The Truth of the matter is I'm Complicated

I live eat and breath gluten free

And it can be frustrating<------

I appreciate all the positive feed back on my blog I really do <3 .

When someone is dealing with celiac disease it can get exhausting repeating yourself.

I mean I love educating people about celiac disease ...

But there comes a day where I just wish I was NORMAL <--- Like the other day......

  I went to the gym with some girlfriends and as we are heading out they have a smoothie table set up...I already know those smoothies aren't gluten free so I don't bother but my friend stop and the guy on the corner of the table proceeds to ask me if I would like a smoothie I say "no thanks" ...he was very persistent..."are you sure bleh bleh bleh" ....I then ask does it contain Gluten (that's right I Used the G Word) and he looks dumbfounded ( just the look I wasn't in the mood for ) and then I smiled and said another polite pass he said he thinks they have something gluten free but at the store not in the samples. I commend him for trying at the end but i already felt defeated by GLUTEN. I hate feeling like a brat when I ask "does it contain gluten?" I shouldn't but I do  bleh bleh bleh and that look I get I really try to be positive...and Appreciate that I am Not alone anymore My Gluten free fam bam is there to share these moments with me.

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-Eli
Eli

Vacation all I ever wanted!!!!!!!

I LOVE MY ISLAND!!!!!!!
(this blog is ALL ABOUT MY VACATION IN Puerto Rico)

a place....Full of love....life ..... beautiful people and FOOD!!!! did I mention gluten free food too!

lets just say I ate ALOT OF RICE....RED BEANS....MOFONGO!!!!  Delish!!!

Day 1.
We got to play Tourist for the day (what am I saying for the WHOLE TRIP)

El Morro in San Juan PR

Family



my Brother in law  Photo bombing......lol Robby



At the end of the day the whole family went to dinner. I was the only one Allowed to Eat MOFONGO because Everyone was going on the Mofongo and mojito Tour the next day. (YES THAT'S GLUTEN FREE BABY!!!!)

I didn't go on the tour because my Cousin was getting her black belt and I wanted to see her Kick BUTT!!!

Day 2.

we toured a little of old San Juan ...I left mid day with my Tio (uncle)



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Andrea Hickson's Review:

The History & Culinary Mofongo & Mojito tour was a lot of fun.  We started out the History tour by walking throughout Old San Juan.  Our tour guide was informative and took time to stop and point out interesting facts about the landmarks in Old San Juan as well as the formation of Puerto Rico as a whole.  One of my favorite parts of the tour was walking outside the wall and coming back in through Calle Fortaleza.  The view was breathtaking.

When the waking tour was over, we participated in a cooking class where we learned to make Mofongo stuffed with chicken while enjoying a refreshing Mojito. Mofongo is made of fried, mashed, green plantains.  We each mashed the plantains ourselves with a mortar and pestle or "Pilon" and seasoned it with butter and garlic.  The meal was delicious and it was a perfect way to end our fun tour.

My counsin Geraliz recieved her black belt .after we got back to tio's house....everyone was there waiting for our road trip to RINCON!!!

Day 3. and Day 4.

SPA DAY!!!!! Courtesy of GetshoppedPR! We were pamperd all morning and afternoon.

Nails,feet,massage ! Can we say AMAZING?!

THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN FAMILY.
We took Millions of pictures,we laughed , we sang,we danced and we had one heck of a water fight!
This vacation might as well be my favorite vacation of all time....that's why I am sharing it with you all.
I actually just spoke with my tio over the phone and told him I dream of them all every night since I left.
What a beautiful feeling to be surrounded by amazing people who love you.


Side note: Elsie bought me some gluten free goodies just to make sure that I was taken care of! she's so amazing!




Don't you love me rockin my little Cousins sandals & eating my Gluten free veggie chips! 

I didn't want to leave. I miss my family so much.
until or next vacation.

thank you for reading xoxo

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