Mango Confetti Salsa

I'm trying a new recipe tomorrow.  It has mangoes and something called jicama.  Have you ever heard of that?  If you've ever watched the Food Network, you've probably seen someone use it at one time or another.  I remember seeing it used on Chopped.  This is the first recipe I've seen and attempted to make that has jicama.  I'm looking forward to tasting the salsa after discovering last weekend that mangoes actually tasted good.  It's amazing the foods that actually taste good, even though you've convinced yourself you hate them, solely based on never having tasted them!  So I found out that I kinda like mangoes.  I don't think I would just buy one and eat it, just because I was craving it...but I've found a new fruit I like!  I think I hate guava....and that is because I think I've actually tried that.  Maybe.  I can't remember.  I'm skeptical of jicama, again having never tasted it.  I just assume I hate it.  Plus it's a root.  Who eats roots???  Though ginger is technically a root too isn't it?  And people eat that.

I'm like that with pretty much every vegetable too, as far as living under the assumption that I hate it if I've never tried it.  I tolerate green beans, frozen/fresh peas (i.e. NOT COOKED), corn (which really isn't a vegetable even though it's classified as one).  I'll eat carrots and broccoli raw.  I think I tried asparagus once.  I don't think I hated it, but the texture bothered me.  Are potatoes vegetables?  I'll eat those.  I tolerate green peppers chopped up very small in my salad or pizza.  Let's see...I think that's it.  Oh, I do like spaghetti squash too.  That one was a pleasant surprise.

I've been on the new muscle relaxer for almost two weeks now.  Overall it has really improved my sleep.  I think last night I actually slept from 11:30pm to 5am without waking up.  At least, I do not remember waking up and rolling over or anything!  This is HUGE for me!  It is very rare for me to sleep more than one to two hours at a time, so I'd say this is improvement!  My head and neck are hurting pretty bad tonight, but I think it's just because I have myself stressed out over an open house I am having tomorrow, combined with the fact that my house is filthy.  All the time.  Speaking of that...

You know those people who say "Oh my house is ALWAYS dirty!" and you go in and at best you can see a little dust here and there?  Where they have kids AND the floor is spotless, no stains from kool-aid or chocolate, gum or vomit?  Every where you look it's clean?  And it's like that EVERY time you go over there?  Yeah...that is NOT my house.  When I say my house is messy...my house is MESSY.  ALL THE TIME.  It only gets cleaned when we have people over.  Which of course makes me want to have people over every day, just to keep up with it...but who wants to always be cleaning?  Not me!  And if you get to know us well enough, it gets to the point where I don't even care anymore.  What is so frustrating is that within 12 hours the house will be trashed again.  And I am NEVER home.  How does this happen?  It doesn't even make sense.  How can 6 people who occupy a home but are never there manage to make it so messy?  It will forever remain a mystery.