Well, you may have noticed I haven't been posting here as often lately. My adoption is almost complete! I am also going back to classes part-time with the hope of getting a PhD sometime down the road. To top it all off, my job has offered my overtime until my baby arrives (which I desperately need to pay for the adoption).

All of these things are wonderful, but they mean I have limited free time. I will be taking a break from Veggieboards for an unknown length of time.

Thank you for the wonderful discussions! Some of you may know that I am not a veg*n, and I originally came here out of curiosity. I wanted to learn more about the lifestyle and people of veg*nism. While I have not become a vegitarian, I have switched over to a largely lacto-ovo-vegitarian diet. I know this will not make some of you happy, and I am sorry for that, but I hope that some here can be happy that speaking about their beliefs has reduced the amount of meat consumed in this world. It was this board that has convinced me to use less and less meat.

Perhaps someday down the road, I will decide to make the switch to lacto ovo vegitarian. For now, I have cut factory farming out of my life as much as possible, using 50% local food (and all meat from local sources), and the rest organic.

Thank you for the debates. I found them truly enlightening and enjoyable. See ya around.
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Bye, and best of luck with the adoption!! Hope you make it back when you have more time.

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You are expect to pop by and give us adoption updates. Don't make me come after you.

Congratulations ug - this is great news. Both about the adoption and about your awareness of your diet. :) Though not about your (temporary?) departure. ;)

Congratulations! :)

Wow, congratulations on the adoption! That is fantastic news!

I never knew you weren't veg*n - but I fully respect your dietary choices. Awareness is important, and people will choose different paths based on that awareness. :up:

Aw, I'll miss you, but you'll need all the time you can get with a new baby! Good luck, and don't stay away forever!

Why is this in the heap, you want us to talk you out of it? :p

Sounds like you have a lot going on, I hope all goes well. :)

ug I have switched over to a largely lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet. I know this will not make some of you happy

Glad to hear you have reduced the amount of animal flesh in your diet. If you have kept the amount of dairy and eggs in your diet, about the same, then I am quite happy to hear about your dietary changes. I like to tell people what my diet is, and how easy or hard it is for me to maintain it, and am glad if people want to either emulate me completely, or emulate me to any significant degree.

Congrats and I'm really going to miss your opinions! Keep us updated please when you have time.

B

Good luck with everything and stop in once in a while!