hectic?

there's something strange going on with the food in our house.

1) avocados are taking more than a week to ripen. even when they look nice and dark, they're still hard. i learned a trick a few years ago that if you put an avocado in a brown bag overnight, it will be ripe by morning. even when i left an avocado in a paper bag for several days, it was still not ripe!

2) milk has been going bad very quickly (so in this case, it's the opposite of the avocado problem). i bought milk YESTERDAY and when i poured it on my cereal this morning it was just yellow water and curds. gross.

AND our kitchen smells like rotting food and i can't figure out where the smell is coming from. unpleasant.

oddly enough, it seems like my nesting instincts are dissipating. i've been spending tuesday evenings doing chores, and thoroughly enjoying it, but my motivation seems decreased. i'd LIKE our house to be tidy, but can't muster energy/desire to accomplish it.

thankfully, i slept better last night and felt much better in general today. my mom told me to put a pillow under my belly, and that added support seems to have taken strain off my shoulders, ribs and hips. that said, i'm now sleeping with 4 pillows (1 for head, 2 stacked pillows for feet, and 1 for belly).

keep your head up, keep your heart strong.