Gratitudes

Sunday, July 31
1. Harry Potter memes!
2. Fridge stuff getting sorted out into mini-fridges
3. Chicken enchiladas for midnight snack
4. Bananas!
5. Getting more rest and feeling better

Monday, August 1
1. Sleeping most of the day...
2. Re-reading the 6th Harry Potter book again
3. New fridge!
4. Steak and strawberries
5. Achieved the first day of Ramadan

Tuesday, August 2
1. Getting back safely
2. Not feeling too sick from walking around in the heat without water or food
3. Pasta and ice cream for dinner and dessert (2nd day of Ramadan)
4. Fantastic thunderstorms
5. Talking things through, apologizing for my own behavior and accepting another's apology

Fasting so far, stupidly traveling in the heat

So I succeeded at fasting the first two days of Ramadan. Monday was surprising. I was asleep most of the day. I think part of that was still recovering from Saturday. Thankfully I didn't push myself too much. Matt had to wake me up when he got back from work and I basically stayed upstairs until the table needed to be set.

I stayed upstairs because I was so damn tempted to forage in the fridge.

Tuesday, I was not that smart or aware. I didn't check weather.com when I left Matt around 1pm, wearing jeans. I walked about 20 mins to the station, and then waited in the sun for the Metra. Then I had to walk a little more at a transfer point between the Metra station and the cta station. Then because the train was so late, it had to run express so I had to get off 3 stops before my stop because it went to express to a few stops behind mine. >_< Of course this stop wasn't shaded... By the time I got back to the apartment 2 hours later I was pooped and quickly disrobed to my undies and fell asleep. I only woke up when Matt called me, asking if I was still there, and when my alarm set for fasting rang. Yay. I found out the day had a heat advisory, too, which explains how hot I felt, but I thought I was just oversensitive because I couldn't damn drink.

Pasta and ice cream, for the win. There were fantastic thunderstorms last night. I went out on the fire escape and got soaked. I loved it. I wish I could have run through that rain with Matt. "Cavort" was the word I used.

Today is the third day of fasting. I'll drink a little each day because I have pills to take 3 times a day, but I'm taking as little as I can.