while staying healthy. I take my vitamins regularly, eat meat substitutes, lots of cooked & steamed vegetables, and trying to only eat very little of foods that are high in sugar (this is hard for me). The shocking thing is that I did not know vegetarians also don’t eat seafood. I’m not sure why I thought they did, but that’s eye opening for me. That’ll be a large step for me as I’ve always been a large fan of fish and shrimp. I also read about Vegans, and that sounds a little too extreme for me, though my body is perfect for it – I’m lactose intolerant, I can’t even imagine going the rest of my life without ice cream or cheese ever again.
In addition to my Meditation classes, I picked up a dance class at the same place. It’s been a blast, however I’ll be missing the last class when I’m in Las Vegas next week. The teacher, Mary Ellen, is an ex-Nun, and professional dance teacher. She’s a complete riot and gets everyone in the class to laugh. There is such good energy when we dance, we dance to music from all over the world. Some sounds as though its from the Far East, others from Africa, Bob Marley and some well known songs we hear on the radio. The class isn’t about making your dancing pretty, but portraying your emotions. 90 minutes of this, and I’m more beat than my usual hour a day of cardio on the elliptical. Just amazing, if you live in the Buffalo/West Seneca/Lackawanna area, I highly recommend this. She talked about holding classes again in September, I’ll be sure to check Art Voice out to see if she does.
I found a beautiful dish set in my Mom’s basement cupboards, and a blender from the 1970s. A blender from the 1970s that works, believe it or not. It’s green and looks very retro so I absolutely love it. I cleaned up everything that I found, it looks almost new. My parents only used their dish set for a few years before we moved into our new house, and they bought a new set to match their blue kitchen. The design is pretty, petite flowers. Very simple and elegant. My mother also passed down her great grandmother’s cake plate, dishes & tea set to me. So antique, I’m really excited to bake something at our apartment and use it, even if its just Josh and me!
I leave for Las Vegas in 5 days, and I’ll admit I’ve been pretty high strung about the flight out alone. No matter how many times Josh or my parents explain it to me, or reassure me I’ll be fine, I can’t convince myself I actually will be. I’m sure it’s mostly anxiety.
Oh, and Joshua got contact lenses after years of glasses. He says they aren’t perfect and its shocking to see everything now clearly without wearing glasses. This morning on the phone, he told me wasn’t looking forward to sticking himself in the eye to put them in. He’ll get used to it, and thankfully before we’re “living together”. I thank God for my 20/20. : )
