Sat. I worked out in the morning and then gave my mom a massage in the afternoon. I don't think I did much else that day. My mom's skin and muscle tone are much better from the last time I gave her a massage (which was a long time ago!). For a 70 year old, she's in great shape.

Every Sun. after church, Suki's family goes to eat pho. I asked her if she wanted me to pick her up so she doesn't have to sit there and watch everyone eat her favorite food. At first she said she'd be ok, but later she asked if I could pick her up and then we'd go shopping before going to work. So it worked out since I was working for Miriam Sun.

We went shopping for hats. I don't have any hats except baseball caps and have no desire to wear hats, but Jeannie's tea party for her birthday is next Sun. and she wants us to dress up like old fashion movie stars. Audrey Hepburn-esque. Guys wearing something pink and girls in dresses and hats. We didn't find anything we loved so we just shopped for other stuff and then went to work.

Why is it when one is fasting, that suddenly there's all kinds of food at work?! There was a big cake there for Haley's birthday and some other snacks on the table. But honestly, the cake didn't even look appetizing to me. I really wanted fish and steamed or roasted vegetables. Suki and I are already planning our meals when we finish the cleanse. All we talk about now is food and our poop! She can't talk to me when her husband is around because he gets grossed out (lightweight!). But he wants to do the cleanse when they get back from their vacation. I'm having some good results and can feel the difference just by touching my stomach. I can trace where my colon is and feel the hardness is moving out. It's all...I just got a call from Suki so we could talk about our poop again! I forgot what I was about to write.

I'm also reading "The Artist's Way" and it's written as a 12-week course. I started back on doing the Morning Pages. I think I stopped because it was taking too much time. But this time, I'm going to try to push through my internal censor and write freely. That's the whole point of the exercise anyway - to open up the creative gates. And this exercise is not only helpful for writers, but any kind of creative pursuit. Painters, musicians, dancers have all benefited when they've done this exercise. And another thing she recommends is the Artist Date. Every week 2 hours spent to nurture your creative consciousness or inner artist. I'm not sure how to do this, but she says to think intrigue, mystery, play, fun. "As artists, we must learn to be self-nourishing...Filling the well involves the active pursuit of images to refresh our artistic reservoirs." So I will have to come up with dates to have with my inner artist. Should be interesting.

Okay, I need to get ready for work now.