I drink wine sometimes.

Things I’ve Learned in the Last Month: A List

December 3rd, 2008

After months of wondering, I’m pretty sure my knee will someday soon not send electric currents of pain through my leg when I fall. That the pain limited to “when I fall” and not “when I walk or sleep or stand up after sitting for too long” is amazing to me.

After a reminder from a friend to be honest with myself about my intentions and fears regarding derby tryouts, I’ve found it surprisingly easy to apply that honesty to the rest of my life. The results have been mixed, but mostly positive.

On that note, I’ve learned that asking direct questions and not accepting half-assed responses sometimes gets you the answer you expected but didn’t particularly want.

I have more faith in my acupuncturist than in my HMO. If he did pap smears I’d never go back to Kaiser again. I’m kind of glad he doesn’t though… that would be creepy.

Hope is amazing, fragile and frightening.

Derby and the people I’ve met through it save my soul on a daily basis.

I can live without gluten, sugar, booze and yeast based products. I’ll probably try to still cut out a lot of the sugar and wheat, but I’m very excited to reintroduce bourbon back into my diet.

There is some form of wheat and sugar in every pre-packaged processed food I eat. Except for Amy’s Kitchen frozen foods. I want to have Amy’s babies. She’s saved my sanity.

If your refrigerator dies and comes back to life and you have to buy all new food, that may be a good time to decide to change your diet. Not, say, 2 weeks later when you’ve already bought a whole lot of food you can no longer eat. I’m looking at you cheddar cheese… you taunt me.

I can be frustratingly difficult towards my boyfriend. I am grateful that he is patient.

He can be frustratingly difficult towards me. I hope I can show him the same kind of patience and understanding he shows me.

We can cook an entire Thanksgiving meal for five people and not kill each other. Not even once.

If you’re going to slice your finger open, best to do it the day after Thanksgiving.

I just might want to be doing something better with my life.

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