Vegan Again

So this past week has been a little rough. I developed a horrible head cold that I thought was allergy related until I couldn't breathe out of my nose and I had a tremendous amount of coughing and blocked ears. It started last Saturday and by Tuesday I couldn't even sit up without a headache. But I think the worst has passed and I am glad to say that I am on the way to recovery. But the cold made me think seriously about my health and how I need to take better care of my body. Over the past 6 months since I left DC (can it have been that long already!) I have gained a shocking amount of weight from inactivity and bad food choices. Over the course of the past week I thought back to a happier time in my life where I was managing my weight and I looked and felt great. Surprisingly that time was when I went vegan for about a month and a half in the summer of 2008. The pounds melted off and I slept and felt better that I had ever in my life and I had a ton of energy. So I was already in the frame of mind to get started on my new vegan path when I had to go to David's Bridal to try on my bridesmaid's dress for my cousin's wedding in June. Umm...needless to say I was shocked on the number on the tag. Omigosh! I knew formal wear was not forgiving but holy crap. So after the trauma of being in a fitting room that had almost shear fabric covering the tiny entrance way so that you were not shielded from the public or passersby in the changing room, I headed home thinking about the fact that going vegan was not a leisurely choice anymore it was necessity. So next week the journey Veganland begins. I'm more than ready for it because I have become so uncomfortable and I don't want to feel so sluggish and tired or have to squeeze myself into my clothes any more. So it's vegan, again.

On This Perfect Day...

Today is definitely a wonderful day! It's gorgeous outside and me not being an outside kind of person could not be more shocked that I feel that way. But I woke up this morning in a kind of fog. I was up resisting sleeping for a long time last night and then I went to sleep and didn't sleep fully which I don't know why I do that but I had a long day after going to the New York Historical Society and getting to handle documents over one hundred years old. After that I took a long walk down to Rockefeller Center where I saw Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. After the show I took the train to New Jersey and got home at almost 10. No wonder I was a little loopy this morning. But I got up and did some work and then watched a little tv. Afterwards I went outside and could not believe it was so nice out there. I drove with the windows down and my favorite music on. It was great! Everyone was driving with their windows down and I think people were in a better mood altogether. It was wonderful. I wished that I had somewhere I needed to be in order to keep driving or that I could get around Woodbridge without getting lost.But I was running out of gas and I wanted to get home to eat lunch which was a Chicken BLT salad from Wendy's and a baked potato, yum! I also got to watch the end of one of my favorite movies, Frequency. I absolutely love this movie and was so excited to see it on. After lunch I did some work and I then took a nap because my body would not move or read one more inch.

It was not the most interesting day but it felt good. I enjoyed today. I have been enjoying other days as well but I really just got to be today and I think it's important to do that everyday. Plus it helped that today felt like the most perfect spring day ever. Maybe I just haven't been paying attention or living in the wrong place during past springs but this was one of the best days ever!