hello there :) happy saturday! hope you’re enjoying your mornings. my parents are back on tuesday night…so that’s quite soon (i’m telling myself that), right? anyway, this morning i’m feeling pretty sick, not happy with that. it’s like i’m always hit with one thing or another, or a combination.
anyway, i managed to eat this breakfast just a little while ago, and the photo is blurry i’m sorry…
old fashion oats with cinnamon/ginger and a bit of banana, topped with crystallized ginger & 1/2 cherry-cashew purebar :) i might have the other half with my snack, hopefully.
i haven’t had any of those bars in the past couple of weeks, i was scared i guess. that they’d not agree with me, but even without having them i’m still having stomach issues. i have tried all but the brownie one in the variety box i got on iherb (because they don’t sell them here…although, they are produced in canada) …so many things i wish i could try. okay, im sort of upset here. larabars…two years ago we had so many flavours here, banana, pecan, chocolate-chip-brownie, lemon (though i didn’t like it when i tried it), pb+j (or whenever it came out), the key-lime which i never tried…and now there’s like hardly any. we do have the new (ish) cookie-dough and blueberry. but not the gingersnap, the cinnamon-roll (i know it’s retired) and pistachio (which i never got to try!) and all the jocolats, the new flavours, the cocoa-mole or something? i know it’s gone too but that would sounded amazing, it was like a cinnamon one right? i don’t know why they’ve stopped giving up flavours. i know it has something to do with the customs thing, and they have to change the names when they get here, and put it in french of course. but, it just makes me mad.
aha, and i would be a sort of loyal customer. some of those are ones i’ve bought in the states or were sent to me, like the ones with the american packaging…i know you’re going to think i’m odd by keeping these, but they’re pretty. and i’ve already had people let me know that it’s weird, like anonymous people. i’m not trying to get free things though it might seem that way, i’ve actually written to the company about it, asking when we’d get the missing flavours or if there was anyone i could contact about it… but they said that they couldn’t do anything bout it and it was up to canada and the legal issues…even whole foods here has pretty much no flavours. it’s the same with the other bar companies.
okay. i know i’ve mentioned this a lot on here and it’s really annoying so i’ll stop. anyway, i was just messaging my mom on skype (not video chatting just like, instant-messaging i guess?) because they were awake and drinking coffee in their *destination name* vacation place. i was asking for help and telling them how i felt, etc, something i often do. which is not fair for them, but i just feel sort of helpless. and i know they can’t help me from over there, even if they were here they wouldn’t be able to do anything. but, yea, they just left to go to the beach apparently. this is sort of creepy telling you all of this lol…
other than my pathetic immaturity and on-going and worsening stomach/body issues…nothing else is worth mentioning. i’m probably going to take a journalism credit or post-grad collection of courses either in the summer or fall. but i still need to look into it more, and ask them how beneficial it is, how long it takes, etc. i was trying to talk to my parents about it via skype video chat but the thing is so delayed and it’s hard to see them and to talk because we were talking over each other and now im stressing about all of this because i should have looked into it more of the last two weeks when i was doing nothing pretty much…well like being sick, sad, applying to jobs, working on applications for other things, …and they’ll get back, hoping for some improvement and i have nothing positive to say.
although i believe my brother is coming over tonight! i know i’m a bit pathetic with this, i have been on my own a lot and lived alone, went away for school and have traveled alone a lot…i’ve been much more independent (when i was younger, odd…) so please don’t assume that i’m a huge baby. except i am.
and i guess i’ll go now. but some questions for you…what do you do when you feel sick, or what sort of things help you with stomach symptoms? and does anyone want to do a little trade thingy with bars? or just be penpals or something, as i love to give and receive things in the mail.
xox love jennifer
Jen, we should definitely set up a penpal/trade thing together, I think it'd be lovely!
ReplyDeleteI was so sad that by the time I discovered larabars the cinnamon roll and pistachio were both gone. That does sound like quite the nuisance though trying to find them in canada...
I wish I had something helpful to say about stomach issues, but I don't have any insight in that, I think my general thing is just trying to distract myself as much as possible, but that doesn't always work...
