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May 01, 2008
I awoke this morning with the same thought I have every morning, which is “What am I gonna eat today?” And then I remembered I was on the 3-day fruit fast. Let’s see: for breakfast, 1 banana, 1 apple, another banana, some green tea and 3 Advil to counteract the huge caffeine headache I’m anticipating. I look longingly at the boxes of cereal stacked up in the cabinet and am tempted but resist.
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Apr 22, 2008
Sunday I get back from the mountains and haul ass to the Sunday yoga meeting. Daniel and Trudi ask us all about our week, and I am comforted to know I’m not the only one who has pretty much taken the week off from the 40-Day practice and felt guilty about it. Trudi comforts us by saying that maybe this acceptance of not getting to the some of the practices (in my case, ALL of them) is our practice. I knew I liked that Trudi! Justification. My new best friend. Anyway, Daniel lowers the boom on our group and tells us this is the start of Week 4 and we’re going to be doing a fruit fast. I’ve been dreading the fruit fast for weeks now and thought maybe we weren’t gonna do it, but apparently we are. I like fruit, but hate restrictions. But here we are. Fruit for three days. Yeehaw.
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Apr 22, 2008
We moved into our new house on Thursday and I leave Friday night to go to the mountains on a required Junior League retreat. As I close the door, both kids are whining, MJ still can’t figure out the new microwave and there are boxes filled with God knows what all over the house-Oh, and the washer is broken…super. I pledge to give MJ all the hot lovin’ he could ever want and drive away.
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Apr 22, 2008
Ever tried moving with small children? It’s like trying to run a marathon while pulling a wagon of cats behind you. Packing one box takes hours. I don’t know why, it just does. Every item requires an explanation as to why you have to pack it up. You end up saying things like, “No, I’m not giving all your toys away, I promise. Please put that back. Are you helping me?”
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Apr 19, 2008
With the 40 Days, we’re supposed to be following the diet suggestions in the book. Baron wants us to think about what we are putting on our plate, eat fresh fruits and veggies and whole grains, lean meat and fish,…yeah, yeah. This week, Baron talks about why we crave salty foods (for energy) and sweet (for comfort). My diet’s pretty good and, all things considered, pretty balanced. Shout out to equanimity!
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Apr 17, 2008
We’re into week 3 of this 40-Day Rejuvenation program and the focus is ‘equanimity.’ Try saying that three times fast while sober (hint: it’s a lot easier if you’ve had a few glasses of red; just rolls off the tongue). According to Baron Baptiste, equanimity is the art of meeting life as it meets you: calmly, without drama or fuss. He says that if you have equanimity, then you can stay centered as you experience the highs and lows of life.
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Apr 16, 2008
I have now officially become a snot factory! It’s Sunday night and all the ‘40-Day Rejuvenation’ people are supposed to meet at 6:30. We’re in the midst of packing, I’m dealing with a cold and MJ and I are in foul moods. I tell MJ I’m going to skip the meeting, but he tells me I should go. He knows I’m practically a third of the way through this thing and I need to be consistent (either that or he’s ready to get rid of me). But it’s cold and I’m snotty and it’s raining (hmm, why would MJ ever want to get rid of me?). I get to the studio and we all talk about what our expectations are for the next week: more meditation, yoga practices, and Life Coach Trudi’s homework. Great. I already feel behind.
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Apr 15, 2008
MJ and I finally close on the house we’ve been waiting to move into for oh, about, two years. Without getting into too many details, we ended up in a lawsuit for the past year, severing ties with a friend who had been involved in the process and living in an apartment for a year. So after this long, angry journey, we finally closed on our house and signed on the dotted line.
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Apr 13, 2008
I get to yoga early enough to find a nice spot in the back next to a column. I figure nobody will want to be behind a column so I’ll have some extra room. There’s not a soul on either side of me. I’m thinking good thoughts and can’t wait for the class to start. We closed on our house last night and I’m feeling optimistic about turning the page past a dark chapter in our lives. Maybe RJ can stop sleeping in a closet.
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Apr 13, 2008
I finally catch up with my mom back home in Houston. I ask her if she’s been reading my blog and she says she is, but when I ask her some detailed questions, it appears she’s only skimming the blog, not really reading every word. Support! She must’ve felt sort of guilty, because the next time I talk with her, she sounds more plugged in. “Your father says there’s entirely too much cussing in your blog.” Is she serious? “I learned from the best,” I say, referring to my old man. I was in high school before I realized that “dammit” wasn’t what you were supposed to say after you dropped, broke or burned something. I thought it was like “God bless you,” but for mistakes, not sneezes.
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