Back In The Saddle

And now I'm back. From outer space. You just walked in to find me here with that sad look upon my face (Come on...sing along!)

I must admit that I've been blog shy lately. I haven't posted anything due to the fact that I am busy/lazy/crazy/hazy/whoops-a-daisy. But, I think that the main reason for the unintended hiatus was because I didn't end up making it into the medical study.

"Why not?" you ask.

Weeellllll, it had to do with the fact that my red blood cells were down just enough to disqualify me. The doctors on staff felt that if they took blood from me that I might not be able to replenish it easily. So, they sent me packing and off I went. They were kind enough to pay me for my time that day, but I really would have liked to make the boo-coo bucks they were laying out for the entire study.

This has since led me to reconsider my adventures in vegetarianland.

Although I have been a vegetarian for over five years now, this is the first time that I feel like I have not been properly fueling my body. Seeing the drop in my red blood cell count along with low iron levels has been somewhat disheartening. I mean, I thought I was doing all right! I made a conscious effort to try and head off any low iron levels in the past and I thought I assumed I was fairly successful. Guess not.

So what now? I am (reluctantly) jumping back on the meat wagon. Temporarily. We'll see how things go after a couple of months. I'm sure there are thousands of die-hard vegetarians who would love to tell me how to fix this without eating meat just as I am sure that there are thousands of meat-eaters who are giddy to have me back. To both groups I say, "Meh."

Honestly, I'm a little sad that I'm eating meat again, but I'm not distraught. Given the problems that so many people have in this world, I'm just grateful for food of any kind that appears on my table.