Of Car Accidents and Gluten

Wow. Our lives are just so interesting all the time.

Just a week ago, I got a lumbar epidural for my ruptured disc I received from a car accident back in June. This morning, my boyfriend got in an accident. We now have no car because my dad's car just got repossessed so he took the one I had been driving, and now this. Thank goodness I don't have class this week. That gives us a little more time to figure things out. And thank god I wasn't in the car! That would have screwed up my back even more, not to mention how much more complicated my case would have become! Can't we just catch a break sometime?

I can't wait to go buy myself something
like this once I get my paycheck!

In other news, I have decided that, now that I finally have health insurance, I'm going to try to get officially diagnosed with Celiac. I'm certain I have it, as my mom has it. I display the same symptoms, but to a smaller scale. I went off gluten for a year and a half to try to avoid such a fate myself, but in order for them to diagnose me, I have to actually be eating gluten. So as of Sunday, I have been eating gluten! That first purchase was hard! I felt like I was buying drugs or some other illegal contraband.

"I'm not ready, I'm not ready!" I cried! "I can't do it!"

My boyfriend bought it for me. He held it in front of my face until I told myself to "just do it," and took a big bite. Since then, I've almost been acting like a drug addict. I haven't told anyone at work yet, so when someone brought a bunch of pastries for everyone to share, I snagged a ton and hid them in a drawer, scarfing them down ravenously every chance I got. I've calmed down a bit, now that it's been a few days, but I still can't wait to go eat everything I haven't been able to for so long! I feel so free!!