I am in tiny little bits and pieces on the floor.
Lifestyle
Is It A Cold…Or Is It Allergies?
I have been sick three - THREE - times since February. I know, suppressed immune system (so that you don't reject the baby, which is, of course, half-comprised of someone else entirely), etc etc...but I am sick to death of being deathly sick.
When I woke up all sorts of miserable yesterday, though, I thought that maybe the intense heatwave had brought on heretofore unknown allergies (everyone else seems to be complaining about them). This would be an especially bad thing, because while the typical cold lasts just a few days, allergies can go on...and on...and on. Or so I hear. I don't think I've ever had them.
Or have I?
Very confused.
John Sahag Workshop Keratin Treatment
I obviously can't get Keratin at the moment (that's a shot from a rainy and ordinarily majorly frizz-inducing day a couple of months after my first treatment, hence the remarkably smooth hair and alcoholic beverage)...but that doesn't mean that you can't!
Himalayan Salt Plate
Cooooool.
Kendrick came home from a weekend in Ohio with one a Himalayan Salt Plate - a gift for me from our friend Matt - and while I don't quite get how to use it yet, I am so excited to figure it out.
The little pamphlet that came with the salt plate says that you can use it to grill on to infuse whatever you're making with flavor, or chill it and use it as a serving platter for things like sushi and cheese. It's naturally anti-macrobial, so it's easy to clean, and it does change color/shape over time - the pamphlet even says that someday, when it gets too small for cooking or serving on, it "will be a perfect size to grate over your food, break up for making soup, or even throw in your tub for a detoxifying salt bath." SO COOL.
Now, the chilling and serving I get...but the grilling is confounding me a bit. Do you have to use oil if you don't want the meat (or whatever) to stick? What kinds of things taste best when grilled on it? Can you put it in the oven to bake things on, or is it for stovetop use only?
P.S.
I didn't really know what to write in my next post after the one I wrote Friday night. I said what I wanted to say, and I won't be talking about this anymore; the rest is for me to keep. But I didn't know how to handle it, and I'm not sure I handled it quite right, because I didn't just wake up, make salads and pastas, and go to a party, and so it feels like that post was in some ways a lie.
The truth wasn't nearly as simple as that. The truth was - is - much worse. But once I got to the shower I was with people I hadn't seen in years, celebrating the marriage of one of my oldest friends, someone I love very much...and it was simpler, then. I didn't have to pretend to be happy; I just was happy. To see how excited my friend was, to be there with her.
It just wasn't as simple as it sounded. I don't know what else to say.
