Round 2~ 1/2 way

So far, so good.  No almond butter, no plantain chips.  I made 1 exception so far: one of my former students came to visit today AND brought me my fav' drink from "Starbucks", green tea frapp w/ 2% milk!!!:):)  It made me so happy though it tasted quite sweet, ahaha.

Yesterday, I made slow cooker coconut & green curry pork & it was delicious!



Super easy to make too, loved it.  Apparently, pork butt & pork shoulder are... the same!?!  I will make an exception this Saturday at a friend's wedding & eat... normally?  We'll see.  I feel that "The Whole30" is going by so slow this time around!?!  I'm not suffering or anything, just an observation, ahaha.

Various excellent articles (random)

Michael Phelps

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"How to decide if you should quit teaching"

"Croire" vs. "penser" et le subjonctif:

 I just tell them that of you think or believe something, there's no doubt in the French grammatical mind. And then I point out that penser and croire in negative and questions do have doubt. also some of the expressions aren't black and white because it depends how much doubt you want to express like with il est possible it can be either.

I tell mine that if I believe or think (or whoever the subject is) then in my mind it is a fact, according to how I see the world. If I don't believe it or think it (au négatif) I could change my mind with future info, so it may or may not be fact. This seems to help most of mine.

Round 2

I'm doing "The Whole30" again, Aug. 1-31.  This time around, I'll do the following:
-NO almond butter
-NO plantain chips
-limit snacks
-exception on Aug. 19 (wedding)

I am looking forward to doing "The Whole30" again because I ate crap for the past 2 weeks, eating too much at times, etc.  I know I can't eat much bread, rice, & flour in limited quantities because they make me feel bloated.