Chop, Chop, Chop
I have a confession... I'm scared of soup! Not eating it, but making it and everything that goes with it. My cooking friends tell me I'm crazy - that it is the best-kept secret of crazy-life-cooking, but I'm still not convinced. I did get brave enough, however, to try it myself. I found a good chowder recipe (check it out on my Pinterest board) and went to work chopping every single cube by hand, because, at this pathetic moment in my culinary history, I do not own a food processor. It was all going just grand until, 30 minutes into chopping, I got to the onion. I have since found a tutorial of how to cut an onion, and the knowledge that I acquired will be drawn upon the next time I am unfortunate enough to have to use it. But alas, with my  fingers wet and slippery, my eyes swelled up with tears, I made the bad choice to push through and cut that last block, and....slice! Right down through the top of my thumb. 

Warning, Graphic Material
Steaming French bread. Thick, creamy Alfredo sauce. Gobs of luscious whipped cream. Triple-layered-chocolate cake. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, apple crisp, or a friend's frozen 1-year-old wedding cupcakes on Facebook - anything and everything good and sweet and delicious in this world has been popping up in my Pinterest and Facebook feed today! Seriously, people, are you doing this on purpose? Commercials, email ads - they are all screaming EAT ME! I didn't think I was having a hard time resisting, but today I have had to painfully overt my eyes to keep myself from drooling. This battle has become a reality in my home: my husband and I call it Food Porn.

Where Is My Energy??
I think my body must be a day behind.... either that or I have more than the average chemical stock-pile in my system! For some reason I just cannot kick this tired feeling! It's not really exhaustion, just a sleepy, tired, lazy feeling that makes me want to curl up and sleep anywhere. This is typical according to the Whole30 program, but they say it usually happens on days 2 and 3, not days 3 and 4, but maybe I'm just weird like that. Regardless, I knew I could not go another day like yesterday so I tried so switch up my routine to keep myself awake. (In the Whole30 they strongly recommend taking naps.... this is not conducive in any form to even the slightest piece of my schedule, so I have had to improvise.)

Don't Wake Me Up
So they're not lying to you, if you've ever read the Whole30 program guide. Day 3 dawns just like it did on Day 2, but somehow you aren't ready for it. It makes sense, really, if your body is spending all this extra energy on it's chemical-spring-cleaning, but still.... I'm exhausted! 
My morning routine usually starts at 5:30am with no problem, but today - phew! I could have sworn it was only just after midnight when my alarm went off. They say it will wear off, of which I have no doubt, but seriously - today was loooong. I would have paid an exorbitant amount of money for this today! (Check in out here)