#10, #14, #29, #30

One more week!!!! One more week!!!! What am I talking about? Eating meat! For the past day, all I have wanted to eat is Chick-fil-A chicken nuggets. I can't explain the craving, but I want it so bad! I have continued to be successful with my month long vegetarian adventure (#10) and I'm thinking of modifying my meat eating habits after the month. After reading articles about red meat, I'm thinking of just adding chicken into my diet. It will be a way not to shock my body after a month of no meat and it will be healthier. I have continued to experiment a little bit and tried a black bean burger, it wasn't too bad but I think I may stay away from it. 

Since this has taken a all of my attention this month, I think I'm going to continue that idea and spend next month on #29, reading the entire Bible. One of the reasons this is on my list is not necessarily for religious or spiritual reasons, but because it's one of the most influential books of all time. This book has been criticized and scrutinized, torn apart line by line, word from word. Conservatives and Liberals talk about things being wrong and right citing the book, and I feel like it's time I delve in. I attempted to do this a while ago, but it's time to start over, beginning at Genesis. 

So #14 on my list is to write a letter or card to someone who has influenced me in my life. I'm very proud at myself for not waiting until the last day to do this. I wrote this month's card to my hairstylist, I know what you are thinking... your hairstylists??? Well, she's much more than that. She's an awesome listener and a great mother. So if you want your hair done, see Tarah at Haute Headz in Tallahassee.

So I'm making a change to my list.... That's right, I'm making a change. I feel like I can do this because it's my life and I need to do what's best for me. So, I'm changing #30. Getting a kiss from Adam McQuaid is super unlikely and won't really help myself grow or help anyone else. So at the suggestion of Tarah (see above paragraph) I'm not going to cut my hair until I'm 30. I'll get it trimmed, but I'm not going to cut it. So you're probably asking yourself, what does that have to do with helping someone else. Well, I'm gonna donate my hair to Locks of Love after my 30th birthday. Time for me to embrace my long hair. 

This is the shortest my hair will be for the next two years! (Don't know why photo wouldn't turn)

Tomorrow I head to Atlanta for men's golf NCAA Championship. Should be a great week! Well, intermission is ending and it's time to watch the Boston Bruins! 

#10, #17, #30 (Outback, Bonefish and Deli's Oh My!)

So traveling Wednesday through Sunday prevented me from posting sooner, but here is an update on my #30before30. 

Doing more of  these things have made me be on my computer far less than usual. But that is good! 

As I write this blog, it's currently intermission in Game 7 between Boston and Toronto. Adam McQuaid is playing stellar tonight (see #30).  I love my Bruins so I really hope they win tonight. It's been such an intense game so far! Hits and checks all over the place. So here is a confession, the last time I didn't want a game, I hung out with friends and acted stupidly, plus the Bruins lost. So here I am, ditching my friends for dinner. I can't help it! I just believe in superstitions I guess.

So an update on #17, listening to 1000 songs. It's been going well. I have found more and more songs that I really like 'Unchained Melody' by The Righteous Brothers, 'Wannabe' by the Spice Girls and 'Never Ever' by All Saints.... I mean, yea, I was totally just kidding on those last songs. Actually no, I loved them! Got to listen to a song I really liked that I never heard of before, 'Is She Really Going Out With Him?' by Joe Jackson. It was so good. I could listen to it all day. 

I had some hard vegetarian tests (#10), but I passed them! Traveling with sports teams can be a lot of fun, but you can have soooooo much good food. We went to Subway (not good but lots of meat), Outback Steakhouse (had one pasta choice which I ate), Bonefish (hello mix and matching sides), Jason's Deli (yummy Plain Jane potato for me), B.J.'s (cheese pizza!). And then I went home on Saturday night for mother's day and my mom made steak! 

I have gotten a lot stronger since I stopped eating meat. I feel like my body is getting cleaner and I feel more refresh. Definitely learned what I needed to add to my diet. I have been eating WAY less fast food which is obviously really good. 

Well intermission is over, time to watch the BRUINS! 

#26 Crossed Off, Update on #10

So the last five days have been very interesting for me. I am five days into my vegetarian goal (#10) and it is going okay. I started off a little skeptic but I have been doing surprisingly well. I have discovered that places like Chipolte and Moe's charge less money when you don't have meat. I have discovered that black beans are super awesome and have added tomatoes into my menu. I never liked tomatoes but am starting to like them a lot. I have discovered that my body is reacting differently now. (Perhaps it was my May the fourth be with you/Cince do Mayo party last night). The last couple days I have been sluggish. I think I need to increase my fruit intake. I'm actually becoming more and more used to the idea of being vegetarian and eating out has not been an issue for me yet. 

While I was at the party (mentioned above) someone brought a bottle of wine to the party. I never thought that I would finally find the one wine I like (#26) where it was all margaritas and Coronas. But I did it, I finally like a wine!!!! SWEET RED! It's perfect for me. I love sweet drinks and it's just what I want. 

On a personal note, May 10th is coming, it marks one year since my dad passed away . Obviously I miss my dad very much. It still hurts me knowing I can't give him a call telling him about new things in my life. It still hurts that I can't get a hug from him when a boy is mean to me. It still hurts that I can't hear him say he loves me, or he's proud of me, or that I'm beautiful. I'm sad that my sister won't have her dad at her confirmation. I'm sad my brother can't go out on the golf course with my dad. And mostly I'm sad that my mom can't lay in bed next to the man who she loves. 

However, I'm glad that I call my mom everyday. I'm glad my sister is my best friend. I'm glad my brother and I don't fight anymore. I'm glad that my family leans on one another. I'm glad we hug each other and love each other just a little bit more than we used to.