Trouble in Paradise?

I realized this morning that I have to eat out on Thursday. There's really no way around it. Thursday is day 9. See, here's the problem . . . Almost all of Madison's swim team swim at a country club during the summer. It's probably not possible for her to swim there, too - expensive and really not necessary. But, it's looking like she'll be the only young kid to swim on her normal team over the summer now, and practices are in the middle of the day. (2-4 p.m!) Swimming at Lochmoor (country club) is supposed to be so fun, they have tonnes of parties for the kids and work so hard without realizing it for all the fun they're having. So, we told Madison that we'll at least look into it. We had an appointment to meet with the Directors and have dinner there last week, but (1) I had forgotten and started the cleanse and (2) Milo ended up having to work. So, we rescheduled. For this Thursday. While I'm still on the cleanse. Darn!!! We can't reschedule again or we'll look flaky and we really won't be able to join then! There are such crazy strict criteria. So again - you're probably thinking - no big deal, only one day - right? WRONG. There is a process of getting off the cleanse that I didn't realize. Two days of just orange juice. They say if I jump right back into food, it will take away some of the progress I made, and also that it can really upset your stomach. SO. . . maybe I can do the orange juice for one day instead of two - but even that puts me at stopping on Wednesday - and that's only 8 days. . . Before I read all about the cleanse, I would have been thrilled about this, but now I hear about how great the changes are on the 8&9th days, and I don't want to come this far without having that. At the same time . . . if we really are considering having Madison swim here, it would be rude for me to go to this country club (bringing my own lemonade!!) and decline to eat the food that they have prepared for me. . . seriously. This is where we make our first impression and we have to be nominated. . .

On another note . . . I took the sacrament at church today (I don't consider this cheating.) and the taste of that bread was delectable! Oh, my. So good.