Dominique is Making Friends with 30…

a rocky start…and a new plan!

**Saturday -

The plan WAS to go to the grocery store last night after work and then do tons of laundry and straightening up around the apartment so I could effectively begin the de-cluttering today.  Why?  I don’t know, since I was going to de-clutter today and that would just mess everything up again anyway.  Things always get messy in the process of cleaning out junk.  The plan didn’t quite work out.  I ended up staying at the office MUCH later than I had planned and came home absolutely exhausted.  That change of plans and subsequent delay would have sent the old Dominique into a spiral from which the weekend could not have been recovered, but things are changing! 

Woke up this morning and attempted to do the plasma donation.  Turns out they need approval from one of the doctors for me to donate because of a medication I’m taking.  The doc always approves people taking this medication, but he wasn’t there today, so no go.  Will do it Monday after work.  Went to the grocery store and got lots of fruits and veggies for the half-ass fast, which is, by the way, in full swing!  Thinking I’d do the plasma donation this morning, I had an apple and a big glass of blueberry/pomegranate V8 for breakfast.  Lunch was roasted asparagus and steamed corn.  Yum.  Am also taking a little aspirin (now that I know I’m not donating blood today) to hopefully stave off the caffeine headache which should be arriving momentarily.

Still need to get to the laundry and cleaning.  That’s coming up shortly.  Instead of my delay causing me to abandon my clutter-free weekend, it is now going to be expanded into a clutter-free week.  (The fast will just be the weekend, most likely.  The caffeine detox may be permanent, however.)  The cleaning and straightening up will continue this weekend.  The upcoming week, however, will be devoted to clutter removal.  Every night when I get home from work, I am going to fill one box or one bag (or more!) with junk I don’t need, don’t want, don’t wear, and don’t use.  Then at the end of the week, I am taking it all to the Salvation Army, located…helpfully enough, very near the plasma donation site.  It’s as if it was meant to be!

Will keep you all updated with the rest of the weekend’s progress and the fast.  I found some really great stuff at the store today.  TWO new types of V8 (one I think I’ll love and one I think I’ll hate, but I’m gonna try ‘em both!) and a pluot!  A pluot is a cross between a plum and an apricot.  I’ve never seen them around here, so I’ve never tried one.  I also don’t know how to pick a good one, so I had to ask the very sweet ladies putting out the produce in WalMart this morning.  They looked at me like I was nuts and then said, “Oh!  You mean the Pluto plums?  They’re great!”  Evidently those ladies believe they’re called plutos, but they aren’t.  They helped me pick a good one and I’m gonna try it later too.  I already learned this past week that I do now, as an adult, enjoy cherries.  Not the neon-super-disgusting-maraschino cherries, but the real fruit with stems and pits.  Love ‘em!  Hated them as a kid.  Told ya.  Things are changing!

**Sunday -

Progress has been made!  Today was 5 loads of laundry, tons more fruits and veggies, zero caffeine, a call to John, a call to Dad & stepmom, 2 movies and some reading.  The fast is officially over.  No, it hasn’t been an entire 48 hours but I want some real food.  The whole point of this was to get a good fresh start on the new changes and we’re there.  I’ve had tons of fiber and vitamins and minerals and phytochemicals and whatever else that you get from plants.  That’s a good start.  It’s been well over 50+ hours since I’ve had any caffeine.  The aspirin yesterday really helped.  The headache never quite grabbed hold, so I think I’m in the clear there.   And it’s not like I’m ending the fast to go to McDonald’s, I’m ending it to eat a Lean Cuisine with more veggies.  So I’m ok with that.  Meanwhile, the rest of the plan is progressing nicely!