Hope you have a lovely little saturday and that your brother comes visits. Take care, I hope you feel better. xxx calla
yes we should! for sure. have you tried the pistachio? my brother is here (sleeping now but im up lol) and i hope you're having a good weekend xox
DeleteNo, I haven't tried the pistachio, I wish I could have though. I hope you are feeling a wee bit better today. the whole one week deal is that my partner left for study abroad for a semester... which is extremely anxiety inducing, but my sister is living with me so I don't live alone... Take care Jen!
DeleteHey sweetie! Sorry to hear about the lack of Larabars in Canada. Thought tbh it happens a lot here too. It's in constant flux and none of the flavors are safe- lol, I feel like I'm talking about an endangered species. Anyway, as for stomach issues/feeling sick I tend to isolate and take pain killers - but those can be rough on the stomach too. I just wait and make deals in vain with whoever is up in the sky- like "please fix this and that and I will do this and that" and once I feel better I never keep my end of the bargain. Bargaining and isolation are my two ineffective coping mechanisms when I get sick. Hope you have a nice time with your brother tonight. As for your parents- you are doing research and now you have an idea of going back to school for journalism. Those are major steps so congrats. You are on your way. We should totally write each other. You have all of my info. Hope your stomach issues lessen soon. :( MUAH Love theresa
ReplyDeletehey :) oh my god, the talking to "whoever is up in the sky"...i remember doing it as a child all the time amd I would give bargains...i guess i might do it now too but it doesn't help. and i try to follow through with what i said if i end up okay. thank you so much love and, yes, you are helpful and insightful for sure! xoxox
DeleteHi Jen, I'm sorry to hear you're not feeling well. While it might not help I've been having stomach issues for the past days, too, and tea plus curling up in bed with a hot water bottle eased the pain a bit. Hope you'll feel better soon!
ReplyDeleteMaybe your anxiousness causes the pain, too? Feelings can affect people a lot more than one might think. I get stressed about not knowing where my future's going to lead me, too. Don't worry too much about your parents coming back and expecting you to present them what you've done. There are still a few days until Tuesday and if you'd like to we could chat about possible ideas, too. Let me know.
Last but not least I like having pen pals a lot so in case you're interested :) ... We don't have any Larabars/Pure bars/you name it around here at all. Laaame. But being pen pals is a great idea, still.
hey love, sorry you're not feeling that well either :( it's other symptoms too, just not so nice ones :s and penpals would be cool. where are you from? im sure you have things we don't, but im not sure that i'd have things you don't have, oh well besides laras (we don't have purebars unfortunately) xox
DeleteHmm when my stomach hurts, the first thing I do is drink spearmint or peppermint tea... I also find that chewing mint gum seems to help sometimes, although I have read that chewing gum can cause bloating or something for some people. Ginger tea is another option. If I am at home, I put a heating pad on my abdomen. I feel like my stomach issues are almost always related to eating something that disagrees with my body. Eating simple, plain food often helps in that regard. I also do a lot of "bargaining," like someone mentioned above, and just hope I can "sleep it off" by tomorrow. :/
ReplyDeleteyea i used to chew so much, like pack a day. but since its likely with aspartame im scared now...same with like source/sillouette (probably on canadian) yogurts with like 30 cals fat free and made w sweeteners. but im scared to eat them as they can cause gi distress. probably okay to stay away from them though lol. thank you so much, mitri. i love hearing from you! xox
DeleteHey, glad you've posted again. Have you seen a GI doc? Also, have you tried ginger for your stomach? At the beginning of my coworker's pregnancy she had a lot of ginger candies. You could try that and/or ginger leaves.
ReplyDeletehi shannon, yes i started seeing one like a few years ago and even had a sigmoid. thing last year, but the biopsies showed nothing (like chrons, ibd, etc) and she said it was likely anxiety, ibs, etc. thank you for the tips i love ginger :) xox
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ReplyDeleteI'm sorry to hear things are so hard and that you're having tummy troubles. I can SO relate to feeling sick and having GI difficulties. If you want to talk more about that feel free to message me. I had a doctor telling me I needed my colon removed and everything 6 months or so ago because of this stupid eating disorder...with treatment things have improved. I just want you to know there is hope! Hang in there <333
Sarah
thank you so much, sarah :) xoxox
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