The fiance and I have moved into a new apartment–a beautiful, roomy two-bedroom place with a huge kitchen perfect for entertaining and cooking up gluten-free food. The apartment is surrounded by woods, a river, a small village of shops and restaurants, the bay, and a farmers market every Saturday. We couldn’t ask for a nicer place to call home.
Everything was perfect until, five days after moving in, I took a fall down the outside stairs and busted my leg. A broken fibula, a fractured ankle, and a surgery later, I am facing another 3-6 weeks of bed rest before I can even start putting weight on my leg.

After Surgery and Before
I’m out of work for this whole time and am running out of ways to entertain myself. Daytime television is driving me insane–did you know that The Jerry Springer Show is alive and well? I think I’ve read the entire contents of the Internet and I am almost finished watching the lengthy list of silly 80s movies I’ve never viewed in our collection. Erik the Viking = thumbs up; Iron Eagle = thumbs way down!
But it’s not all doom and gloom and synthesized music. I started reading Eat, Pray, Love (a book that really speaks to me so far…I love the author’s voice) and finally taught myself how to use Twitter. Since finishing my pain meds, I have found stretches of time and mental clarity to work on my thesis. In the spirit of fixing my leg, I have focused more on healthy eating and upcoming physical therapy. My Mom has been a blessing by doing all of our grocery shopping and helping me make feel good food.
And now it is time to breathe some life into my writing–my favorite past time/vocation but the first thing I dump in case of emergency or times of stress.
Welcome to the rebirth of Gluten-Free…Sexy Me, my journey in gluten-free, healthy living. For now, I leave you with a photo of today’s lunch–Chickpea Patties with Greek Topping, a recipe from the latest edition of Vegetarian Times magazine.

