say it ain't so! (it probably ain't)

i cut out dairy for the past couple of days on account of i was having some persistent GI problems, and both my mother and brother are lactose intolerant, my mother having acquired the ailment at about the same age as I am now.

unfortunately, things have calmed down quite a bit. i may actually be intolerant. i'll add some dairy back into my diet, i suppose, a bit at a time next week. if i have to give up morning cereal i can cope. pizza and cheeseburgers? less coping.

a couple of years ago i was forced to drink some soymilk, on multiple occasions, and discovered that it's quite good in oatmeal but a mistake for anything else. i've got some now for my occasional oatmeal breakfast. it's far more expensive than regular milk, though, and less versatile than the real thing.

of course, the whole thing could just be the healing power of time, alleviating the effects of my weeks-ago food poisoning, not to mention my weeks-ago reintroduction of daily coffee. coffee is a big-time GI irritant, as is alcohol. these are a few of my favorite things.