Possible absence - please read

[GINGER!]

Hello people,

I might be absent for a few days, maybe a week. The reason why, is because I want to be a vegetarian, and my parents might not agree. Since I have substitutes for the vitamins and minerals I would be missing when not eating meat, fish and eggs, I am in position to simply refuse eating them. But, my Mom might try to force me into eating them, by taking away some of the 'privileges' I have. Like computer access, phone, etc. Because I am very serious about becoming a vegetarian, I will have to stay put and live with the punishments, because if I give in, well, it's over with becoming vegetarian.

The reason why I'm pretty sure my parents won't agree is, I've asked for permission to become a vegetarian three times over several years (first time I was 8, second time I was 12, and the third time was when I was 14 or 15, quite recently) and she always just wiped it off the table without listening to why and how. So now that I'm nearing my sixteenth birthday, I think they should take me serious and listen to me, support me and such.

So guys, I really hope they will support me, but that's not very likely. Even if a threaten to go living with my father, haha. (He works all day, so that's not very likely eater.) But I'm off for now. Support me in my fight against meat, please? xD

["cosmos"]

good luck, Ginger. push forward and prevail.

[Savern Nirugara]

Well I love meat, but heck ignoring you is not good, so fight on and beat da meat!

[Rankor]

You don't need meat to get protien(sp?) you can get it from beans as well. I don't think you will be missing out on any thing your body needs, considering you still need to eat some kind of fruit or vegetable with your meat anyways.

Fight for your right to eat only vegetables. Let them know that you won't be missing out on any vitamins or minerals with your choice of life style. Just remember, you still need protien, so go eat some beans.

[GINGER!]

Hi people, I'm back.

I didn't get grounded or anything, my Mom just shook her head and said I should do "whatever I wanted". I think she stopped attempting to raise me. :p

I just took a little vacation because I hardly had any muse, and I went to town often. Visited some friends etc. But now I'm back! I do have a little eye-problem though. I started using new contacts today (I have month-contacts, have to use new ones every month) and it's like I'm not wearing them! It's really strange. I can see fine, though. (My aunt seems to think I'm blind without them...) But when I close one eye, focusing with the other, and I open it again, my vision is kinda blurry. It does focus like, two seconds after opening, but it's annoying.

I might get a headache in the afternoon or something. When I was wearing my 'old' contacts (unfortunately they're in the trash bin now) I didn't have these problems. It's just weird... Well, maybe it's better tomorrow.

["cosmos"]

welcome back Ginger.

i hope the headaches don't last long, like mine do.