Yay tea.
First icon I've made of myself in a long time... first one with short hair, even! I've decided it will be an excellent zen icon.
My disease is rapidly passing. Yesterday was the last day of feeling too cold/too hot, and today all I've had to deal with is a stuffy or runny nose, sneezing, and period cramps (oh joy). Not sure if it's going to develop into a cough or not, but either way the worst is over. I will absolutely swear up and down by the power of vitamins in shortening the duration of a cold. I've been taking Kirkland brand vitamin packs daily (multivitamin, vitamin E, ginseng, vitamin C, calcium) for months, and then as soon as I felt the sore throat come on I started popping echinacea with goldenseal and vitamin C every hour on the hour when I could manage it. Thanks to that I've never felt worse than 'blah' and never needed to crash, and my symptoms haven't been remotely severe, just enough to be noticeably sick. I got my sore throat at 10 PM Friday, it's only Tuesday and already I'm just about over it. In the past I used to have colds where I'd be pretty dead those first 3 days and then just marginal for another 2 or 3, so this is an excellent improvement. The only thing that has suffered has been working out, and my diet plan... hoping to get back on the wagon tomorrow.
Made chicken stirfry tonight; marinading meat is definitely the way to go, it always comes out so flavorful. I like to use a mixture of garlic, ginger, soy sauce, olive or garlic oil, salt and pepper, brown sugar, and red pepper flakes. Lime would have been nice but I had none on hand. I could've done better on the veggies; I've decided I'm not a big fan of the bok choy and napa cabbage that came in my stir fry mix. I'd rather stick to heartier veggies, like chunks of carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, snow peas, celery and bell peppers. Lesson learned for next time. I do love throwing in several cloves of garlic though, sliced in small chunks; I always get excited when I find them in my bowl, haha. Mmm, garlic.
Yes, I'm procrastinating... I'd better get back to my Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition reading. I've come to the conclusion that ovaries are really kind of gross, because in order to ovulate an egg, the follicle on the ovary literally has to explode. And the non-splodey ones look like giant warts of varying sizes hanging out on the ovary. It reminds me of Alien somehow, haha.
All right, back to the grind! Especially since I'm in a much better mood than I have been since yesterday, so I'd better make use of it while it's here and before I start getting all mopey with stress again :-P
My disease is rapidly passing. Yesterday was the last day of feeling too cold/too hot, and today all I've had to deal with is a stuffy or runny nose, sneezing, and period cramps (oh joy). Not sure if it's going to develop into a cough or not, but either way the worst is over. I will absolutely swear up and down by the power of vitamins in shortening the duration of a cold. I've been taking Kirkland brand vitamin packs daily (multivitamin, vitamin E, ginseng, vitamin C, calcium) for months, and then as soon as I felt the sore throat come on I started popping echinacea with goldenseal and vitamin C every hour on the hour when I could manage it. Thanks to that I've never felt worse than 'blah' and never needed to crash, and my symptoms haven't been remotely severe, just enough to be noticeably sick. I got my sore throat at 10 PM Friday, it's only Tuesday and already I'm just about over it. In the past I used to have colds where I'd be pretty dead those first 3 days and then just marginal for another 2 or 3, so this is an excellent improvement. The only thing that has suffered has been working out, and my diet plan... hoping to get back on the wagon tomorrow.
Made chicken stirfry tonight; marinading meat is definitely the way to go, it always comes out so flavorful. I like to use a mixture of garlic, ginger, soy sauce, olive or garlic oil, salt and pepper, brown sugar, and red pepper flakes. Lime would have been nice but I had none on hand. I could've done better on the veggies; I've decided I'm not a big fan of the bok choy and napa cabbage that came in my stir fry mix. I'd rather stick to heartier veggies, like chunks of carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, snow peas, celery and bell peppers. Lesson learned for next time. I do love throwing in several cloves of garlic though, sliced in small chunks; I always get excited when I find them in my bowl, haha. Mmm, garlic.
Yes, I'm procrastinating... I'd better get back to my Pathways to Pregnancy and Parturition reading. I've come to the conclusion that ovaries are really kind of gross, because in order to ovulate an egg, the follicle on the ovary literally has to explode. And the non-splodey ones look like giant warts of varying sizes hanging out on the ovary. It reminds me of Alien somehow, haha.
All right, back to the grind! Especially since I'm in a much better mood than I have been since yesterday, so I'd better make use of it while it's here and before I start getting all mopey with stress again :-P