Seth is doing super well at work, and I am still loving my classes. Rosie is of course loving life, especially now that cooler weather is here! It is snowing in Rockville today, which I know would make her sad if she were at all aware that she's missing it, but Seth and I are super stoked that we get a "cold day" in the 60's. And that we're not pulling out our winter gear yet. Probably good, since most of it is still packed away. :-)
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| We have a shower curtain! It only took us like 2 months to choose it.... |
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| We're working on getting the books out of the bathtub. We have 5 full bookcases so far, and even with overpacking them as much as possible, I still definitely need to get another bookcase and clear this out before guests come to visit! |
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| Our awesome couch and my grandma's painting. The setup is much better now! |
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| Rosie has apparently been trained that if Mommy is taking pictures, she needs to sit and look adorable. |
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| Bookcases and games! Including Nightmare Before Christmas Yahtzee. |
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| Our kitchen! And on the fridge, you can see my romance novel magnetic poetry. It's entertaining. |
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| Our bedroom! With mess from Rosie, but you can see our Rhode Island painting. |
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| Seth, Rosie, and all the loot we got today to get our guest stuff ready! Everything from towels to sheets to pillows, since we realized we didn't have much to share. |
And now, for what has been the most exciting thing about our move to Charleston! I got re-allergy tested, and I am finally unallergic to foods! Seriously. It's beyond amazing. I can eat corn and peanuts safely! There are still a few things I can't have, namely coconut, eggs, and onions, but two of those I couldn't eat like ever, so it's fine. :-) Eggs and I are recently not friends, but we're going to try those again in like 6 months. And now, the most exciting thing, which Seth and I just started experimenting with and praying that it worked....
I can have milk products!!! I have to have 2 lactaids to have it, but it's been working! It's amazing. Without the pills, I still end up super ill, but the headaches are less than they were, so the last couple of headaches may have been stress + normal allergens making me so ill. Which is amazing. I had pizza with cheese for the first time in 3 years, and I was seriously in shock at a)how yummy it was and b)how I wasn't wishing I could just pass out until the illness ended. I still love some of my vegan baking recipes, especially since eggs are still off limits, but it's amazing to be able to eat more normally. As a caveat, if I don't take my pills, I still can't have anything even prepared near dairy, but I'm excited beyond belief (as is Seth, who has been on as strange a diet as me for the past few years) to have food approaching normal.
So, yeah! There's cheese in our fridge for the first time that we can both share, and cheese is allowed in our kitchen, although I continue to compulsively clean anywhere it touches, just in case. It's a wonderful thing, and just in time for us to decide what we want to do for our two year anniversary coming up November 7th. :-)
We are so blessed to have such supportive families with everything we do, but I know our families will be happy to not have to accommodate insane dietary restrictions the same way. Dad has the same non-onion thing, so that makes that part easier, and working around eggs isn't as bad as working around eggs with everything else in the world. My parents are coming for Thanksgiving, and Seth's for Christmas, so we're beyond excited to have our families around for the holidays.
More updates will come later, but that's a good start for now!
Cheers,
Cassi
