Slowly becoming human again

Life has really been something lately. Mostly, its not been that great for me. After my enthusiastic post about clothes 2 weeks ago, we got a phone call that my mother-in-law had passed away. For the most part, this was a huge relief. I know that sounds terrible to say, but she'd been sick for a long time with no hope of getting better. It was a release for her and for my father-in-law, who was her primary care giver.

We spent 17 hours in the car that night and into the next day to get to MN for her funeral. Eating while there was a challenge because my sister-in-law was not very accepting of my new diet. She kept wanting to cook these frozen pasta meals that I can't eat. I volunteered to cook every night and made enough for everyone, but it still made her mad. Maybe I could have just eaten deli meat for every meal, but that didn't seem very appealing.

I think stressful situations really bring out the worst in people and I did my best to be helpful, but it all really blew up in my face in the end. It's just a sad situation really. I don't want to get into details of it all, but things didn't go well when we left to come home.

On the car ride home, I could NOT stay awake, which is unusual for me. I slept most of the way home, unpacked when we got back, and went to bed. I woke up the next morning feeling like death. I figured maybe it was just the trip and a little virus or something. No... of course not. Two days later I hacked up blood and green gunk. One trip to the doctor later and yay, I have tonsillitis. Ugh!!

So, last week, I lost a grand total of 11 pounds because I really couldn't eat for the majority of the week. Today, I feel decent and am planning to get back into the gym. I know the lack of protein for a week has to have caused some muscle loss and we can't have too much of that going on.

Yesterday, I was feeling pretty much human. So, I went out for lunch and shopping with my cousin. Pre-shopping selfie :)