I went to therapy and now I feel better. I realize the source of my anger was due to the state of my job and the way that my mother won't let me express any kind of sadness or dissatisfaction. She just cuts me off or tries to deny it in some way, and it pisses me off to no end. Why can't I have my negative feelings? And she does not understand my dissatisfaction with my job. She loves my job. (FYI, I never told her about the possibility of the other job because I knew she would shoot that idea down.) So I'm still angry, but talking to my therapist helped.

Afterward I went to Whole Foods to buy (mostly) whole foods. Recently I tried to eliminate dairy and eggs from my diet, even though I love them, in attempt to be more animal friendly. However, I read about the negative impact of too many soy products in the diet and the negative impact of any soy products in the diet of people who are hypothyroid which I technically am, since I had my thyroid gland removed. I put tons of milk in my coffee so I was having about 12 oz. of soy milk a day, not to mention the soy in Tofurky which I eat at least 4 times a week, so I decided to go back to dairy, and eggs too. I know there may be other milk alternatives, but for now, I'm sticking with dairy (1% milk of course).

I also bought apples, bananas, beets, brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, popcorn, chips, "salsa con queso" dip, yogurt, cottage cheese, Florida Crystals and frozen: pizzas, macaroni & cheese, egg rolls and whole sprouted grain bagels, and for a treat, a piece of some kind of chocolate cake.

It still hasn't snowed. I guess the storm we were supposed to get blew out to sea. Evidently, the groundhog did not see his shadow so we should be having an early spring. Of course, I don't really believe that, but I am a big fan of the holiday of Groundhog Day, and think it's worth a mention. Groundhogs are awfully cute too.

Watching: Miss Marple: What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw (2004). I taped this from PBS the last two Thursday nights and watched it today. I always enjoy Miss Marple mysteries, and there seems to be a new series of them with Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple, and I especially like her. I believe this story was actually called "The 4:50 from Paddington," a wonderfully English sounding name, but for some reason they changed it for US viewers. Bah!

Labels: food, the blues

posted by Miss Rachel 2/02/2007 03:20:00 PM

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