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Well, even though there are nay-sayers out there like the comment in my last blog (Casey…pshhh… using my own words against me to make it sound gross… okay, it is gross) I have started drinking ACV. FYI: I am drinking Braggs Organic Apple Cidar Vinegar. I started last night and again this morning. Last night it was in a glass of water with a little honey- I added about a 1/4 cup of ACV. It wasn’t….. so bad. It was pretty bad. This morning I forgo’d the honey and just did equal parts water and vinegar. It was even worse. It’s not like you can chug either. It’s so sour that your throat closes down. But I made it through, even though there are no major life changes yet. I plan to drink it every morning and before bed until Labor Day. Let’s see if I can make it longer than my last stint with Weightwatchers. They are both about equally painful.
PostScript: Casey: it’s not like a drank it from his sores, dude. I swear.
PostPostScript: I read online about a woman who’s been drinking ACV for 10 years that is 44 and just got asked out by a 19 year old. That could be me.
PostPostPostScript: One of my co-workers DOESN’T think I’m crazy.
Hi! How are you? Nice to see you! Been a while, huh?
I have a few stories to tell. They will all connect, and I’m kind of a cracked out writer today. Sorry. It will go a little like this… Ella to Ziggy to Me Leaving Weird Messages on Answering Machines to Weird Health Food Fads.
Are you ready?
Things are going FINE here at Mattchrisella household. Ella has been home for a little over a week now and it’s been a tough transition. It always is. Especially this time, since on her way back to Kansas she was in a wreck. Not only her, but also my mom, sister, my nephew and my *new* niece. It was a crazy, shitty 10 car pile up! My family was personally hit by a semi truck. They even cut my mom out with the THE JAWS OF LIFE. Everyone is just fine… great actually. Strangely enough. Ella has a little post traumatic stress going on every time we get in the car. She isn’t visible shaken in the car, but it comes out in other ways like she gets scared when I brake fast, or sometimes when I drive fast she gets a stomachache. I get it though. Wrecks are scary.
She has also had major separation anxiety. She cries (freaks the fuck out) when I drop her off at school, cries when Matt leaves for overnight workdays, shit, she even cries when I take Ziggy on a walk.
It’s been a tough transition.
Speaking of Ziggy. On Friday night I noticed some sores around his hips. Awesome! So I trimmed up the hair around the sores and googled what it might be. I figured I might as well try to get to the bottom of it since I had to wait until Monday for the vet anyways. Well, I found out they were hot spots or summer sores. Which can be cause by heat (check), allergies (unknown, but maybe?), lots of hair (he’s two weeks past a grooming), being neurotic (check), or infection (maybe!). Ugh. So what I found out is that I could treat it with Apple Cider Vinegar. So I have been applying it all weekend and it seems to be working! Plus, I got him groomed so he is a lot less hairy now. In the process of the grooming, we also found out the culprit of his sores. They always squeeze his anal sacs and one of them was infected. Now folks, THIS IS WHY I DON’T GROOM HIM MYSELF. That is gross. So worth the 50 dollar grooming charge!
On Sunday, I was suppose to go out to eat with my cousin, her family and my aunt and uncle to celebrate my aunts birthday (Happy Birthday Aunt Sue!) but I cancelled so I could get Ziggy’s grooming all figured. I left a mildly weird message canceling with them where I talked DOGS, SORES and HAIR. Sorry Melissa, but at least I didn’t bring up infected butt glands! I leave really weird, and awkward messages. I swear I don’t try to do it, it just happens.
I think I am going to start a new hippy skippy healthy attempt. I have heard about for years, by boss in Federal Way, WA even did but I haven’t got into the wave yet. Drinking Apple Cider Vinegar a couple times a day is suppose to help you lose weight and feel better. I just bought a big bottle for Ziggy’s sores and figure it was a good time to try it out… has anyone ever tried it? Is that super weird? Will I smell like a pickle? Or a pickled apple? Comments please, and I’ll let you know if I pickle myself, or if I am able to fit into the culottes that I had on when I met Matt again. Thanks and if you made it this far- you deserve a cookie! Go get one!
Ella has been on her grandparent vacation for nearly two weeks now. She will be home TONIGHT! So what do a mom and dad do for two weeks without a kid? Eat bad, work late and sleep. I’m ready to have my kid back. First of all, Matt and me decided not to buy groceries this week to save some money and clear out some old food. I really really miss fresh fruit! I would NEVER not have fruit in the house with Ella around. The last couple of nights I have picking raisins out of trail mix while I push aside chocolate and peanuts. There is no other explanation for that than vitamin deficiency. Plus, I thought it’d be really fun to not make dinner for two weeks… I’m sick of cereal. Though I must say that Kashi Golean cereal and soy milk taste SUPER GREAT together. Try it!
I do appreciate the lesser laundry loads, extra cleaning time and not having to search my brain for accurate answers for one billion WHY questions a day. To tell you the truth, I don’t think Ziggy is missing Ella much. Don’t tell her.
I really feel that these two weeks will have made me a more patient, attentive mom, and better wife and a refreshed view of my life. I needed this more than I knew. It’s funny. I was telling Matt how much easier it is to work on our marriage when there is not a kid around. We talk more, we bond more, and uh, we hug more. You want to know what though? Because we have a kid- it makes us work this hard at it. Welcome home, Ella. Can’t wait to see you.
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