Noticing More Changes

Well, I guess I'm officially having some degree of "morning sickness". I just finished my 9th week and smells are intensifying for me. I started really noticing it Sunday night. My mother in law made some cookies and I wasn't hungry when it was "cookie time" at the house, so I took a couple home with me in a ziplock baggie. This has NOTHING to do with her cooking/baking skills, but I was about 5 seconds from throwing them out the car window on the way home. I was so close to throwing up from the strong smell of cocoa. NORMALLY I LOVE THAT SMELL! Actually I loved that smell just a few hours earlier when she was making them. I feel like I've gone crazy.

So I hadn't yet thought how these changes would effect me at the grocery store, especially since I've felt so good so far, apart from being tired. So today I ventured out for groceries. Once I finally procrastinated long enough and convinced myself to go, I soon realized it would be difficult. After about 5 minutes of being there the smells and even just sites of most things made me want to throw up. Random things would bug me, like the bags of salad. Normally I LOVE salad. Salad seems like such a bland food to get nauseous over. I don't get it. I had my limit once I got to the cheese and lunch meet area. I hurried to the bathroom to keep from throwing up in the middle of the grocery isle, but of course once I got there, not much happened. I still felt like I needed to throw up - but I didn't. I just hung out there for a while. haha. After a while I hurried to finish my shopping. Oddly, I started feeling better as soon as I got to the rice isle. What is it with my weird obsession with rice?? Even my desserts have rice in them. (Made rice pudding last night). Something about rice is so comforting right now. haha. I've been making rice as a side dish, rice in my casseroles, rice in my soups, and now in my pudding. I bought more rice today and I plan on making 10 bean soup mixed with rice. haha.

I was curious about something. Do y'all think that the food sampler people get offended if you don't try their food?? - Particularly the ones who are like cooking up their special little dish in the small "show kitchen" setup at HEB. I can't help but wonder. There was no way I was going to try anything that lady made....well....unless maybe it was rice. haha