My foray into paleo, toddler past life regression, itchy skin flakes, and other boring things no one wants to read about

Whenever I see a bandwagon of any kind, my natural tendency is to RUN. RUN FAST THE OTHER WAY. Being a 4 on the enneagram, I also tend to get highly superior about avoiding said bandwagons and tend to proclaim this loudly in case anyone didn't hear me the first 8 times I said it.

I also tend to be highly annoying.

That being said, I have avoided the whole Crossfit/paleo phenomenon as long as I could.

"Crossfit is a cult." I said.

"Paleo is unhealthy and boring and expensive." I said.

I was so tired of seeing posts by friends who started crossfit, as it seemed like EVERY FUCKING POST was about Crossfit, and what they lifted that day, and other numbers that made sense to nobody. And they were all accompanied by that stereotypical picture of them posing next to a chalkboard with those same ridiculous, non sensical numbers, usually flexing. Wonderful, you are the best at exercising. Get over it already. (are you sensing that superiority yet?)




Today, the only thing stopping me from joining Crossfit is money. I honestly can't afford the monthly payments they want. Say whatever about Crossfit people, they get results.

However, one thing I've tentatively started trying is paleo. After reading about the extensive health benefits of this lifestyle, I'm slowly working my way into it. After gaining over ten pounds since the beginning of the year, I definitely need to do something that I can lose weight in a healthy way and support my athletic lifestyle. (Yes, derby girls are athletes. We train with the best of them and we drink with the best of them. You can do both. I said so.)

Grains, even whole grains, wreck havoc on your system. They cause all sorts of allergies and gut problems, not to mention your body basically treats grains like sugar and they spike your glucose level, only burning the carbs and not the fat in there.

I know myself better than to immediately jump into this, as I am wont to do. I've been browing paleo websites looking for recipes that are easy and don't have any crazy ingredients that will go to waste in case I hate the food. I found a great paleo blog called PaleOMG and I'm learning you can eat paleo and not want to stab yourself repeatedly in the mouth with a hot fork just to taste SOMETHING. I'm going to try her recipes and see how it goes. I will update this blog regularly, because I know that is what people really want to read, all the things I ate.

Also I'm lying about that last bit.

Moving on, I've been thinking a lot lately about some of the strange shit Rowan says to me. Granted, he's only 4.5 so he says a LOT of strange shit.

Gems such as "I named my poop Larry!" and "

But a couple of things he's said made me really re-think my opinions about reincarnation. I don't want to get all hippy dippy on everyone, but really, is this a possibility? Or is my weird kid just getting weirder... at any rate, he's said random stuff like "One time, when I was a girl..." or talks about siblings he's never had or parents that are definitely not us. He's never straight up said "Before I was born when I lived with my first family, I died." or anything, but I'm now wondering if it's likely he had a life before this one? Ahhhh I don't fuckin know.

And lastly. You guys. My tattoo fucking ITCHES. Is this normal? I've had a lot of tattoos, and they've all taken about a week to get past the itchy, flaky phase. I've had this one for over two weeks now and it's shed more skin than a fucking boa constrictor. It's GROSS, dude. But hey, no one can ever tell me I'm not dedicated to my league, right? Right? Guys?