Day Fifty

So I got up this morning, had half a turkey patty and half a baked sweet potato left over from lunch yesterday. Then I went to work and did two hours of massage. It was my first real day back and the first day I've felt almost normal. So of course, after I finished work, I went to Lowe's and got some stuff for the patio, came home and put it up (which involved rearranging everything out there), cleaned out the litter box, made a late lunch, did the dishes, went shopping for hour and hours, and now I am totally hurting and exhausted and didn't get my homework done.  :-(

So for lunch, I tossed some stew beef in the pressure cooker with some butternut squash, carrots, ginger, cilantro, coconut aminos, granulated garlick, salt, a tiny drizzle of maple syrup, and a bit of water. I also put some rice in the rice cooker with garlic, salt, and cilantro. It was really really good.

We were out an about at dinner time and I knew I wouldn't be home til late, so we stopped at El Pollo Loco. I had a chicken thigh, some steamed broccoli, and a side salad. I mixed the chicken into the salad and drizzled just a bit of avocado salsa over it. My tummy really didn't like the avocado salsa -- I was offending myself for a while. And while I was shopping, when I went in the dressing room, I started itching -- but that always happens. I don't know if it's chemicals on the clothes or just the act of changing clothes that triggers the mast cells to release histamine. It happens sometimes at night when I get ready for bed too. Nevertheless, it didn't last long, though I totally overdid it and now I'm wrestling with myself over what to do tomorrow.