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Aloha everyone - I haven't had time to read anyone's posts--- gosh - I miss you guyz!! gotta get my daily dose of 'What's goin on in your lives!'

I thought I'd write real quick (like I EVER write anything real quick!) B4 I read anything. I'm not sure what time my boss will get to the office - I know for sure by 9am, and it's 8:30 now. Meetings are taking place over on the kona side of the island (the other side from where I am). It's a lovely 1 hour drive - and I think I'll sleep on the way!

My very aggravating neighbor was up ALL night - doing Lord knows what - but it sounded like he was pounding nails... and it just echoed thoughout the whole neighborhood.... grrrrr...

Meetings went really well yesterday, it was AFTER I GOT HOME that the day began to spiral down hill.... really FAST.....

oh - b4 I forget - for lunch - a butter lettuce salad with Maui onions and fresh local grown tomatoes... (sounds yummy doesn't it?)...HA.... I asked them to put the dressing on the side - it was just olive oil and raspberry vinegar - but I don't like my salad drowning.. I like to TASTE the lettuce (what a novel idea - I know huh??? )

sigh.. salad came - drowned. (glub...glub... ) I figured - just eat it - don't make a big deal. SO I started to eat it.... omg... VINEGAR -VINEGAR - VINEGAR.... (pucker face yewwww).... I did manage to find an area that had not been saturated - so I nibbled on that side of the plate. Onions were soft and soggy and the tomatoes tasted old and like they had sat for too long cut up, the lettuce was wonderful though (what I could find that wasn't swimming in vinegar!)

AND THE BZ GUY that was there for the meeting... ate his steak - 'BLUE'... blue???? yep blue... which apparently means - just barely wave it over the flame... blehhhhchhchchchhcccchhhh..... OMG!! okay..... why not just nibble on the side of a cow in the pasture??? yewwwww!!!!

But the meeting did go extremely well.

then -- I come home... sigh... I am exhausted...

dh has invited 6 people - the carnivore crowd over for dinner. I'm exhausted, I've been wearing heels all day... and a dress.... and sitting proper... and using good posture...

and then he tells me what he's fixing - and this dish takes 3 to 4 hours to bake in the oven... and it's 6:30PM AND HE HASN'T STARTED YET!!! OMG...!

oookay... So I'm thinking - great - I can't go to bed until ...
well if he gets dinner in the oven by 7pm, it cooks minimum 3 hours - that's 10pm... then they eat (hmmmm wonder if we can give them take out bags... and send them home.... )...

so -- they're all crowded around my very small dining room table and I'm sitting in the living room part (studio apartment- so it's all one room) watching TV and semi participating in conversations here and there.

Then the strangest things starts happening - they all start talking about "what I'm doing" with this raw food DIEt. Like I'm not there - speaking of me in the third person.. and hello - I'M RIGHT HERE!! dh was telling everyone how proud he is of me - and how the food is really delicious and how I'm going to prepare a meal for everyone - ( I AM???) So - it became very surreal - because here I was the subject of the conversation - but yet not participating in the conversation (not even invited to participate in the conversation ) ) At one point I tried to interject that it's not a DIEt... but rather a LIFESTYLE .... no one was listening to me - they all just kept stuffing their face with meat and talking about me, around me and through me. Very odd...

so - I just sat back and listened to their conversation and then...

I wake up and they're all eating birthday cake (it was one of the carnivores birthdays - and I even slept through the Happy birthday song!) oops ! I fell asleep! Yep... zzzzzzzzz...;)

I finally got to bed about 12 midnight again-- and then the neighbor starts pounding whatever... Lordy Lord what a night.

Okay - I'm gunna go see if I can read a couple of blogs B4 the boss man gets here!

hugs -- everyone have an RAWSOMELY AWESOME DAY!!
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  1. punkspirit's Avatar
    I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!You managed everything perfectly and make it sounding to eeeeeeasy! YOU ROCK! You managed the meeting so perfect! And cool it went so good ! And then the meat-guys conversation... INCREDIBLE!! YAY!! You deserve a necklace as reward
  2. alexxusdarling's Avatar
    I am taking a nap this afternoon in your honor. Keep up the amazingly good work, you are going to be laughing and shaking your head in a few months when you back and reread all this stuff. You are an inspiration to those of us on the wimpy side of life!
  3. tames's Avatar
    I am over here laughing again. The way you tell a story is EXCELLENT! What I love most about this story is something I noticed earlier, about feeling like I've landed in different world from other people, and they literally can't see me!! We are vibrating in a new energy!! And people sit around talking, and can't even see us!! I LOVE IT!! I'm glad your husband is supportive and sweet. :)
  4. Suzanne in Texas's Avatar
    You are doing so awesome, my friend! Thanks so much for your words of encouragement and your friendship - I really appreciate it! You make me laugh... and it's very much appreciated, especially today! Take care!
  5. LoveLife's Avatar
    U crack me up girl!! ..your stories are always so much fun to read..I'm so happy that your husband is so supportive..tho it is weird that everyone was talking about u while u were sitting right there...I'm sure your gonna knock their socks off with your raw dinner..I'm sure it sounds daunting..but it's prolly the best way to get people interested in Raw..so RAWk on with your pleather wearing Xenia self
  6. punkspirit's Avatar
    Lucky will faint when he sees soooo many raw sexy ladies And he will wear the flowers with pride ;) I WANT YOUR TACOOOS! Did I tell you, whenever an evil cooked thought comes into my head I think of your tocos and wraps and stuff and imagine too gorge on that instead of cooked and it makes me HAPPY!


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