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Finally, an update

I had grand plans of writing little updates throughout my first few days as a vegetarian, but I didn't have internet access here at the new place, so that sort of fell through. It's been maybe two months now without meat (with a couple exceptions) and I don't miss it at all. In fact, I've started giving up other animal products like yogurt and even cheese. I'm not gonna lie though--I really, really miss cheese.

Two parts of being a vegetarian have been tricky. Number 1 is figuring out what to feed my omnivorous family. This is a work in progress. I consider cooking a hobby, so I've actually had fun playing around with this. I would write a cookbook with meaty, vegetarian, and vegan options for the same meal, but I'm really not sure anyone would buy it. Okay, I'm not sure anyone other than my mom would buy it. The husband (who is not a vegetarian) has been much less pleased with the process and is disinclined to have fun with it. He does, however, thank me profusely every time I make him meat he finds particularly tasty.

The number 2 tricky part is eating when I am not at home. I have probably failed just over half the time that I have eaten at some social event or restaurant. I think I just need more practice. I like the sound of that.