Day 32: Thursday 11th April

Writing in hot pink today in honour of my gorgeous niece who is 21 today!!!! 

Had an epiphany moment this morning. C2 woke up and agreed to have a bath, wash his hair, and allow me to cut his hooves and claws (ooops - I meant toe and finger nails!!!)  He has not set foot in water for cleaning purposes (!!) since the beginning of March - short of anaesthetizing him, this has to be an agreement with him. Winner!!!

Result!!!!!

My frustration at the challenge of being dairy-free is increasing. Had a cup of green tea this morning. Then tried a little scrambled egg. NO!!! The egg caused some nasty tummy pain (too damn lumpy) so it was abandoned after 2 mouthfuls. 

Waited half an hour before trying anything else. I am not hungry at all, which is getting more worrying. 

These would probably prove too lumpy too...

For the purposes of interest, I am listing here everything that I ate/drank yesterday:

Cup of black tea
2 tablespoons of lentil and tomato soup
2 glasses of water - sipped slowly during the day
2 tablespoons plain cooked rice - mashed up
1 tablespoon baked potato flesh mixed with 2 teaspoons tuna and mashed up
1 mug of Bovril

No dairy in there, but not much else either. 

I need advice, and probably a big fat wallet if I am going to gravitate towards the soya/oat/rice milk products etc. 

As there is no BFW in sight, the route needs to be via friends, internet and some recipe books.

I am doubling up my multi-vitamins and minerals (chewable to a mush, obviously!) to try to cover all options. Not satisfactory, but a start.

Feeling a bit fed up to be honest.

But as this is a permanent thing,
I need to find a solution, and quick... 

But....... last night's adventure into the outside world to do some piano-ing was a success. There was a flurry of excitement when some of the people there (who know me and last saw me in August 2012) didn't recognise me at all!!!  

Their looks of shock when they realised it was me were priceless. 

I must hold on to such things, which make all this worth while. 

Fownz has let me know that her estimated time of arrival will be around 3-ish. That gives me time to sort out what the 3 'normal eaters' will have tonight, and to defrost some more soup for me. 

Looking forward to catching up with her. It has been a good few years since we had a chance to do this.