Through My Eyes: A Journal

By Liz Root

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1/11/2002
so. i'm on a diet. high protein, low carbs. i've been studying it for a couple months now, and it just seems to offer the most benefits, the best overall health, the quickest results. i'm not overweight or anything...i've just turned to flab. and it doesn't look good. so, last night i went to the superwalmart and went food shopping at midnight. it only ended up costing like 30 bucks in the end, for food that should last me at least a week or two. i think that's pretty good.

if this body is a temple, then jesus would be overturning my tables. i just can't treat myself like crap anymore. i'm the only one who can control what goes into my body, and i'm the only one who can motivate myself to get off my butt and get active. i'm cleaning up my temple. dear lord, please help. overturn these tables.


- liz r. - 1/11/2002

1/10/2002
how about instead of filling this thing with more random semi-abstract thoughts, i just tell you upcoming events of my seemingly insignificant life?

tomorrow i am driving to charlotte. i'll be going to church at morningstar. then hopefully i'll have found a place to stay overnight, and saturday i'm going to do a bunch of errands unless i end up hanging out with someone during the day. errands include: maybe getting my labret pierced. seeing Amelie if it's still playing. getting some patchouli oil at the Body Shop. buying new earrings for my 10-guage holes. maybe going to an 8. maybe. perhaps a stop at rock and roll emporium to ogle over the shoe selection. i will then go to church again at morningstar, and then back home.

and there you have my weekend.

i'd like to go see "a beautiful mind" tonight.


- liz r. - 1/10/2002


perhaps a return to normalcy? tomorrow i hope to find myself in either charlotte, nc or athens, georgia. if i go to charlotte, it would be to go to church up there, if i go to athens, it will be on a ministry trip with morningstar. so we'll see. i'd rather go to athens. i can go to charlotte anytime.

so, i got a job. only like 8 hours a week, but it will be enough to tide me over, which is what i need.

i feel at a loss of relevant things to say. i suppose life shouldn't depend on how relevant i feel my words are. however, i'm looking forward to getting back into the swing of things and having things to talk about. it all comes and goes in phases.


- liz r. - 1/10/2002

1/7/2002
it's funny how i find myself in random houses in random states, and can still feel at home. i'm staying in a house in margate, florida...suburb of fort lauderdale i think. a couple from the local church here where the friend we traveled with lives is keeping us overnight. they are so hospitable. (sp?) don't you ever find yourself somewhere and ask yourself how in the world you got there? three years ago someone could have told me that i'd be visiting all the places i have, and i would have just laughed in his face.

tomorrow i will be leaving florida to return to south carolina. let us pray this flight goes smoother than the flight here. for any who watched the news about all the snow in the south, it took its toll on us. our flight from myrtle beach to atlanta was cancelled, and we stayed in a hampton in on the beach over night. too bad it was snowing on the beach! craziness! so we left the next morning instead.

myrtle beach to atlanta
atlanta to fort lauderdale
fort lauderdale to freeport, bahamas

i would prefer never to fly that much in one day ever again. this was my first time "out of the country." i suppose a half hour flight out of florida might not really count, but i still learned a lot of things. the things i'm sure most everyone learns the first time they leave the country. the things that makes us americans realize how fortunate/spoiled we are. things i learned:

bahamians do not share the same feelings about being on time as americans. 4 o'clock can mean anything from 3:30 to 4:30.
bahamian pepsi tastes like coke. (which is bad.)
the major profession of bahamian women is hair braiding.
bahamian women sound like Miss Cleo. (call me now for your free readin'!)
bad american water is better than good bahamian water.
i like palm trees.

that's about all the observations i can remember for now. so, i'm back from my trip and i had a good time, lots of relaxation, and even a little bit of sun. (although if you looked at me you wouldn't be able to tell.)

i'm looking forward to my return home tomorrow, and back to normalcy. to reading, writing, and music. i look forward to simplicity. where my thoughts are my own. where life makes sense. even when it doesn't.
- liz r. - 1/7/2002