What Happened
I slept for 7 hours! Holy carrots, it was nice. I may have been late for the day, but it was most definitely worth it. Bling! I also remembered to put three raw carrots in a plastic bag to take with me.
I went with dirty laundry from the past three weeks to my parent's house. This is why I love parents. My mom even did a few of the loads when I wandered off. Good ole moms. My family was meeting at my parent's house to have dinner together, something we try to do most Sunday evenings. The food ranges from good to amazing, so it's not something I am eager to miss. Unfortunately I am unable to participate, so if it weren't for my laundry I wouldn't have gone. My mom had made some home-made meatballs and spaghetti sauce. There were also some tasty looking sausages in there, as well as other random bits like salad. (Confirmed as a very authentic meal by a present Italian) For dessert someone had made chocolate cake and my sister-in-law made cinnamon rolls. Let me tell you, everything looked and smelled amazing. I even considered make Sunday a "day off" from the Orange Man Project, but I am committed. Instead of eating, I took a nap for an hour. An hour! That brings my total sleep time for today up to an incredible 8 hours! I really hope this trend continues.
My older sister and brother wanted to know why I wasn't eating, and I told them that I was trying to give myself Carotenemia. My sister has worked in a doctor's office for over 10 years, and my brother is a sane chiropractor, so they actually knew what it was without having to explain it. Weird. I told them I was eating only carrots and they were not concerned at all. Either they think it's safe, or they don't really care how safe I am. It could honestly be either. My brother did think I should eat other orange and red vegetables, but I waived him away. This is about the carrots.
A few slightly odd things happened at my parents house. When I got there, there were three black teenagers sitting on my parents couch watch some show. One girl and two guys, one with a very happenin afro. Random people in my parent's house that I've never met aren't unusual, but these people didn't really say anything. When I left and came back, they weren't there and nobody mentioned them. Maybe they were just metaphorical? When I first got there and started to separate my laundry, I set my carrots on the kitchen counter and grabbed one to take with me and eat. Once the washer was started, I went to grab another, but half of it was MIA. There wasn't anyone around, and when I mentioned to said black folks, they didn't say anything. Beats me.
When I got home, I had an email from someone asking where the link to buy a t-shirt is. I don't have t-shirts right now, and had honestly never thought about them. Maybe I will come up with a design, but it is not a huge priority. In fact, it isn't really a priority at all. I'll think about it while driving and see if anything comes to me. Or in the bathroom. I don't know what it is about urinals, but I have had some pretty brilliant thoughts in front of them.
This also inspired me to copy/paste my pages into Microsoft Word to check for spelling errors, and I learned many things from this experience. I can't spell "happened" or "transferred", "incompitancey" isn't a word, I make up lots of words (which explains why I stink at Scrabble), and "jello" isn't in the Microsoft Word spell checker. Google returns 2.6 million hits for "Jello" so this really surprises me. Perhaps Microsoft programmers only take solids or liquids, and nothing in between.
Eating Schedule
I ate some of the steamed carrots I made yesterday for breakfast this morning. Not quite as appetizing as last night, but not bad either. For lunch I ate 2.5 raw carrots. It would have been 3, but something happened. Dinner was more steamed carrots from last night, this time heated up in the microwave with dipping olive oil poured over it. As far as I could tell, it was about as good as last night. Tastiness.
How I Felt
Other than being hungry from about 12:30 pm on, I was pretty good. I think I might even be a little hungry now, or my stomach isn't happy about something. It is mild enough that I just don't know yet. I'm doing better today than I was yesterday. Is this upturn in events due solely to the steamed carrots? I plan to find out by going without steaming for a few days to see if I revert to grasping my head in the fetal position. At least I have a cure if it comes to that.
Weight Measurement
236.2 lbs. I'm pretty sure I didn't drink enough water today. Between morning and evening it was pretty much nil. I noticed that my belt that I just bought no longer has enough holes to become tight on me. It isn't super loose yet, but this may entail another trip to the clothing store. I hate belt shopping because nothing ever appeals to me. Fortunately I have a continuous slider buckle (or whatever they are called) belt that I picked up at Old Navy. It will hold me for any weight under 350 lbs.
