my throat is the sahara

man, i thought my last hiatus was long but this is just ridiculous. these damn twilight books have rooted inside me and each tendril has wrapped itself around each cell in my head and just taken control.

so i went to the nutritionist for the first time. i know i was worried that it was just a nuisance clause put in by the insurance company but she put a more positive spin on it - she said they want to make sure i'll be able to commit and that i'm serious about sticking with the plan. that's cool. nobody wants this to fail. i listened to everything she had to say and am trying very hard to follow the eating plan she gave me. the only problem i'm having is with the side effects of the lithium - it gives me the dryest throat, to the point of pain and drinking water seems to make it worse. i made sugar-free limeade and that helped immensely but it's not practical. sonic has some diet limeade that's diet sprite and limes and that was pretty good, too.

so what kind of eating plan am i on? lower carbs, no enriched flour, no sugar and no white bread, essentially. i've been eating pretty well but there are some things that are difficult - for example, i have to eat 5 small meals a day and breakfast must be consumed within the first 60 minutes i'm awake. so now i wake up 15 minutes earlier to compensate. that's not a big deal but i'm not supposed to eat again til 10 am and at 8:45 the hunger pains start...so i blow off the 10 am meal for an 8:45 meal and i'm fine til noon. the other difficulty is only having 30 minutes for lunch but trying to chew thoroughly enough within that amount of time. and the last hurdle is not one that happens all the time - i got sick this week. my nephew was sick and i was around him when he was contageous so now it's my turn. i even had a fever today. so a sore throat on top of an already bone dry throat meant nothing helped when i drank it... so i broke down and drank one of don's cokes. i'll just have to make up for that another day.

my throat is the sahara and i am at its mercy.
have a good night,
m