Happy In Boston

Right this moment I am in Boston, in a beautiful hotel, overlooking an amazingly green park, spotted with white tents under which vendors are selling fruits, veggies, pies, honey, flowers, herbs, and the most amazing macintosh apple cider! I went down earlier today and bought two homemade pies for Eric. The hotel is keeping them in the refrigerator for him, as he likes his pie and cobbler cold, practically near frozen.

I have so much to say! Where do I start?

Yesterday was my first full day here. I woke up with Eric, walked to his office with him, stopped for some morning fruit salad, and bought a large overpriced water. I hate buying bottled water. It makes me feel gilty--but I didn't bring my water bottle, so my fault. Then I came home (to the hotel) and realized I had left my phone in the cab from the night before. It was a rather horrible day. I was sooooo f-ing mad at myself that I wanted to scream and scream and scream. But the day passed and I felt better. Had lunch with Eric and his coworker, Julie, who I adore. She's so funny. :) We ate at Tossed, a fresh salad/wrap/sandwich place. The day went by.....then it was time for dinner. Sushi place. Holy crap we ate. I went there with every intention of staying clean and raw. I ate seasweed salad which was delicious; california roll with brown rice (hadn't had rice in 7 weeks!!); mushroom soup (delicious, but not raw); bites of some sushi rolls (DELICIOUS, but some of the ingredients were deep fried and had dairy base (mayo); and sampled the four desserts (cooked, sugar, fatty, and dairy). THIS was not a common night. In fact, I will not have one of those again for a very long time! It was kind of nice to not worry about what I am eating, although I also didn't feel great about what I was doing. There is a part of me that likes to "suffer" by sticking to rigid meal plans, likes not being on the same boat with everyone else, likes having to make hard desicisions, and making them well. It's probably a weird mental sickness I have. Oh well. :)

Today was a little better than last night. :) I woke up, went outside and ran 5 miles by the water. Amazing! I think I'll hit up two laps tomorrow. It's so pretty and green here. I love Boston. It's hot, though!

For lunch I met Eric and his coworkers again. I had shrimp cocktail (4 pieces of shrimp) and a chicken walnut salad. So two days in a row of meat. The salad was delicious! VERY very good, actually. It would have been just as amazing without the chicken. Don't know why I ate it.

Even before lunch, though, I noticed that I had a headache. Maybe dehydration? Maybe because I am a little bit sick (sore throat still)? Maybe the shit I ate last night? All of the above? I am absolutely more thirsty out here than I ever am at home. What does this mean? What changed? I'm not eating the same ridiculous amount of fruits out here that I do at home. So I said "ENOUGH" and went to the grocery store. I bought oranges, apples, blueberries, blackberries, bananas, watermelon, and some stuff for Eric. FINALLY!! I can eat my normal high water diet!!!! And maybe this stupid headache will go away. The meat hasn't made me feel terrible---but I don't feel as light and buzzy as usual.

So right now I want to go lay down and take a nap. Eric wants to run/walk the 5 mile loop tonight. Tomorrow night is Blue Man Group.

This post was supposed to be about the philosophical things I've been thinking about, but it sounds more like a report. Oh well. Maybe later.