hell on earth...

OKay, so maybe the title is a little dramatic....Last night I got my hair cut. I decided that since my face is already slender and only getting skinnier, having really long hair wasn't helping matters. Not to mention that I have an extremely long skinny neck...also not helping the sunken in look - which also makes me look OLD, or maybe too young - I haven't decided. Some days it makes me look like a fifteen year old, others, I look 45. Today is definitely a 45 year old look. After getting my hair cut I started to get a headache which just progressed. I got in the shower to get any stray hairs clinging to me and hoping that maybe it would help the headache. Instead it just got worse. I took some tylenol...but it just got worse. As a kid, I suffered severe migraines. By the time I reached 4th grade I was getting them at LEAST once a week. Over the years, they have quieted down to about 2-3 a year. I have learned how to handle them for the most part before they become full blown. Usually it starts with a bad headache but then I start to have blurred vision, I see halos or stars and I can head off the migraine by taking medicine. Last night however, I had no tell tell signs that it was coming, just a regular headache that developed into a migraine over the course of an hour. I couldn't sleep no matter how hard I tried, nothing was working. Any slight light was deblilitating. Noise made me nauseous, trying to move was like pushing a semi uphill barefoot with the road covered in nails and broken glass. So at 3:00 in the morning I decided to take more medicine. When I got up from the bed I was disoriented, it was very bizarre. Not only did my legs feel like 300 pound weights, but I was so dizzy I had a hard time even walking straight. I was sure I was going to be sick, so I got to the bathroom...I finally made my way down stairs, took the medicine, and tried to make it up the stairs. I was basically crawling up the stairs. The nausea was terrible, the dizziness was so much worse. I seriously felt as though I had been drinking heavily - to the point of vomiting..except all I had to drink yesterday was lots of water and a glass of green tea.I made it to the bed and just fell over...I had to lay there for a few minutes with only my torso on the bed..my legs and arms were just kind of hanging off. I was covered in sweat, and freezing cold at the same time. After about 5 minutes (which felt like 30) I finally got my whole body on the bed. The last time I looked at the clock it was 5:45.
Today, we were supposed to take Logan to a T-ball meeting at 10:00, which meant that I needed to be up at 8 to cook breakfast, get lunch ready so that it would be there at noon when the meeting was over, and get myself and the kids ready. So, I did get up at 8, got breakfast made, and talked to JR about last night. I fed Landry...who by the way is a little piglet, LOL...and JR said he would take Logan and I could stay here with Landry, since her naptime is 11:00. This way I could some sleep and Landry wouldn't have to push back her nap.
I feel much better, I only have a slight headache, and honestly I exhausted but can't sleep. It's 11:00 now, and I just put the baby down, so I should try to sleep...ughhh. Since waking up at 8...I made breakfast for JR and I - egg whites with onion and tomato and 1/2 cup of fruit...today I chose blackberries and apples slices. Then I made Landry and Logan's breakfast, 1 egg (they split it) with onion and 1/2 cup of fruit...They chose apples and blueberries...although Landry usually only wants grapes! Then I started on our snack for today, so I cut up carrots, broccoli, and celery. Last night I started the prep work for today's snack, which making your own veggie dip. I will put the recipe at the bottom if you are interested. So after cutting those veggies, JR asked if I would have lunch ready when he got home from the meeting, so I started on our lunches which is a spinach salad with squash, fresh green beans, cucumber, onion, carrots, and onion. Anyway, the point is I finally finished food preparations after working for an hour and a half....this diet is seriously demanding in the kitchen - which I like on one part, but on the other part EVERY SINGLE TIME I head to the kitchen to start preparing a meal...Landry goes strait to her high chair, and climbs in and then starts demanding food! Geesh! I will say that I am really happy with the diet because it has really forced me to give my kids really balanced diets, which has cleared up Landry's constipation problem! I am also very happy with the fact that I am so incredibly blessed with my kids and the food they will eat. Landry really seems to love bell pepper, but not broccoli...Logan loves broccoli (he calls them trees), but isn't a fan of asparagus! LOL... But they both love fruit, except bananas, they love veggies...and they will pretty much eat anything you put in front of them! They have even taken to my chicken nuggets...which is just baked chicken breast cut into chunks and seasoned with seasoning salt - instead of the store bought nuggets. I am a proud mamma!
Recipe: spicy yogurt dip
ingredients: 32oz. fat-free plain yogurt, onion salt, garlic salt, seasoning salt.
Using a strainer, line it with a white paper towel or a coffee filter. Place over a bowl. Scoop all 32 oz. of yogurt into the coffee filter/strainer. Cover with foil - but in refrigerator for 8 hours or overnight. The liquid from the bowl can be discarded...place the "yogurt-cheese" in a bowl and season to your liking.