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Gluten Free/Carnivore

This past week has been filled with everything but my favorite food group- carbs. 

I am now gluten free. 

That means no pasta, no bread, no cake, no cereal, no nothin.

I have literally had dreams of pasta; I miss it so much.

All I have been eating is salad, potatoes, and MEAT.

I love steak.

I am a carnivore. 

I have been since before I could walk. 

Meat was actually the inspiration for me to even start crawling. 

Like many of my other monumental stages in my life, my brother was there to help me along. 

He decided the most logical way to teach me to crawl was by sticking a yard stick in the back of my diaper and tying a piece of jerky to the end of it so that it dangled in front of me.

That was all the inspiration I needed. 

Off I was crawling. 

I feel so reassured that my brother is going to be a doctor.

When he sees someone who can't walk, he will simply hand them a yard stick and a bag of dried cow.

No other compares

All you need as a kid is a good friend. 

Well, it has been established I was a weird child, so when those friends weren't always around,

I made it work. 

One of my best childhood friends I can remember, was named Oreo:

We shared everything. Even my ice cream. 

He wasn't ours. 

Oh no. 

We are not dog people.

But we would have play dates. 

He would follow me everywhere, listen to my stories, and actually play with me. 

I don't know how hard it is for a dog to play the role of "dog" in the game of house though. 

He was the best dog ever! 

I miss this dog all the time. 

My heart has never loved another dog the way I loved Oreo.

In fact I don't think it has loved a dog at all. 

Oreo just kinda disappeared. I think the family that actually owned him moved away.

So we replaced him with a black and white cat named Miss Kitty....

Not as friendly... 

She is still alive, barely. 

I have decided that I will tell my children that I am allergic to all pets, including fish. 

All they do is latch on to your heart and then die. 

No fun at all. 

RENO, NV

 This is a picture of the drive from Reno to Salt Lake. 

It is the most boring drive out there- I am convinced. 

It is all dead and flat. 

Then you hit the salt flats and you really feel like you are in the middle of no where, driving on what seems to be a treadmill. 

You don't feel like you are moving at all. 

But the eight hours goes by fast when you have someone else with you. 

I drove with my sister, and we listened to This American Life.

We learned about Apple, carnivals, Obama look-a-likes, and lots of other really cool stuff you can't find anywhere else. 

The highlight of the drive had to be when a car of three teenage boys drove up next to us

 holding a sign that said :

CALL ME MAYBE

Personally, I love that song. 

My sister laughed, but wasn't so flattered. 

We then had the awkwardness of making sure that our car stayed a good distance behind or in front of them.

They were adamant. They even gave us their digits. 

Neither of us really felt desperate enough to call them up, unfortunately.

We went home because my sister ran in Bay to Breakers.

It is a 10K that winds through Golden Gate Park. 

There were crazies galore! 

Needless to say my family has already made plans to do it next year; I think we will fit right in. 

I love my family, but weird doesn't begin to describe us. 

I think we are more dysfunctional than anything actually.

My mother is the main culprit, but we all inherited the trait. 

These were our Christmas pictures a couple years ago. 

Awful. 

My brother and Dad refused to join. 

My family is awesome.

Every time I go home the food is always amazing, but I start to remember what makes my family so much

"fun".

The top quotes of this past weekend were:

-"When do you leave for Ughanna?"

This was said to Jaclyn, who is spending the summer in Uganda. Close mom,

-"I just want a shirt that says run on it or something"

This was said by Elizabeth as we walked into Nike town.

-"Wow, when I put these on it's like I'm seeing the world through Instagram."

And, this would be by me after I put on my new sunglasses. 

San Fran was a blast, except I didn't find my knock off purse. 

It might be because I was going into the shops asking for their fake bags, I didn't realize they were trying to pass them off as being real. 

I probably disrespected their Chinese honor.  

the most random place to sleep

Today at work I came across a person asleep under one of the study tables. 

I work in a library... not a hotel. 

At first I was really shocked to come across someone completely zonked out.

 The shock wore off real fast.

My next rational desire was to pull out my phone and take a picture.

he woke up. 

I can imagine his shock; waking up to a girl staring and laughing at you with her phone out.

 I didn't know what to do next so I just kinda ran away and pretended like my services were needed elsewhere.

This is after we made full eye contact.

He had a look of disturbance on his face, can't imagine why...

unfortunately I didn't get a picture.
DEPRESSING. 

Seeing him under that table reminded me of all the random places my parents used to find me sleeping. The reason I had the urge to take a picture is because my parents used to take pictures of me asleep all the time: 

Falling asleep with goggles on is not the best idea one can think of. They cut my circulation completely off. My mom recalls waking me up and seeing that my eyes were completely swollen and some what purple, removed the goggles and simply let me go back to sleep. 

I don't know why I had them on even. Clearly I was not planning on going swimming anytime soon. I would've been fully equipped with my pool floaties if that were the case.   

This is just funny. I'm glad my mom got the camera out before attempting to cover up her immodest 5 year old daughter. 

I can't even tell you how many pictures my mom has taken of me while I am sleeping. She thinks it is really funny for some reason. 

I blame her for all of my socially unacceptable behaviors. 

My sister claims I am the worst bed sharer ever. 

To that I say, it isn't my fault I wet the bed.

Not anymore though!  

And it isn't my fault that I enjoy sleeping in an L position. 

It is somewhat displayed here. 

I love to have my head father forward than my knees. 

Prime sleeping position. 

One time when me and my sister were sharing a bed, I accidentally had an accident (wordy I know). 

