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| Me, hiding ;) |
Then the new year rolled around, and life really got interesting. As most of you know, I work at a doctor's office, as the manager. I also have a manager under me, who heads up our northern offices, while I maintain the central offices. However, she decided to take a little "vacation" called maternity leave (j/k, I know that's no vacation!!), and she abandoned me to manage all four offices full time from mid-January until mid-April. FUN! Between commuting and actually working 5-6 days a week, I was hitting 55-60 hours on a regular basis. Um, yuck. Thankfully, that is over and done with, and life is starting to go back to normal. At least, as far as work goes. I really hope I never have to work an hour of overtime again in my life. Even if it means I never make that much money again!
Also around the time I first disappeared, Luke and I started going back to church (looooong story), which has been an adjustment to say the least. It has been very emotionally draining and time consuming. But, I suppose there have also been some good things about it. But mostly I've felt the time crunch as a few precious hours of my weekend slip out of reach each Sunday.
Some very good news though - we finally made it through the pre-grad school process! Luke was accepted into three great MBA programs, and in the end we picked the one that made the most sense logistically and financially. Come August, Luke will be returning to his true blue cougar roots at BYU. The next great adventure awaits! Now we just gotta get through graduation from his undergrad program this week ;)
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| Luke @ BYU in 2002 |
As well as being busy, my life has also been somewhat frustrating. Why, you ask? Well, I have been sick. A lot. And this has led to the crux of my blog absence. I'm bitter. I feel like I'm doing everything "right" and it's not working. I've been eating Paleo/grain-free for almost a year now. I'm even doing a sugar detox (more on that later). This is what I eat on a normal day:
Eggs
Chicken
Turkey
Bacon (occasionally)
Beef
Seafood
Leafy greens
Squash
Sweet potato
Avocado
Tomato
Other veggies
Nuts/seeds
Berries
Apples
Dark chocolate (occasionally)
Herbal tea
Water
Other than my two little indulgences (chocolate and bacon), I eat pretty damn healthy! So why am I still getting sick? On a very regular basis even? I take probiotics and vitamins. I sleep 6-8 hours a night, in complete darkness. I've even started exercising again in the last month and a half.
I'm at a loss.
So, yes, I have been a little resentful of the food going into my mouth. As a result, I've become a little less passionate about coming up with or posting about my great new, fun recipes and finds. I do have a few theories of trigger foods I can test, and I've got an appointment lined up with a specialist, to see if there actually is an MD out there who can help me. We'll see.
But I miss you guys. I miss sharing my successes, and even my failures, on the blog. I miss being excited about food. I still have my moments where I'll stumble across something that I am anxious to photograph, to post, to share with the world, because I loved it, and I have a feeling someone else out there might as well.
I've decided to stop being a downer, and get back on board, because I am still passionate about food. Plus, life is starting to get a little easier again.
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| Delicious food that I love! |
- Stephanie
5 comments:
Wow, yes. You have been busy! I love bacon-wrapped asparagus! We've been eating buckets of that lately. Sorry to hear you've been sick, and with no reason you can identify. We've had a little of that too, and I wonder which food (or any?) is causing it for us.
Well, so glad you're back! Have an awesome day!
hello. do you know your blood type ? that was the final piece of the puzzle for me. i was doing vegan paleo for a while and that was tough. now that i understand which foods suit my particular biology it all makes so much more sense. look up some of the dr d'adamo books. the gentoype diet book really helped me enormously. or better still find a practitioner. good luck, don't feel alone or damaged, you're not :) thanks for sharing your thoughts here.
Hey, I am a newcomer to your blog. I saw a comment you made elsewhere and was intrigued because you mentioned food allergies. I have celiac disease or gluten intolerance from some cause. I just thought I'd congratulate you and your husband for his acceptance to BYU grad school and returning to church. :) Hope life is doing better since you wrote this post.
~ Michelle
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