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Congratulations! You’ve been diagnosed with IBS (or spastic colon if you want to get a wonderful mental picture in your mind). The doctor gives you bits and pieces of information (“stay away from your trigger foods and eat more fiber” Thanks. That’s really helpful) but leaves out all the important stuff.
Such as:
1. How to ignore the cravings for all the foods you suddenly can’t have anymore, especially your raging sweet tooth
2. How to satisfy said sweet tooth that wants nothing but chocolate from Godiva
3. How to explain to your date that, while the dinner was really fantastic and you didn’t think it would bother you, it is making you suddenly really sick and that you need him to run that red light up there before you have an accident and die of embarrassment in the passenger seat of his car
4. How to order off a menu in your favorite restaurant where all they serve is juicy stakes
5. How to turn down the offer of free football tickets nicely without getting into specific details about how it would be really bad to get to the stadium and have to run to the bathroom to wait in what is for sure a massive line because the stress of getting to the game and then the thought of having to sit through it has caused a major stress reaction in your gut
6. How to not make the significant other feel bad or neglected because you can’t snuggle as much anymore because just the weight of his arm around your waist makes your belly ache terribly
7. How to get the driver in front of you on the interstate to go at least the speed limit so you can get home before your belly explodes
8. How to explain to the same drive that every time they tap their brakes it makes your belly spasm and you break out in a cold sweat
9. How to explain to your family, friends and coworkers that, yes, five minutes ago I felt great but now I feel like I might die
10. How to keep laughing when living life in the bathroom really stinks
I had an exciting day yesterday! Two trips to the mall (40 minutes away!) and lunch at a REAL restaurant! WAHOO!!!! The Kid got money for his birthday so we took him to the toy store right near the mall to get a toy. And when we where leaving it was lunch time so we pulled right into the restaurant near the mall like any normal impulsive family would do (where I had a damn good chicken sandwich and a baked potato in case you where curious…).
Then we came home.
Then we decided an hour or two after we got home that we wanted to go back to the actual mall and walk around. So we did. And I had a damn good time. Which really surprised me after the bad week I had. But things seem to be calming down (**knock on wood**). So we walked around and I bought some sweaters and we had a perfectly normal great afternoon. 
And, I must say, I love the fall in New England. However, the weather is all messed up and does not realize it is fall. It’s going to be hot this week and I won’t be able to wear my new sweaters! 
hmm, it’s been longer than I thought since I posted. I have a great reason though!
Life.
It tends to get in the way of the fun stuff like blogging.
I have had a rough week. Three days of bad IBS pain and cramping and general icky-ness. Taking my max amount of Bentyl for the cramping and Aleve for the pain and still not feeling well. I was stuck at work late twice this week because I couldn’t leave the bathroom. Blah. Finally, today I felt a little more like “normal.” I am trying to figure out what caused it. I had tacos on Saturday (just the meat and wrap, no yummy toppings like cheese or hot sauce…). I haven’t had that kind of spice in a very long time. “Usually” (ha, if there is a usual way of things around here…) if a food is going to give me trouble I can tell right away, I get a stomach ache and then I know I am in trouble. I don’t recall getting a stomach ache but Hubs said I did. hmmm…. oh well. I guess I won’t be having tacos again anytime soon. darn. They where REALLY good.
But not “that” good.
According to the stat keeper that wordpress has on this thing, this is my 100th post! WOW! So, I have been waiting all week for something cool to happen or some witty thought to enter my brain ~ you know, something worthy of being the big 1-0-0.
But so far I’ve got NOTHING. Zip. Zilch. Not a single interesting thing.
Oh well. Moving forward….
So anyway, I lived through the party last weekend, in case you where wondering. The night before while I was trying to prep was a little rough. Was not easy to stay on my feet doing all the prep work. And I ran to the bathroom a couple of times. But I lived. And besides some poorly timed lasagna cooking, it went great. Such a relief! I guess I was more nervous that I let myself believe. And it really didn’t matter that I couldn’t eat anything I made because I didn’t eat anything anyway! I cooked myself a turkey burger and didn’t even want it. *shrug* Who knew?
I am told it’s tradition to post a 100 Things About Me post. I’m working on it (I’ve actually been working on it longer than I care to admit). I’m not sure if I am going to post it, but if I do, it’ll be over in the “About” section. If I can figure out how to get it over there.
