Beauty/Fasting

Oh boy what a BEAUTIFUL Monday! I had short sleeves on and the windows down while I was driving. Wow its just breath taking. The sun and warmth sure make a person feel good inside. Now if it could just stay exactly like this everyday I would be a happy lady.

Friday night we watched some shows and went to the grocery store for a few items. We have been working on our big 1,000 piece puzzle and its coming along pretty well. =] I will be glad when it’s done.

Saturday we got up and got our donuts and then went to the laundry mat to do a BIG load of laundry. Not too bad, we always get it done in a pretty timely matter. Then off to Murray so Spencer could go to their library for a meeting, it gives him extra credit in a class. While he was there I went to Mirage Salon to get my hair dyed =] its dark brown with reddish highlights. A picture will be added. It’s nice to freshen up your look once in awhile. It boosts your self-esteem. Then we came home and I started making two chicken pot pies for that family in our ward that had twins. I love making chicken pot pie; it makes me feel like an amazing cook. 1. I make a pretty good chicken pot pie 2. It keeps you busy; I’m using muti-tasking while cooking everything I need to for it. Anyways so we later dropped that off for them and I hope they enjoyed it. Once again I didn’t get to ask to hold one of the babies but its okay I guess I’ll live. Later Spencer and I went to see the movie The Lorax. It was actually pretty funny and cute. I will own it someday =]

It being the first Sunday of the month it was fast Sunday. I wanted to really focus on my fast more than I’ve usually done. We ate dinner at 4pm on Saturday and didn’t eat until about 3pm on Sunday. I woke up at 7am wide awake. It went fairly well. Every time I felt hungry I would say a prayer and remind myself why I was fasting. (Why I was fasting isn’t really important in this story) I was really wanting to do this well and do my best. Sometimes I would be really hungry but I would keep reminding myself why I was doing it and it would ease up a little bit. By 1pm the clock seemed to move slowly. By 2 or 2:30 I was just in so much pain it seemed unbearable. I wanted to cry or scream or something but I was just so weak. By 3pm we made our pizza and I ate 2/3 of one slice. I just felt nauseous I couldn’t eat anymore but I was starving. A little later I tried a pop tart and that went down okay. I was drinking liquids which were pretty good to handle. Then a little later I had half of a burrito. There were some bites I had to force down but it wasn’t too bad. Around 7pm we went to help Jessica with something and I was feeling a little happier because I would smile and laugh more. Around 830pm I ate a thing of Raman noodles.

I ended up sleeping HORRIBLY. I just couldn’t fall asleep. One leg hurt like I was losing iron in it. I was jus restless and starving. I ate a few crackers and drank some juice. Eventually around 1am I think I went to sleep. It was rough though. Anyways I just wonder if maybe health wise there is something going on to make me feel this way. And I’m almost 100% I’m not pregnant, this has happened to me on and off for the past year or two. I don’t want an excuse to not fast because I want to but it felt physically harder than I thought it would be. Who knows maybe that’s normal?

Anyways I got three compliments on my hair so far at work so that makes me feel good. Now just need to snack to keep myself from feeling really hungry or sick.

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

It's kind of hard to tell about the color difference but it is noticeable in person =]