oh absgirl, it's so good to hear something from you, I was missin' ya! And so sorry to hear you are sick. Darn it. I've been thinking of you though. I've taken to writing "taters" and sweet taters" on my shopping lists in honor of you.
Try to stick with this as best you can--it will help your sinuses and goop clear up, truly. But every time you may happen to mess up, just get back to it, don't beat yourself up.
I'm sorry to hear you've lost your support at home. You still have support, here, always. Hang in there. We're here for you!!
(And gee, even in your debilitated cold state, you've got more housework done than I have! )
Since there's nothing good on TV, maybe you could hop on over to fulenn's journal and watch the link I posted of Dr. Barnard's entertaining view of why it's so hard to give up dairy (backed by science of course, but still fun). If you can recline and surf, you can pump yourself up with plant based videos, just by going to VegSource. All our heroes are there.
http://www.vegsource.com/health/
Hope you feel better really soon!!
xoxo
moonwatcher