Plane tickets that make me happy
So, my fiancee (derelictxdreams) has decided to put herself on the low-carb diet from now until the wedding. She has a few more pounds of "baby weight" that she has to lose in order to fit into the $1000 custom-made wedding dress that we purchased a couple months before finding out that she was pregnant. She loves the dress, and frankly we can't afford to replace it, so she feels like she really has no other option.
I am happy with the way she looks now, but I realize there is merit to the "wedding dress argument". It took her a while to talk me into "letting" her do this diet, mainly because of her health problems. I bought her the Atkins book on her Nook, and told her she has to read it before she can start the diet. Of course, those idle that fell on deaf ears, because she began yesterday.
Assuming she sticks it out, and assuming she doesn't gain all the weight back right after the wedding, I will probably be happy she did this. But right now .... Jesus Christ .... life is going to be tough for a while. Cooking for a person who can only consume 20 grams of carbohydrates per day makes me feel like Ken Mattingly in Apollo 13, as he sits in the simulator trying to find a sequence that doesn't go over the available number of amps. As I contemplate options for dinner, I think "I could make this, add a little that, and then some of this....fuck, 21 grams."
On a related wedding note, my brother from California (a_voice) has purchased plane tickets for himself and his wife (quiet_exchange) for the week of the wedding! I am so excited, because I honestly did not think they would be able to come. This means that both of my brothers and their significant others will be here! They will likely be the only family I have here, but honestly, that is fine with me. I pretty much despise the rest of my family anyway. It would be nice if my grandma and grandpa could be here, but they are too elderly to make the trip from Arkansas to Florida on their own, and none of my other family members will make the effort or go to the expense to bring them.
Every time I see my brothers, especially Brandon, I think "this could easily be the last time I ever see him". I definitely had that thought the last time, which was May 2011 after the tornado. He flew in to help with the relief effort (he is a paramedic) and spent the week at my house. I moved to Florida shortly after, and he lives in California, so we could hardly be farther apart. In fact, I live about as close to my friend redfi in England as I do him.
He and I used to be "best friends" ... but the years of extreme distance and ... well, life itself ... has put a pretty big canyon between us. I'm hoping that this trip can bring us closer, again.
I am happy with the way she looks now, but I realize there is merit to the "wedding dress argument". It took her a while to talk me into "letting" her do this diet, mainly because of her health problems. I bought her the Atkins book on her Nook, and told her she has to read it before she can start the diet. Of course, those idle that fell on deaf ears, because she began yesterday.
Assuming she sticks it out, and assuming she doesn't gain all the weight back right after the wedding, I will probably be happy she did this. But right now .... Jesus Christ .... life is going to be tough for a while. Cooking for a person who can only consume 20 grams of carbohydrates per day makes me feel like Ken Mattingly in Apollo 13, as he sits in the simulator trying to find a sequence that doesn't go over the available number of amps. As I contemplate options for dinner, I think "I could make this, add a little that, and then some of this....fuck, 21 grams."
On a related wedding note, my brother from California (a_voice) has purchased plane tickets for himself and his wife (quiet_exchange) for the week of the wedding! I am so excited, because I honestly did not think they would be able to come. This means that both of my brothers and their significant others will be here! They will likely be the only family I have here, but honestly, that is fine with me. I pretty much despise the rest of my family anyway. It would be nice if my grandma and grandpa could be here, but they are too elderly to make the trip from Arkansas to Florida on their own, and none of my other family members will make the effort or go to the expense to bring them.
Every time I see my brothers, especially Brandon, I think "this could easily be the last time I ever see him". I definitely had that thought the last time, which was May 2011 after the tornado. He flew in to help with the relief effort (he is a paramedic) and spent the week at my house. I moved to Florida shortly after, and he lives in California, so we could hardly be farther apart. In fact, I live about as close to my friend redfi in England as I do him.
He and I used to be "best friends" ... but the years of extreme distance and ... well, life itself ... has put a pretty big canyon between us. I'm hoping that this trip can bring us closer, again.