Ridiculous

I have a week off. Brilliant. What can I do? nothing. I'm happily knackered...happily, because stuff at last appears to be budging, knackered...well, I really don't know what's wrong with me. My week is filling up with bits and pieces, and I'm not focusing properly. I am just not writing.
And that's truly absurd, I have a great theme. But still. Stuff that's in my mind...

I don't want to eat meat. I know it's ridiculous when I love meat, but I don't want it. Right now, I crave vegetable tempura, especially asparagus. A friend of mine was describing how a million horses were sent to France from here in WWI, and 60,000 came back. Some died in action, some were eaten... I nearly cried. I don't even care for horses that much. I don't know where this strange fragility has come from.

Not eating meat is impractical, first of all because larians does most of the cooking and I fall in because it tastes delicious, it's easy for me and I'm one of god's own chosen carnivores. But now, even fish (which I can devour at a rate of knots) seems heavy and thick. I was a veggie for five years, and pretty much lived on salad and tuna, until my body felt drained and worn out and I returned to meat. Right time, right diet. Now my body wants loads of veg again. It makes no sense, but as vehicles go, my body's pretty reliable and I should take notice. But I can't plan, prepare or cook, plus losing weight on veggie food is hard cos the protein staples of beans, pulses and cheese just add bulk and colonic percussion.

And another thing. Never mind work or writing, I want to go to the Pacific.

Panic strikes!

I've been invited to a friend's baby shower. Of course I'm delighted, but I'm a bit lost...it's going to be a pudding party, so we bring our favourite dessert. I don't know whether we're supposed to cook it or not. If the answer's yes, I'm doomed!

To make matters worse, pud or no pud, a baby shower's where you bring gifts for Mum and Baby right? So what's good? The only baby shower present I can recall is the nappy cake from Sex and the City. Expected baby is a girl. Mama-to-be is sophisticated, bold, successful and strongly opinionated about what her daughter should wear, so I fear with many a mighty palpitation all that pink for girls, blue for boys horror. Won't go near it - which seems to limit me a lot. Anyone have good ideas/know great websites for this kind of thing?

Thanks for any help you can give!