I'm a Juicer

I got up late today, but made it to chemistry on time. I managed to stay awake through it and got out without my head exploding. I'm about a half chapter behind but I'll fix that. So I drove straight to a Mobil and got my car inspected. An hour and a half later. There was a line and that sucked but I got my Netflix envelope and walked downtown to the post office. Halfway there I totally had to pee and the drawbacks of not having a car became more clear than ever to me. I walked to McDonalds and happened upon Z, who was out in her dad's truck. After I visited Mickey D's she offered to drive me to the bank which was my next stop and on the way I made roaring noises to coincide with the terrified looks on people's faces as she neared them in that monster of a vehicle. She was busy, so she just gave me a ride back to the Mobil station and left. I would've killed an hour, but thanks to her generousity, I only killed half that. So I laid down on the wooden bench in front of the station and continued reading my book on hypochrondria. I should really finish the last couple pages of my Oliver Sack's book, but I'm dumb. The guy working the counter at the station came outside and remarked that he'd never seen anyone get so comfortable on that bench. Eventually it got too hot in the sun and I moved to the shade (where it was freezing; damn you New England) and when I came back to the bench 10 minutes later I saw that my car was not there anymore. 2 seconds later it pulled around the corner in front of me with a brand new sticker on it. The guy who inspected it was really nice and I asked him about the airbag light, which has been on for a couple weeks now. He said since the car was still under warranty I should get that checked out and soon cars will start failing inspections cause of stuff like that. Every now and then I've considered getting it checked out because I keep having morbid images of myself randomly taking an airbag to the face at any old time, but then I just carry on with my life. The Ford Dealership where I can get it fixed is seriously two streets away from my house, so I don't really know what's wrong with me. Maybe I'll set something up for next Thursday. The last thing I need is to go into work looking like I was beaten to a pulp because I was too busy/lazy to get my airbags checked out.

So I drove home feeling mildly accomplished and broke out the brand new juicer. I protested the instructions to wash it before the first use, but I figured I'd be an idiot to ignore the first advice on upkeep the damn thing gave me, so I very reluctantly got that part out of the way. And then we were rolling. I chopped up a mango I had just gotten at the grocery store (where I heard from a past employer that Derek was doing well in Cape Cod- its the first I've heard of him in months) and a few carrots and got the kale out of the fridge. My mom had me buy it awhile ago but hasn't touched it. The first carrot I stuck in there got jammed and I had to disassemble (lots of "s"s, damn) the top little bit and push the carrot through and re-chop it. Besides that, though, there were no problems. the carrots made some very nice juice and I threw the mango in piece by piece and then I shoved folded pieces of kale in there and turned the whole drink a nice putrid green. I threw the pulp waste off the porch cause I didn't want it to smell up the kitchen and washed all the stuff right away cause I wanna have this thing working well for some time. The drink itself wasn't amazingly good but it wasn't bad either and its certainly something I would willingly drink every day. I'm probably going to go nuts buying organic produce at the grocery store a town over and making a ton of juice. What I made today didn't even fill the glass I had, so I can definitely make more at a time. I was also considering getting whey or powdered protein or flaxseed and tossing it in. Wheatgrass is supposed to be great for you but taste terrible. I could also mix in kelp or something and I was watching a video a girl put up of herself losing weight and she highly recommended throwing açai into your juices. I can probably find that in the health food store, but if I can't I'll hit up Wholefoods when I visit Alec. I need to cut out the sugar hardcore and up my vegetable and protein intake.

So, here's the stuff I want to improve:

Concentration
Energy
Motivation
General Physical Health
Mood
Length and Quality of Sleep
Skin

My concentration has been sucking for months. My sleep was awful when I was really stressed out and its improved now, but it could still be better and I'm certainly not someone who leaps from her bed in the morning singing Disney songs. My skin on my forehead has been gross. Not noticeably so, but noticeable to me. It started off stress-related and it stuck. My mood has been pretty damn good considering, but I'd like it to normally be really good. General physical health has been okay, but I got that cold and that sucked, so I'd like to up my immunity to illness. I definitely don't want to miss work or pass up a trip to Amherst because I feel hellish. Lastly, I want more energy and motivation so that I can want to exercise.

So now I have a few things on my plate. I want to go back to see this woman, Andy, that did the Oneness Blessing and get a one-on-one with her because I think it would be more beneficial and apparently it destressed my mom for weeks. The woman charges whatever you feel like donating and that sounds good to meeee. I'd love to do whatever I can afford to keep my stress levels down and my attention only on the things that really matter. My acupuncture with Jack yesterday was awwwesome, so I intend to do that weekly to stay "tuned up" and keep my mood good and my back from stiffening up. Only $10 cause I'm a sciences student :-D. Jack was great, I feel the need to say it again. I'm probably spelling her name wrong, I bet its like "Jaq" or "Jac" or "Jacq" or something. Whatever. I still want to get a massage at the yoga place near the health food store but that's $60, so we'll see. The juicer is my next tool and I want to start doing daily walks or practicing with my qi gong or yoga dvds DAILY. So now I'm totally rambling and being boring and my neck is starting to go to hell again and I still have Chem reading to do, so I'll cut it off here. w00t.