Wild Rose Cleanse

I have wanted to do a cleanse for a long time, but I thought I would be better suited for something over the weekend rather than anything long term. Then, James suggested the "Wild Rose Cleanse" which is twelve days long. I told him how difficult that would be for me and I made sure he understood I may not be the easiest person the complete such an endeavor with.
We are on Day 6 now and I am sure he has realized the truth in my warning. The first three days I was a bit of a jerk. Even though he was cooking the majority I complained about how there was "nothing good to eat". Which of course, was a lie because everything he cooked was delicious. I'm much better now that we are halfway through and I've apologized for my petulant behaviour.
The cool things about this cleanse:
1) You can eat as much of the "allowed" foods as you want (you are supposed to leave proteins for 20% of your diet but really, who is to say how much that is?)
2) It seems to work in terms of weight loss-- though what I really care about is energy levels. I'll keep you posted on that, as I just woke up from a nap so nothing has changed. Though I think it isn't supposed to until the end.
3) it forces you to be creative food wise. Yesterday I went to the grocery store and I found salsa, guacamole and CORN CHIPS we can eat. The discovery of chips has made my life so much better.

The not-so-awesome parts of the cleanse:
1) food takes time. So it is tough on the go.
2) NO SAUCE! I love sauce. Like ketchup.
3) No bread, which is another of my personal favourites.
4) the pills are laxatives which I'm sure you can understand why that would be a downside. Though if you have nothing to do and you are just hanging around the home for a couple days, it isn't so big a deal. It gets less as times goes on, as well.

Anyways, I cannot tell you how much weight I've lost as I do not own a scale, but James will tell me I'm sure, at the end. Toughest moment will be for me tomorrow as my Aunt is cooking a turnkey dinner. Stuffing is my absolute favourite thing in the whole world and I cannot have it, or gravy. But I have resolved to take a container and freeze it so I can enjoy it after next Friday. I can have most of the rest of the dinner, thankfully.

March Madness

As I wait for James to finish whatever he is doing so we can watch Indiana Jones, I have decided to write a post regaling you all of the ups and downs of March 2013.

I shall recount my tale in a way that goes positive, negative and then positive again. We learned this "sandwich" technique in school to use when talking to parents about naughty children, though most of the time I have no problem talking to parents so I haven't really utilized it too often. Anyways, here goes.

I have a job interview for an internship position starting in September. I really hope I get it because I would be much happier living where I am currently living. I have strong connections here and James is now working at a book store. I can't just drag him away from a job that benefits me in such a wonderful way. He gets discounts and he can set good books aside for me before shelving them. This is a very serious perk, and cannot be taken lightly.
The internship position is for the dorms, so my hope is that I will be able to teach and be a dorm mom at the same time.

I had to put my 20 year old dog down. This was one of the most difficult things I have done, as I had had her for 17 years. Having something constantly underfoot for that long means when it goes away, you are still tripping over something that isn't there. She was a wonderful dog, and she will be missed every day.
A week before putting Chippy down, I ran over a dog. It was very dark, and the dog was a black puppy. There was no way I could even swerve. This was clearly very traumatic for a dog lover such as myself. Luckily, the dog lived. However it may have to lose some of its toes. The owner is setting up a Facebook page for donations so I will be posting that soon. March was not a good month for me and my four legged friends. BUT in the process I found out James is secretly a superhero. My car is a Volkswagen beetle and when I pulled over on the side of the road the poor dog was still underneath the car because it is so low. James lifted the car off the dog and saved the day! He was also the most supportive when I was doing the ugly cry about Chippy. Which lasted roughly three days.

James has returned into the room and we shall start Indiana now, however I promised one more positive thing so I will say that I got to be a camp leader for a FULL WEEK! This means lots of funny stories to share, and also MONEY. Money for my credit card because it is very sad and needs some attention.

Teaching is Fun

I've been leading a drama club at the private school I did my final practicum at. We are doing the Lorax and it is going super well. The kids are all really talented, not to mention hilarious.

On Monday a grade four girl said "Kim, your boots are ATTRACTIVE". I then wasted a good two minutes just laughing and telling her how awesome she is.

I have an interview/work experience day at another private school next week! James and I went to a fundraiser for the independent school and I spoke to the principal. Networking certainly helps when it comes to working with private schools. I have been productive as well and am applying all over Canada AND THE WORLD!

And contests. I began entering them again. Which is actually what started this blog! Perhaps I will win another trip and I will regale you all with tales of my adventure. There is a Viking Longboat Cruise that I am really hoping for.

One of my friends may be going to work in China. I am sure she will have a blog, as we had one together when we went on our trip to Vietnam. Which was entirely too long ago.

I suppose that is all I have to say, for now.