I just kept telling her to scoot over every five minutes or so, until there was no where else to go and the bed was soaked. 

OOPS.

She got revenge by bringing her rabbit into our room and letting it play on the bed while I was asleep. 

The rabbit had an accident as well. 

It was aiming for me. 

I spent the next hour in the bathtub, waiting for my mom to come home and actually do something about this. 

I was six and would not stand for rabbits in my bed. 

15 things to give up

Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy – we cling on to them. Not anymore. Starting today we will give up on all those things that no longer serve us, and we will embrace change. Ready? Here we go:

1. GIVE UP YOUR NEED TO ALWAYS BE RIGHT

 There are so many of us who can’t stand the idea of being wrong – wanting to always be right – even at the risk of ending great relationships or causing a great deal of stress and pain, for us and for others. It’s just not worth it. Whenever you feel the ‘urgent’ need to jump into a fight over who is right and who is wrong, ask yourself this question: “Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?”Wayne Dyer. What difference will that make? Is your ego really that big?

2. GIVE UP YOUR NEED FOR CONTROL

Be willing to give up your need to always control everything that happens to you and around you – situations, events, people, etc. Whether they are loved ones, coworkers, or just strangers you meet on the street – just allow them to be. Allow everything and everyone to be just as they are and you will see how much better will that make you feel.

“By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond winning.” Lao Tzu

3. GIVE UP ON BLAME

 Give up on your need to blame others for what you have or don’t have, for what you feel or don’t feel. Stop giving your powers away and start taking responsibility for your life.

4. GIVE UP YOUR SELF-DEFEATING SELF-TALK

 Oh my. How many people are hurting themselves because of their negative, polluted and repetitive self-defeating mindset? Don’t believe everything that your mind is telling you – especially if it’s negative and self-defeating. You are better than that.

“The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive.” Eckhart Tolle

5. GIVE UP YOUR LIMITING BELIEFS

about what you can or cannot do, about what is possible or impossible. From now on, you are no longer going to allow your limiting beliefs to keep you stuck in the wrong place. Spread your wings and fly!

“A belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind” Elly Roselle

6. GIVE UP COMPLAINING

 Give up your constant need to complain about those many, many, maaany things – people, situations, events that make you unhappy, sad and depressed. Nobody can make you unhappy, no situation can make you sad or miserable unless you allow it to. It’s not the situation that triggers those feelings in you, but how you choose to look at it. Never underestimate the power of positive thinking.

7. GIVE UP THE LUXURY OF CRITICISM

Give up your need to criticize things, events or people that are different than you. We are all different, yet we are all the same. We all want to be happy, we all want to love and be loved and we all want to be understood. We all want something, and something is wished by us all.

8. GIVE UP YOUR NEED TO IMPRESS OTHERS

Stop trying so hard to be something that you’re not just to make others like you. It doesn’t work this way. The moment you stop trying so hard to be something that you’re not, the moment you take off all your masks, the moment you accept and embrace the real you, you will find people will be drawn to you, effortlessly.

9. GIVE UP YOUR RESISTANCE TO CHANGE

 Change is good. Change will help you move from A to B. Change will help you make improvements in your life and also the lives of those around you. Follow your bliss, embrace change – don’t resist it.
“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls” Joseph Campbell

10. GIVE UP LABELS

 Stop labeling those things, people or events that you don’t understand as being weird or different and try opening your mind, little by little. Minds only work when open. “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.” Wayne Dyer

11. GIVE UP ON YOUR FEARS

Fear is just an illusion, it doesn’t exist – you created it. It’s all in your mind. Correct the inside and the outside will fall into place.
“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt

12. GIVE UP YOUR EXCUSES

Send them packing and tell them they’re fired. You no longer need them. A lot of times we limit ourselves because of the many excuses we use. Instead of growing and working on improving ourselves and our lives, we get stuck, lying to ourselves, using all kind of excuses – excuses that 99.9% of the time are not even real.

13. GIVE UP THE PAST

I know, I know. It’s hard. Especially when the past looks so much better than the present and the future looks so frightening, but you have to take into consideration the fact that the present moment is all you have and all you will ever have. The past you are now longing for – the past that you are now dreaming about – was ignored by you when it was present. Stop deluding yourself. Be present in everything you do and enjoy life. After all life is a journey not a destination. Have a clear vision for the future, prepare yourself, but always be present in the now.

14. GIVE UP ATTACHMENT

This is a concept that, for most of us is so hard to grasp and I have to tell you that it was for me too, (it still is) but it’s not something impossible. You get better and better at with time and practice. The moment you detach yourself from all things, (and that doesn’t mean you give up your love for them – because love and attachment have nothing to do with one another,  attachment comes from a place of fear, while love… well, real love is pure, kind, and self less, where there is love there can’t be fear, and because of that, attachment and love cannot coexist) you become so peaceful, so tolerant, so kind, and so serene. You will get to a place where you will be able to understand all things without even trying. A state beyond words.

15. GIVE UP LIVING YOUR LIFE TO OTHER PEOPLE’S EXPECTATIONS

Way too many people are living a life that is not theirs to live. They live their lives according to what others think is best for them, they live their lives according to what their parents think is best for them, to what their friends, their enemies and their teachers, their government and the media think is best for them. They ignore their inner voice, that inner calling. They are so busy with pleasing everybody, with living up to other people’s expectations, that they lose control over their lives. They forget what makes them happy, what they want, what they need….and eventually they forget about themselves.  You have one life – this one right now – you must live it, own it, and especially don’t let other people’s opinions distract you from your path.

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