yay! i found my blog spot!

Congrats to me.  Not because I've actually been eating all raw--(though I have been : ) thank you very much)...but simply because I managed to find this blog spot.  Finally.  It took me a minute.  (Hey, don't laugh, I'm new at this). 

My last post was the day before my all raw diet began.  Scratch that...it was the day before I had planned to (re)start my all raw diet.  Turns out, I still had a few more days of popcorn snacking, and eating other cooked foods ahead of me.   Timing is everything.  And finally, after a dinner of veggies, rice, and a few other cooked starches, I finally said ciao! to cooked foods.  I realized I wasn't actually getting anything from the meal other then completing a routine, mundane habit I had lost all interest in a while back.  

That was about 2 weeks ago, maybe, I'm not one for keeping track of those kinds of details.  Like the other day I went swimming and someone asked me how many laps I swim, I told him I had no idea.  I just swim. No counting.  Just enjoying each lap. 

Which brings up another development in my life...I rediscovered the joys of physical movement and exercise.  Though I don't really consider it exercise, hence the lack of counting (laps).   Swimming plus yoga gave me a great boost of energy over the past few weeks, until lately...when I stopped going as often.  I'm working on opening a cafe and though our opening is still a week or so away, I am already feeling like a small business owner.  That is if lack of sleep, constant work, little (if any) time to eat, and less time to devote to swimming and yoga is a bit of what small business owners feel. 

Still, there is a joy that comes from spending 24 hrs a day implementing your own ideas, brainstorming, problem solving, etc (even if it means MUCH less sleep).   So, okay, maybe I have a bit less (read: zero) time to devote to my own beauty/health/wellness routine.  And maybe I feel a bit like a hamster running on a wheel that never actually stops and I'm not wholly sure I am making it anywhere, but hey, at least it's MY wheel that I'm sweating for...right?    

Okay, must sleep now.  My only chance to swim is in about 5 hours, so I'll sleep until then.  Last night I had a dream about some really delicious RAW vegan marble muffins that I made and came out wonderfully.  Don't remember the actual recipe or even making them, but the fact that I woke up reminiscing on their perfection gives me some comfort that I'm headed in the right direction. 

More on my RAW foods journey later.  Sweet dreams.