Re-evaluating the Vegan thing - and will still eat vegan!

So I recently ate seafood again - as sort of a re-evaluation of the vegan thing. Why? I just wanted to. You're supposed to doubt everything, right?

It was very consistent with my memory - same texture, taste, mouth-feel that I remembered. But it didn't produce the same feeling of comfort, same 'mmm this is the stuff' or 'tastes like home'. I didn't crave it anymore.

So I'm going to keep eating vegan food. Meat and cheese doesn't produce the same excitement it used to do for me, and I've now discovered that seafood, my once all-time-favorite, doesn't do that either.

I am quite happy with the fact that I was comfortable enough to question and re-evaluate the vegan decision. It's like I am able to keep in touch with myself and always know who I am, not who I chose to be.

What have you questioned lately?

A random update??

It's been almost a year since my last post - so why am I doing one now?

Good question.

You see, I had a little bit of an epiphany today. To make a long story short, I lost my purse with some very important belongings in it last night. Upon waking this morning and realizing that it was gone, I got to start the fun process of retracing my steps, going to the police station, calling all the cabs in the area on other people's phones, calling the rental car company, trying to prove who I am without a drivers license, trying to order a new DL without debit or credit cards, etc.

I am very lucky.

I have friends that will help me look, friends that will feed me when I can't buy food, friends that will drive me places, friends that will help me call, friends that will let me use their phones, and friends that have friends that will also help me do these things even though I met them yesterday.

So even though I am in the middle of what some have referred to as a 'crisis', I feel great! Sure I can live without a cell phone - I'll just make people call the hotel and be transferred to my room! Sure I can live without a rental car - I can take public transport for the rest of my trip! Sure I can live without my credit/debit cards (for a little while) - since I'm on a business trip, I'll just get my coworkers to use their comapny cards to cover my business travel expenses! Sure I can live without a license - I have my passport in my hotel room, so I can use that as my ID for getting on the plane home!

Now, I will be re-ordering all of these things, make no mistake (especially a new medical insurance card, I definitely will need that). But I think I am so incredibly lucky to do this at a time / place where I can get away with it, and going without a phone, car, etc for a few days will probably be a good experience for me.