Raw Week Day 6

The raw foods week is almost done.  One more day to go.  The first 5 days I got tired around noon.  No raw food or green smoothie would keep me awake enough to make it through the afternoon, so I just took a nap for about an hour.  One day I napped 2 hours.  Then, on the 6th day I had plentiful energy throughout the day.  All events went smoothly.  My mind was focused and on point.  All was well.

It is 7:30 in the evening and despite the heat and humidity I AM still going strong.  I will do some paperwork, read, eat a ripe, sweet nectarine as my evening snack, and enjoy the fact that it is below 100 degrees outside.  I will sleep well at night since I haven't had coffee in 10 days.  I even went to the Fancy Pants Bakery (not the real name, nor is it intended to refer to any Bakery with that or similar name) for my weekly meeting with the Genius.  I did not have anything but water with a wedge of lemon.  The Genius wanted to know whether I would be off the raw diet next week.  Technically, yes.  But, who knows?  I told the Genius that bread and sweets are addictive for me.  Genius said they are addictive.  I think the Genius was threatened by my new rawness.

There is no reason to have cooked food on day 8, 9, 10 or 11.  It is too hot to cook and the raw food is still interesting, nourishing, cooling, and healthful.  Will the Genius discriminate against me for being raw?  How will others respond?  Perhaps it will be more sociable to be the high-raw omnivore.  But for now I AM still the a six day 100 percent raw vegan Southwest Desert Blogger.  
*P.S. Check out this excellent link for raw vegan info, FREE smoothie recipes e-Book, videos, and the super 7 Day Raw Food Challenge (the one I completed, with gratitude!) and 10 Day Juice Fast.  I have learned so much from this info.    http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1383344

Got Sleep?

Is anyone out there sleeping a solid 8 hours anymore?  Heck, I'd be happy if I could sleep a solid 7 hours.  Six is not enough and 4 or 5 leaves me especially drained.

There are the neighbor's wind chimes clanging at any ungodly time of night the wind chooses to gust.  What on earth possessed them to get those 6 foot long wind chimes that sound like Westminster Abby on a Royal Wedding day.  There are the neighbor's dogs barking, the coyotes hollering, some kid hot roding around.  When one dog starts barking, they all join in.  Some fool decided to have a loud party with high volume, bad music broadcasting for the displeasure of those of us trying to sleep.  If you manage to get some shut-eye in the early morning, the newspaper delivery vehicle that needs a muffler is making the rounds, and sometimes, on a Sunday morning, some one will run a power tool at the crack of dawn.

Let me tell you City Slickers, roosters do not only crow at the crack of dawn; they crow all night long.  And out here we have pecker birds pecking on metal in the early morning.  Those birds manage to find some metal near the bedroom so it is loud and irritating.  With all that racket, you might as well just get up, even if it is still dark.

The early morning hours, three, four, or five AM, are a nice time of day.  The air is clean and cool.  Open the patio doors and turn on the radio.  You can pick up radio broadcasts from distant cities.  Learn about the traffic in San Diego or the temperature in Albuquerque.  Hear shows about UFOs, Jesus, ghosts, politics, and news.  The far-away radio signals sometimes fade as if blowing away in the wind. Try dial switching and you may find that station again.  A pastor in another state is asking for money and reminding you the the Lord loves you.  O Lord, if you love me, grant me a solid 8 hours sleep.
Amen.
Southwest Desert Blogger
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