If I haven't gotten sick yet...

... I don't think it's going to happen.  Friday I had Taco Bell.  I thought it would make me sick.  And, if I was going to get sick, I was going to go all out.  I had a burrito supreme and a soft taco supreme.  For those of you who don't know me, most of the time I can barely finish a burrito.  I didn't get sick.  Saturday, we cooked out for lunch.  I had hot dogs.  That night I ate a chicken club sandwich from Hardee's.  I also had more smores.  Sunday, I had more hot dogs (and part of an Italian sausage).  

I think that's all.  It's kind of a blur.  But, I have now eaten chicken, beef, pork, and turkey (and a little bit of antelope jerky).  I've had gelatin from gummy bears, poptarts, and marshmallows.  None of it has made me sick.  I think it's safe to say that I am now an official omnivore.  

This weekend, Philip and I are going up to Black Hawk.  We are going to play some video poker, but mostly we are going for the all-you-can-eat-buffet.  This buffet is $16 and includes crab legs.  Philip can just about eat his weight in crab legs.  I am kind of excited to try crab legs again (I have only ever had them once).  I'm also excited because the buffet is enormous.  I will get to try a bunch of different things instead of mostly sticking to the salad bar!  Yay!  :)

Adventures of a new omnivore...

I'm still adding meat to my diet.  So far, it's been a piece of cake... or a piece of meat, I guess.  I haven't had any problems with the chicken.  I did have hot dogs on Saturday night and on Monday without any problems.  I also had marshmallows for the first time in years on Saturday night (we toasted marshmallows and hot dogs on a stick over coals/fire in the grill... it was awesome!).  

I had Chinese on Tuesday night (with leftovers last night).  I thought that might be irritating for my stomach/digestive system, but all was well.  

I made my famous "chicken stuff" on Sunday night.  It was delicious (Philip absolutely loved it!).  I didn't have any problems with that either.  

Friday night, I had a chicken salad sandwich from Arby's.  It's one of the things that I had been craving.  It was really good.  I was iffy about it because it was a lot more chicken than I remembered it being (I thought there were more grapes and walnuts).  I thought I might get sick because it was just a lot of chicken for one sitting.  I didn't though.  No problems.

I think that's about it for now.  I am really excited for the weekend though.  Since I haven't had any problems with chicken (and the few random other non-vegetarian items), I get to add something new this weekend.  I am going to go to Taco bell and eat beef.  I am really nervous.  I think I probably will end up sick after Taco Bell night.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my burrito supreme doesn't attempt to destroy me.  ;)

Good News, Bad News...

I always like to start with the bad news.

I have always been a fan of Frosted Mini Wheats (the cereal). I recently found out that it has gelatin in it (for those of you who do not know, gelatin is made from crushed up animal bones and ligaments, etc. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatin). Some vegetarians choose to still eat gelatin, or at least not go out of their way to avoid it. I am very firm in my vegetarianism. I don't eat anything which required an animal to be killed in order for that item to be made. So, gelatin is out.

I religiously check the ingredients in food to make sure that there is nothing in it that I can't eat. I have no idea how I missed it on the Frosted Mini Wheats ingredients this whole time. I'm guessing that I just thought I had checked it before and then never checked it again. So, I was a bit ill about that when I found out. And, now I will no longer be buying or eating Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats. :(

Also, Joe and I went to this Italian restaurant near where we live. I ordered a vegetarian dish. Several bites in, I thought I got a tiny bit of meat, probably sausage. I spit it out just in case, but I wasn't completely convinced that it was meat, especially since I had already eaten quite a bit and there had been nothing in it. I also didn't want to ruin the meal for Joe. Well, I took a few more bites and sure enough, I bit down on a piece of sausage. I almost threw up. Joe wanted to send it back and get me something else. I didn't want to cause any problems, so I didn't. Maybe I should have. I'm sure that someone just used the wrong spoon or something. I probably would have said something, but I forgot to tell the waitress beforehand that I was vegetarian (As I do quite a bit of the time to make sure there aren't any mistakes). If I would have told her when I ordered, then I would have sent it back and had them take it off of my check. So, that ruined that meal.

More bad news (but this leads to good news!), my parents are officially not coming down for Christmas. They told me that a few weeks ago. I was disappointed, but I am determined to spend Christmas with Joe. And, Joe has a tradition in his family of spending Christmas Eve at his Uncle Joe's house. For those of you that know Joe, you know that he doesn't have a whole lot of family left (that he likes/speaks to) and he certainly doesn't have any other real family traditions. So, I am not about to make him miss his only real tradition. Therefore, I would be spending Christmas with Joe and his family and without my family.

I wasn't moping about it so that Joe wouldn't feel guilty, but he apparently knew that I would be disappointed about it. So, he offered to pack up the boys and go to Indiana with me right after we finish at his Uncle Joe's house on Christmas Eve. That is usually done about 5:00ish, so when we finish there, we will pack the boys into the car and drive to Indiana (roughly 11 hours away). It will be a long night, but I will get to surprise my parents. :) I know that my mom will be especially heartbroken that I couldn't be there for Christmas, so she will be ecstatic when I show up on her porch at 4:00 in the morning on Christmas Day. :) I'm so excited!

Also good news, I re-read Twilight to get the ugly movie images out of my head. It's much better now. I started re-reading New Moon just for the fun of it and then I realized that I don't like the book as much because Edward leaves and Bella is heartbroken. That got me to thinking though... They're making a New Moon movie. The movie should have very little of Robert Pattinson in it. Therefore, the New Moon movie still has a chance of being decent. :) lol... anything to keep my hopes up!