Curly Hair Just Don't Care

Okay, that's not true, I totally care most of the time. Haha, I guess just less about what people think of me as I used to, but really I just didn't have a creative title and I have been enjoying how my hair waves up into some curls, thus the title was born. I used to say I really want curly hair, annoyed that my hair seemed to have a mind of its own, never really straight and never really wavy. Turns out I just needed to learn how to style it!

Anyway, I just finished eating the most amazing summer pasta salad for dinner (thank you Alexi for the inspiration). All the flavor, all the refreshing vibes, ten out of ten. Despite traveling and having to shop and meal prep all in one day, I would say today was successful and I have two meals that I'm excited about, in the fridge ready to go for the week! Such a good feeling. Especially because there was a time that I absolutely dreaded cooking. In part because cooking for one person is hard and I dream of having a family to make meals for some day, and in part because of the overwhelm in picking nutritious foods and fear of picking the "wrong" foods. Cycles of choosing what I think I "should", and then not even enjoying the meals.

So I'm grateful that I'm in a better place to make simple meals that are delicious and low effort. And honestly the effort is good for me, and adds to the satisfaction of eating the meal. I'm processing a lot this week as I listen to the book "Health at Every Size" by Linda Bacon (yes that's actually her last name, lol). It is quite interesting to hear the research that she unpacks and it lines up with the direction I've been going the last few years as I have pursued more of an "intuitive eating" approach to life. I won't bore you with my processing (at least tonight, haha mostly because it still is in process). But if the idea that our bodies have a set weight range that they are happiest at (aka, Set Point Weight Theory) and that our bodies are capable of regulating that weight range without dieting is attractive to you, I recommend checking it out for yourself.

As I type I'm slowly turning into a pumpkin, so I don't have much to say tonight. I am definitely going into the week tired after fourth of July happenings. Late nights and early mornings caught up to me today, thankfully I was able to take a good nap that gave me energy to prep for the week. It was a busy long weekend, but my heart is full. Grateful to have spent time with family and be out of the cities for a few days, with only a few mishaps including losing my wallet and being completely unaware (don't worry, we were reunited, Praise God for honest people!), a gnarly mystery bruise (literally no memory of what might have happened), and a wrong turn coming back today that derailed my plans of making it to the eleven o'clock service at my church. All in all though, a lovely long weekend!

I'll sign off with this sharing Psalm 29 as it has been a comfort and grounding for me this week:

A psalm of David.

Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings, 

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; 

worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.

The voice of the Lord is over the waters;

 the God of glory thunders, 

the Lord thunders over the mighty waters.

The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic.

The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; 

the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.

He makes Lebanon leap like a calf, Sirion like a young wild ox.

The voice of the Lord strikes with flashes of lightning.

The voice of the Lord shakes the desert;

the Lord shakes the Desert of Kadesh.

The voice of the Lord twists the oaks and strips the forests bare.

And in his temple all cry, “Glory!”

The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;    

the Lord is enthroned as King forever.

The Lord gives strength to his people;

the Lord blesses his people with peace.

Goodnight my friends, I'll write at ya later ;)