I think I’m about to take the leap…for good?

I really think once school is over for the semester I am going to make the leap back to veganism….for good. Why the wait? Because Sunday I bought groceries for the rest of the semester and those need to be used up first! (BTW, I am talking about going from vegetarian to vegan, I never started eating meat again!) Being vegetarian I am learning is A LOT more difficult than being vegan. The one thing that has kept me from being a devoted vegan was my cheese addiction. But there’s a huge problem – most cheese is NOT vegetarian. Most of the cheese you find at the grocery store contains rennet – which is the lining of calves’ stomaches. EW. All the good tasting stuff I want to eat – feta, cheddar, parmigiana reggiano – all of that most likely contains baby cow in it. I am not perfect, and I am guilty of taking so long to figure this out. So is it worth it? Why eat that sh** at all? They treat the animals so badly, and is that really better than killing them? I am really not shouting all of this out to everyone I know, because of how hard it has been for me to stick to veganism. This is a slow process for me, because cheese is my favorite food (almost an addiction) and I am not very good at resisting temptation. The last thing I need right now is someone telling me I can’t do this. And there’s always the Italy question in the back of my head. If I go to Italy, would I be able to stick to veganism? Well screw that! I’ll cross that bridge when I get to Italy! I also have to remind myself that I have been to England twice, both times for 2 weeks. The first time I went as an omnivore and hated the food. The second time I went as a vegan and ate the best food I have ever had in my life. So maybe I should stop worrying so much.

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