Gluten Free Puppy Feelings

It's Tuesday.
Time to talk feelings again.

So far this week, I am feeling pretty good.
First of all, it has become quite evident that gluten has been buggering up my system for a while.
Largely, (ha!) it has been collecting in my midsection and making my tummy fat and weird.
But since I have been cutting WAY DOWN on the gluten?
Tummy is going away and getting way flatter.
I have been (almost) gluten free for 2 weeks now, and I wouldn't say it is all happening so fast, but I have lost a little weight, and it's the loss of actual tissue that makes me happy.

Of course I still want bread and cake.

Anyhoo, Mondays.
I seriously can't seem to get my head around them.
My meal outlining is blah.
If it is outlined at all.
And Mondays are soccer nights for Madee, but the whole family goes, and for some reason I find my whole day just eaten up. Here's hoping Daylight Savings Time saves me from this.

Tuesday and Thursday are swim days for Eden. Madee and I go, too, since Eden takes a bit to warm up to her swim teacher, and Madee enjoys practicing her swim skills, too.

But with all this activity, it is hard for me to keep up with the rest of things.
I feel like I am in" recovery mode" more often than I am in totally "prepared for all this mode".

And to boot, I have started looking for a new dog. A few different friends of ours have recently adopted new buddies, and Charlie and I have started thinking perhaps it is time for us to expand our family on the 4 legged front.

Can I just tell you how depressing it is to rescue a dog? I feel bad because we really are looking for just the right one, and so many good little buddies are out there needing forever homes.

I wish I could bring them all home.

Charlie is adamant that the dog should not be a puppy. He wants to rescue a dog that already knows it's way around, where to pee, what not to chew.

 I think the kids would love to have a little puppy buddy and they would grow together, so it would be even sweeter, right? Charlie has already said he isn't doing anything but financially supporting this dog, and it will be mine to care for.

So that means we get a puppy, right?