24 Hour Pity Party

I grew up in a pretty 'Get Over It' kind of house.  Which means you were allowed to have a pity party for 24 hours if something crappy happened and then you just needed to buck up and move on.  This mentality has come in quite handy in the last few months!  Several people have commented to me how well I seem to be doing with all the food changes and how it doesn't seem to really bum me out.  I refer you to the concept of the 24 Pity Party.  

It has not been a super easy process, and oh my Cher do I miss some food items.  I'm pretty sure I would shave my head to get to eat a plate of nachos without getting violently sick, but...no longer an option!  This time of year was already hard because of the trays of Christmas cookies that seem to turn up everywhere! 

So today, I was having a bit of a pity party for one.  My brother-in-law makes an amazing cheesecake for Christmas dinner and this year I don't get any.  Boo for me.  I did, however, make another huge batch of dairy free cocoa mix and have candy cane vodka ready for Christmas Eve AND Christmas Day, so I'll just drink up while everyone else lays around clutching their full bellies :) I'll stick with my hot beverages! No belly ache, and it's not passing out if it's Christmas afternoon and everyone else is napping too... See, that Pity Party was less than five minutes!  

My mom makes these amazing caramel rolls for Christmas morning that we have renamed Erotic Rolls because one year, my Aunt Billie celebrated with us and the sounds coming out of her while she was eating them were really uncomfortable and hilarious all at the same time, thus, the rolls have been renamed!  I refuse to have my family alter everything because of my hot mess of a digestive system, so I made vegan pumpkin muffins to share as well.  For actual Christmas dinner, I can have most of the dishes and am making a side dish of wild rice and cranberries to share too (minus the garlic and onions).   Everybody wins.  And if they're nice, I'll share my candy cane vodka too :)  

This has nothing to do with anything except that it is awesome and stars Eric Northman himself, Alexander Skarsgard.

So Merry Christmas for those of you who celebrate and Happy Wednesday Off of Work (Maybe) for the rest of you!  Hope you don't get any coal, unless you deserve it.  

P.S...I am officially obsessed with this song...and you should be too!