I praise God for a relaxing weekend! I haven't been this relaxed since I don't know when.
In my baby steps of growing in faith, I realize a lot of things in my life that I haven't thought of in a long time. One of them is taking the time to just do nothing. I go in two extremes: Extremely extrovert or Extremely introvert. Yeah, if there is such a thing is a spectrum, I totally blew it out of the water! Time to self, for my personality, is such a great thing: to reboot, recharge, and re-energize!
Saturday
I went to a health seminar which was very informative. I knew a lot about GMO's (genetically modified foods) where especially vegetables's genes are genetically altered to fight of pesticides and germicideds and all the -cides you can think of. "Round-up vegetables" is another name for them. I knew for a while that these things may cause harm but to understand it to a very microlevel is very fascinating. Also, toxins caused by basic household items (soaps, shampoos, etc), I knew contains a lot of "stuff" that can cause harm. That too was fascinating. So, to cure most of this, eat clean (almost organic and grass fed, free range meats), take detox, filter your water, and exercise (which all means, spend a lot of money on organic foods). Or you can eat GMO's, get really hungry without having a clue why, take medications later in life because of obesity, diabetes, and such, and run a health bill (which all means, spend a lot of money from the government or healthcare which comes out of your pocket in the first place). Why not just run away into the forest and live off the land?
In general, the American food system is really messed up. If you go to Europe, their nations banned a lot of products and chemicals to be used in foods. I once heard a British lady say, "When I came to the United States and went to the supermarket, I could not believe how much better looking the vegetables are." But years later, I thought, "Well, that is a little strange... Shouldn't our vegetables rot sooner?" So much of the bad vegetables are also thrown out because of the image the American grocery stores tries to portray - nice perfect vegetables. But maybe a little bit too perfect. And they taste like crap anyway. Going to Asia, I get sick all the time. And I just realize why because my body is exposed to GOOD food. With good food, my body started to get rid of the toxin build up I had from eating American foods, not because of bad bugs. I never realized how toxic my body is until traveling to another country, eating their foods. (Okay, end of story. Sorry, this became a longer discussion than i thought.)
Afterwards, I went home, ate lunch, and watched a James Bond movie with my dad. After that, I went for a jog at a local business park, went to buy groceries (at Earthfare), and went home to shower, fix and eat dinner. Watched some of the Olympics (another political blah - another day for that eventually), got bored and watched Graham Norton. Got bored with that, watched a TED talk presentation. Then bed.
Sunday
#Epic2014 #MosaicChurchCLT #Birthday #8yearsold #HashTag crazy. (Yes, my church is hashtag crazy.) It was a fun service and of course, I think Mosaic Church out-did itself by having a camel (yes, a real live, baby camel) on stage. There was food, fruit, cake, balloons, and of course, said camel. Name Wednesday. The message of today was "Are you in?" Are you into what God is doing at Mosaic Church? And I answered in my head, yes. :)
So, after church, had lunch, watched some Olympics (cross-country skiing looks boring but I'm sure it's very breathtaking for them with all the pretty scenery), prepared food for the week, then went on a jog at the greenway (almost made it to my original time last year on a 5K, yay!), then a trip to Trader Joe's to buy gluten free items, then home to shower and cook some dinner.
Then, then, then... I watched The Beatles: The Night that Changed Everything (a tribute to The Beatles on CBS). I know most people were watching either the Olympics or Downton Abbey or Sherlock, but hey, The Beatles are probably one of my most favorite bands and I love music over most things. I think it all started in high school, when I recorded a tape of The Beatles from my dad's LP records. (Yes, that actually does work. Old school technology there.) I had a Beatles poster in my dorm room most of my college years. I've since bought my own Red Album Beatles CD and also through iTunes, the Blue Album. And one or two songs from the White Album, and still listen to these songs quite often. I love The Beatles. Call me crazy. :)
And now... time for bed. And a week of work. And awaiting the coming snow!
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