Hungry Hippo

I can’t even tell you about this weekend because I’m so hungry! I don’t know what’s happening, but I’ve apparently all of a sudden hit a huge development milestone, here in my mid-30s. It’s a little disconcerting since it’s happening all of a sudden instead of just sneaking up on me. If I didn’t know better I’d think I was eating for two. Perhaps I have some symbiotic creature in my stomach that I don’t know about.
I used to pack a sandwich for lunch and that would get me through the day pretty much. I’d drink a couple of glasses of water while working at the desk, eat my lunch at noon and by quitting time I’d be hungry for dinner. But not starving. And now…



I just had two sandwiches, a bowl of sweet potato soup and a bowl of tabouli as an extended lunch. And I’m still hungry! I’ve been drinking some tea to distract me and am about to put another pot on to have with some graham crackers I just found while rummaging in the bottom of a drawer. It’s crazy. And I still have about 3 more hours to go before dinner, at the earliest. Is it because of spring? Does it have to do with a particular time of the month? I don’t know.



And of course, this morning, while rushing to get ready for work, I had to change my outfit a few times as I found some of my clothes didn’t fit anymore. A pair of favorite pants I couldn’t even get on. It wasn’t that I couldn’t get them buttoned, I still wear those pants with a long shirt – it works for now. But these, no matter how I twisted, I couldn’t get them over my thighs. And I had some shirts that were a little too tight. Tighter then I remembered. I’m going to have to start weed my closet of the clothes that are too small for “now”, and set them aside for “later”. I’m not planning on dieting or exercising specifically to lose this weight. I’ve had friends say that I look healthy, so don’t mind that part. It’s just so weird that it’s happening without my influence in the matter, so who knows what will happen next, maybe I’ll drastically lose weight. So I’ll just box up the “small” clothes for now and put a date on them and see what life throws my way next. I hope this won’t affect my shoe collection!



And in case you were curious, this weekend my dad was in town and we saw the Jim Henson exhibit at the National Heritage Museum, along with the other 5 exhibits there which lasted until closing time when they kicked us out just in time for us to catch the reenactment down on Mass Ave of the militia and minute men pushing the red coats back to Boston. There were cannons and horses and dead bodies on the damp ground. It lasted a good while too. Also caught a Patriot’s Day parade, checked out the new Trader Joes and made beef stew. I was wiped by the end and went to bed at 9:30 pm and didn’t get up until 7:30 am this morning. And I ate a lot – I was hungry most of the time. Crazy new body – it’ll take some getting used to.