in an effort to not have to play catch up on three months in one blog post, ever.again. i’m back to blogging a semi-regular basis.  not only have i missed the part of my day that is filled with writing and nothing else, but i am realizing that if i don’t write it down, i might not remember and that would just be – well, sad.

while there have been a lot of foods that i’ve been staying away from: the aforementioned rice, any kind of meat (except for one insatiable craving for an in n’ out cheeseburger), cooked vegetables and jello (there was a BAD incident early on which may lead me to never eat jello again – it’s sad really) – there are a few foods that have truly gotten me through the last few weeks.

it started with honeynut cheerios.  while i kept this secret from almost everyone, fairly early on, just as the nausea started to kick in i found myself on the phone with DIDDY and while our visits are few and far between i still feel myself sharing things with this former GUCCI that i wouldn’t share with anyone else.  anyway she said that when she was pregnant the cheerios worked for her and next thing i knew i was eating them by the handful.  now they are a little too sweet for me and my “swamp mouth” but boy did they settle a stomach.

next up – ginger snaps.  ABN went ginger happy the second my tum started to turn.  he literally bought out the whole ginger aisle at whole foods – bet you didn’t know there was a ginger aisle, oh but there is.  the ginger ale, the ginger gummy bears, the ginger pieces, the ginger tea…it all made me…puke.  but those ginger snaps.  to this day i still don’t leave my house without a little ziploc baggie full of them.  just to be safe.  and ABN?  he’s been doing a great job of drinking the ginger ales…after all, he bought three different kinds.

my mom is particularly excited that i’ve found comfort in orange slices (NOTE: not orange juice.  PUKE).  apparently, that’s what she ate when she was knocked up way back when.  while the slices are good, it’s really lemon slices that i love.  the juice cuts through the swamp mouth like no other.  sure, this might lead to my teeth falling out but at this point, i’m sorta willing to take that chance.

and finally – the occasional fountain soda diet coke.  i know, i know.  keep your caffeine down to a minimum…and a minimum i have.  i’ve completely cut out the coffee – which let me tell you, is quite the fete.  but every few days, when my energy is particularly low, that fountain soda diet coke just makes everything better.  the bubbles, the taste, the buzz.  we all need a vice and this one is mine! (luckily i’m a natural red head so i don’t have to dye my hair).

i don’t know if i’d consider any of these foods that i’ve been eating cravings – more than anything they just get me through the day.

bagels on the other hand…i’d say that’s a craving.