timing and other considerations

i can't decide whether to start this elimination right away or to wait until after i return from that reunion and from visiting family. if i start right away, i'm just that much closer to finishing. if i wait, i can avoid most of the awkwardness that comes from eating drastically different food from those around me. of course, i plan to bring most of my own food anyway because i already eat demonstrably different from nearly everyone who will be there--how much would the elimination really affect my experience?

and then there's the brownies in my fridge right now. because i brought them outside to cool, they dried into something resembling fudge biscotti. perfect for dipping into coffee. and D doesn't seem that interested in eating them and S isn't here, so what's a pre-menstrual female to do?

knit until her fingers bleed, perhaps? keeps me out of the fridge. actually, that could be the upside to this whole process. knitting and walking keep me from snacking and my snacks are more likely to contain wheat than anything else i might eat. cooking a supper without wheat is an easy project. breakfast is a little more imposing, but only in that i like to eat cereal and toast and homemade pancakes. and cinnamon buns. i really like cinnamon buns. anyway, i can probably finish a lot of projects this summer and get a lot of exercise.

not that snacking is inherently evil or anything. it's just that my snacks tend to be wheat-based and i need to change that so that i can continue this process with some level of comfort.

all that and i still haven't come to any conclusions. i'm leaning toward starting right away. i can spend the next few days preparing foods i can eat over the weekend and i can buy groceries when we get there, too. i have a big cooler. i'm sure i'll be fine.