Pretty Good Day All Around

Today was a good day, for the most part.  I did have a bit of a challenge with something I ate, but I'll get to that in a little bit.

Lately when I get up in the morning I am finding that if I eat something right away I prefer it to be liquid.  My friend Mandy tells me it is because of how the blood in our body distributes throughout the evening, thus the pouch is smaller and liquids are easier on it.  Since I don't always eat right away I tend to prefer something with a bit more substance to keep me full longer than just liquid (like Carnation, etc.).  When I saw the surgeon the other day he told me not to get very used to eating mushy/liquidy food.  That is just for now.  Eventually I will want to eat more dense, fibrous, harder food that takes longer to go through my pouch.  Makes total sense, of course.  I have found that, for now, cream of wheat works really well for me.  I made a single packet and was full after only three or four bites.  I didn't even eat the other half of the bowl because I was still satisfied over an hour later.

Another small victory today - when I head out to run a few errands today, and got into my car for the first time since before surgery, I found that my seat needed to be adjusted because I was so far from the wheel :...).  I no longer have to have the seat tilted all the way back, and pushed all the way back.  I put the back up and moved the seat forward a few inches.  It was quite awesome.  Two "ah ha" moments in just two days (the former being able to drive my father's car for the first time since I was able to actually fit in the driver's seat).

I forgot so much stuff at my parent's house yesterday so they were gracious enough to bring it over tonight for me.  To say thanks I told them I would cook them dinner.  So, I made my version of breakfast burritos for them.  I had tortillas, a few english muffins, scrambled eggs with chopped up bacon and cheese, and a few condiments for them (avocado, taco sauce, cheese, etc.).  Since there is no way I can eat that food right now, I took some of the scrambled egg/bacon mixture, gave it a quick blend, and ate that.  Hmm.  Here we now have a problem.  It seemed to go down ok, but I just felt kinda "blah" after eating it.  I talked to a friend and she also mentioned she has a problem with scrambled eggs - something about the texture.  I know I am fine with eggs - I've already had soft boiled eggs, hard boiled eggs, and egg salad so I know that the food itself I am fine with.  It may have been the bacon, but I barely ate any of it.  Either way, I didn't like the way it made me feel and will not be eating either of those again, at least not until I'm ready for all kinds of food.  I will stick to other preparations of eggs.  The next one I am going to try is my favorite type of egg - poached :).  I will try that in the next few weeks and share how it makes me feel. 

My ice cream maker arrived today :).  I am excited to try and make the chocolate peanut butter cup protein ice cream from Shelley's eggface website.  It sounds so amazing!  There is no way, however, I will be using the horrible Optisource protein powder.  Mandy tells me she knows of a phenomenal protein powder.  She is sending me the details tomorrow and I am ordering it first chance I get :)  OH!  I also finally found the Torani Sugar Free Syrups.  Adam tried to find them for me at like five different grocery stores and couldn't find them anywhere.  I got a variety six pack on Amazon.com for something like $30.00 bucks shipped.  Chocolate, Vanilla, Caramel, Raspberry, and two other flavors.  If these are good I am going to order the Torani sugar free holiday edition syrups.  Peppermint, hazelnut, gingerbread, vanilla bean, etc.  YUM!

Other than that, today was a good day overall.  It was nice going out and driving my own car for the first time in almost a month.  It was also nice going to a fast food place (Wendy's) and only ordering a small unsweetened iced tea with lemon.  When I pulled up to the window the guy was like, "did you want anything else", looking at me like "there is no way you just want tea".  If I wasn't a gentleman I'd have punched the 17 year old, pimple faced kid right then and there.  However, I politely smiled and said "nope, this is perfect, thanks :)".  You know me - always trying to kill em with kindness =P

Hugs to all!