wicked hot
Jul. 17th, 2006 08:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kenjariIt's really, really hot. When I walked out of my air-conditioned office building today, I found myself having the exact same sensation as when you open the oven door to check on your food. I am extremely grateful that the T is air-conditioned. Especially when the trains are extra crowded because of a home game.
I am spending the evening in my underwear, but believe me, I feel pretty far from sexy. I ate my dinner of leftovers completely cold - straight from the fridge to my plate with no detours to the microwave. And it tasted great. I am looking forward to the soy "ice cream" sandwich I will treat myself to later this evening - the mint chocolate chip flavor is surprisingly good.
I am so glad Other Kenjari and I are going out to dinner and A Scanner Darkly with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sen_no_ongaku and sigerson tomorrow. Both because it will be great to see them, and restaurants and movie theaters are air-conditioned.
Did I mention my apartment lacks air-conditioning? It's an old building, and the wiring just can't hack it. Luckily, we're on the first floor and on the shady side of the building, so it takes quite a lot for it to get unpleasant in here.
In other news
I seem to have pretty much solved my digestive difficulties of the last few months. Due to an over-abundance of stress in my life, I developed the symptoms of a mild case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, a usually chronic condition. The jury is still out on whether or not I have developed a condition or am just having some finite issues.
Whatever the case, I have figured out how to get it well under control through a combination of diet, supplements, and yoga. And luckily, the diet is not very restrictive, just low-fat, high soluble fiber. It's essentially the anti-Atkins regimen - I have to base my meals around soluble fiber, which means bread, pasta, rice, etc. No red meat or dairy (I was already allergic to that, though), and I have to be careful about most vegetables and fruits. It's actually not so different from how I was already eating, though. Plus I have to take acidophilus and fiber supplements every day. It's all laid out on this really helpful website I found: Help for IBS.
Despite the ease of management and the mildness of symptoms, I'm still hoping that I don't have a chronic condition. I have this weird fear or anxiety about becoming someone who has to be or just is completely preoccupied with their health. I don't want to have to think of myself as being delicate in any way. I have other things to devote my time and energy to - and I would greatly resent having to devote too much of it to some ongoing illness. I don't want to have to plan even one aspect of my life around some permanent health issue. I don't want to have to constantly ask other people to make special efforts to accomodate me or to have to prioritize my quirky health needs over other considerations (any more than is already necessary for the dairy allergy). It's not so much that I feel that I can't deal with it, or have a sense that I'm entitled to some sort of privileged immunity from such things. Because I am very much aware that there are plenty of people out there who have to deal with much worse things and manage to have great lives. It's more a fear that it could take over my life or my sense of self, that it could loom too large. It's a worry that I could become selfish or an attention-whore regarding my health needs.
Maybe this is all just me being silly and whiny.
I am spending the evening in my underwear, but believe me, I feel pretty far from sexy. I ate my dinner of leftovers completely cold - straight from the fridge to my plate with no detours to the microwave. And it tasted great. I am looking forward to the soy "ice cream" sandwich I will treat myself to later this evening - the mint chocolate chip flavor is surprisingly good.
I am so glad Other Kenjari and I are going out to dinner and A Scanner Darkly with
sen_no_ongaku and sigerson tomorrow. Both because it will be great to see them, and restaurants and movie theaters are air-conditioned. Did I mention my apartment lacks air-conditioning? It's an old building, and the wiring just can't hack it. Luckily, we're on the first floor and on the shady side of the building, so it takes quite a lot for it to get unpleasant in here.
In other news
I seem to have pretty much solved my digestive difficulties of the last few months. Due to an over-abundance of stress in my life, I developed the symptoms of a mild case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, a usually chronic condition. The jury is still out on whether or not I have developed a condition or am just having some finite issues.
Whatever the case, I have figured out how to get it well under control through a combination of diet, supplements, and yoga. And luckily, the diet is not very restrictive, just low-fat, high soluble fiber. It's essentially the anti-Atkins regimen - I have to base my meals around soluble fiber, which means bread, pasta, rice, etc. No red meat or dairy (I was already allergic to that, though), and I have to be careful about most vegetables and fruits. It's actually not so different from how I was already eating, though. Plus I have to take acidophilus and fiber supplements every day. It's all laid out on this really helpful website I found: Help for IBS.
Despite the ease of management and the mildness of symptoms, I'm still hoping that I don't have a chronic condition. I have this weird fear or anxiety about becoming someone who has to be or just is completely preoccupied with their health. I don't want to have to think of myself as being delicate in any way. I have other things to devote my time and energy to - and I would greatly resent having to devote too much of it to some ongoing illness. I don't want to have to plan even one aspect of my life around some permanent health issue. I don't want to have to constantly ask other people to make special efforts to accomodate me or to have to prioritize my quirky health needs over other considerations (any more than is already necessary for the dairy allergy). It's not so much that I feel that I can't deal with it, or have a sense that I'm entitled to some sort of privileged immunity from such things. Because I am very much aware that there are plenty of people out there who have to deal with much worse things and manage to have great lives. It's more a fear that it could take over my life or my sense of self, that it could loom too large. It's a worry that I could become selfish or an attention-whore regarding my health needs.
Maybe this is all just me being silly and whiny.
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Date: 2006-07-18 03:56 pm (UTC)I empathize! I"m in Austria (as you know) and its been crazy hot here. This week is a little better than last week, but no where in Austria is air conditioned. (Maybe a handful of places, but no where I've been). Its so hot and stuffy in the Busses and Trains, I am jealous of the air conditioning in boston!
Happy Summer!
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Date: 2006-07-18 04:21 pm (UTC)