Usher in the real milk!

You know what's awesome? The feeling you get, when despite the circumstances, you just know that everything is going to be okay. Life in its purest form is the most wonderful, beautiful thing a human can experience. Profound realizations such as this never come when called, but are a natural flowing of a calm mind and comforted heart. Today, mine came after an evening spent with my husband- I stood digging at the bottom of an almond butter jar whilst staring at the sunset through a freshly woven spider's web. There were two birds cuddling at the top of a budding tree, and the sky peeking below the black cloud was painted pink. All of the flowers just getting ready to unfold, the air clean, and the land still. Funny how the most beautiful and inspiring things in this life will never be created by us. I think we get so distracted trying to recreate the jungle with concrete that we forget what the jungle actually looked like- if you get my meaning. We need so few things to be happy, yet somehow, we have convinced ourselves that we NEED. I whole heartedly believe that everything we do actually need is always provided to us, sometimes, it's just not what we expect.

actual love birds...

I was, not surprisingly, still very sick today. I tried multiple times to get moving today, but to no avail. I hate being sick. Being ill for so long makes me feel like a completely invaluable person, and instead of moping around and going back to sleep, I decided to woman up and fight it. So, I did my homemaking duties and ignored the pain. Watching cheesy 90s tv dramas helps. I found it highly entertaining to compare teenage dramas of today and yesterday. Yes, yesterday's dramas had a little bit of drinking, but not everyone was doing it. Sex was merely alluded to and still considered highly drama worthy. Even though the main character had a completely dysfunctional family, her father still resisted the urge to have an affair (even though the opportunity clearly presented itself) to prove to himself and his family that he would always practice "acting like a man." I wish more tv shows these days had family values and we as viewers found entertainment out of things that didn't have a shock value over 9000. Seriously. At least broadcasting networks still had a sense of family values- and the characters with the worst behavior didn't have a family life.

By the time Josh got home, we both decided that taking me to the ER would be pointless. Last time I went for an appointment they just offered me a shot of morphine... yea, thanks guys. So, I'm waiting until I get back home to see a nice doctor to figure out what's really wrong. I know what's wrong, I just need to know my options. I rested some more, and the absolutely beautiful weather sang to me. We decided that our last night with a normal schedule should be spent exploring one of our favorite stores, Central Market and sipping coffee. We found some very interesting food stuffs.

Josh is always interested in any type of food
that can also be considered an art form.

"Um, where do you suppose this stuff comes from?"
"That is a very good question."
We seriously questioned the marketing wisdom
of this one. Really?!

Really interesting soda flavors- lemon grass, cucumber,
vanilla, lavender, rhubarb, etc...

 I also learned that real, non-homogenized milk is not white, and it is very different tasting. Not bad, but then again, I don't much care for straight whole milk.

Our plunder. I have decided to brew my own.

I cannot wait to plant my garden!!!

The paleo diet is going well. I've had copious amount of chicken today and am really trying to commit to a lower carb intake. I've done pretty well, aside from my few drinks of the root beer and coffee I shared with Josh. My main sources of carbs were an apple and frozen blue berries. 

1 slice bacon

2.5 eggs

2.5 servings of chicken

apple

3 Tbs almond butter

1/2 c blueberries 

I'm guessing my calorie intake was somewhere in the 1500s. I'm not being militant. I'm going by how my body feels at the moment.

Meanwhile, in Boomerland, there was much derping to be had-