I tried doing a gluten test today. I’m not sure it was really conclusive. I ate a bunch of gluten and then I took a nap for 3 hours. I guess maybe that’s my answer in itself.

I ordered a pizza and some breadsticks for the test. While waiting, I called my twin brother. It sounds like he’s sleeping a lot. I couldn’t help but think perhaps the reason I was always able to sleep so much in the past is because my body has a hard time processing gluten and it needs more time to rest because of that. Now that I don’t eat nearly as much bread I don’t sleep nearly as much. Today I woke up after sleeping for about 8 hours last night because I simply couldn’t sleep any longer. That never used to happen to me a few years ago. I always attributed it to feeling better and not being depressed, but maybe it has more to do with diet than anything else. I’m glad to be at the place I am with sleep. It used to drive me nuts when I’d conk out for 12 hours or more.

I’ve also been using this app on my phone. It’s a location based app used to meet other men. I’m not really at a place where I want to meet that many men, but I find that I’m still using it. Most of the guys just want to hookup which isn’t something that I generally like doing. I’ve listed on my profile that I’m looking for more than a hookup which deters most of the guys who are only looking for sex. Not all of them though. This one pretty good looking guy messaged me today and pretty much immediately wanted “body pics.” I can barely stand the thought of taking pictures with my shirt off. The thought of sending them to another human being fills me with despair. The great thing is I don’t need to. I sent him a message saying I wasn’t looking to hookup and telling him to have a good night. What I really need is a friends with benefits situation. I’ve never really had that. I’m not sure I could have sex with someone and not want it to turn into something more. It would be nice though. I don’t really have an outlet right now which sometimes leads me to some kind of skeezy situations. If there was some guy I trusted and could have fun with every now and then it would be really nice. I’m pretty much over that app at this point. I’m not really in the mood to meet people and go on dates. If I thought I was going to be around here for much longer I might be, but at this point I’m using it more as a way to waste time. 99% of the conversations I have on the app never lead to me meeting the person. That said, I am maybe hanging out with a guy tomorrow from the app. He seems pretty cute. Hmm.

I also got the documents I need to go to Thailand. That happened much sooner than I thought it would. I still haven’t applied for the CELTA program I want to take. My goal is to get that done tomorrow. As soon as I’m accepted to the program (which I don’t think will be a problem, but it might be) I can book a ticket to Thailand. I’m excited to have an adventure. I’m not really sure what the hold up is on getting that application done. This is something I want to do, but for some reason I’m not in a big hurry. It would be nice to get over there sooner rather than later. The class starts in late May so if I was on a flight by the end of this month I’d have lots of time to bum around Thailand before the class starts. Tomorrow I’ll work on the application and hopefully get that sent off.

Gratitude List:
Seeing the cherry blossoms tomorrow
A date, perhaps?
Moving forward with life