Once again, I woke up feeling good.  I want to do so many things, but the simplest thing is exhausting so I can’t do much.  My dreams every night continue to be very detailed, specific and intricate.  Last night was like watching a string of short story movies.

It was cooler today, 55 degrees and extremely windy.  I bundled up and went outside to sit in the sun and warm up.  It was the first time I could sit in the sun with out melting.  After about a half hour the sun did the trick and I went to seek shade.  I people watched for a bit.  It’s the weekend and lodge guests kept arriving and checking out the medicine wheel and labyrinth.  It didn’t take long to realize the gecko mating show going on in front of me was way more interesting.  He (I’m assuming) kept prancing by her, puffing up and standing on his tip toes and then bobbing up and down.  She was not interested.  He tried to bite her tail twice.  She ran away.  This went on forever and I think he finally just gave up.  I gave up when the sun found my shady spot and took it away.  I found another shady spot and the sun found me there too.

I gave up on being outside – the sun won – so I hung out in my room for the rest of the morning and early afternoon.  I colored some more.  I read.  I cried.  I just laid there.  Boredom sunk in.  In my head I have so much energy, but I can’t do much and then the little I do gets boring shortly.  I’ve always had trouble relaxing and being still so I get to work on that now.  Then I became very cold again so I went back out to the sun to warm up.  I’ve become a reptile.

During dinner there was a guy playing the guitar and harmonica so even though my dinner was water with a side of water it was very nice to sit and listen.

Today was the first day free of nausea.  Yay!  I spoke to the doctor today to see if I could extend my fast since I’m doing quite well with it and I want to fast as long as I can.  He did some math and said I could extend it 5 more days.  At that point I should be at the weight they don’t want me to go below.  So tomorrow I will try to make arrangements with the lodge and hopefully can stay 6 more days (one extra day of re-feeding).  Fingers crossed.

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