July 2, 2008

• I Didn’t Implode Yesterday

  I didn’t implode yesterday because of the sudden (drastic!!!) change of plans.  I did, however, put a damper on the “being together” part for Jesse.

  We drove to the closest bank and made his business deposit.

  Then we went to eat.  MISTAKE!!!!!!!!!!  He looked at me after dessert and asked if I didn’t want a cup of coffee and I told him I was trying to limit my coffee intake.

  We left and went to Wal-Mart first.  I’m cooking some meals for a pastor’s family.  His wife is having severe foot and lower leg pain with numbness.  She really needs to be off of her feet.  So, I bought ingredients to make spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic toast, and salad.  Also bought ingredients to make my cranberry sauce I bake with chicken breasts.  I was feeling VERY sluggish in Wal-Mart.  Incredibly tired.  And, it was only getting worse.

  We still had to go to Sam’s (to buy another chub of ground beef) and I asked Jesse to please go inside and let me stay in the car.  He came out with a two chubs of ground beef and we drove home.  I was “whining” (nothing else I can honestly call it!!!) about how extremely sleepy I felt.

  We got home, put refrigerated things away, and climbed into our king size bed  (girls and us) to watch a children’s movie.  I fell asleep before the DVD got through it’s introduction of “coming attractions.”  I woke up TWO HOURS LATER with Chirper still in the crook of my arm.  I felt drugged and MADE myself get up so I could start some of the cooking for the pastor’s family.

  I made double recipes (for our family to eat, too) of spaghetti meat sauce and vegetable beef soup.  The girls were thrilled to eat Ramen noodles for dinner.  Jesse and I weren’t even remotely hungry and finished up some Punch & Pour (Jell-o in cake) cake as our dinner.

  I went to bed a little before 10pm after leaving MORE dirty dishes everywhere and putting up the sauce and soup.  I think I fell asleep the minute my head hit the pillow.

  I woke up this morning and made brownies, the pasta for the spaghetti, the rice for the chicken, and the chicken in cranberry sauce.  I just took out the brownies and cranberry chicken and stuck in a strawberry cake.  The pasta and rice are ready to be put in to-go containers.  I know it’s known by all that I’m not a morning person, but I have to explain:  typing and cooking are two things I can do in my sleep!!!!! LOL

  I still need to fix the vegetables (frozen whole green beans and some extra sweet corn), make the garlic toast, and then frost the brownies and strawberry cake.  THE END!

  JanaLyn will be here soon and I’ll watch her until early afternoon.

  I’ll take the food to the pastor at church first (around 11am) and then (a few buildings down from the church is our vet) take Chirper in for his shots and follow up appointment before their noon closing time.

  THEN . . . it looks like I’ll be coming home and doing lots of dishes!!!!  Most everything that has to be washed is too big for the dishwasher.   I can promise my bar will be filled with dishes drip-drying!!   Don’t know what we’ll do for dinner.  That cranberry chicken (although it was only 8am!!!) smelled pretty good.  I have enough to make that and cook some more rice and we haven’t had that in a while.  So, that may be it tonight.  That, or bologna sandwiches!!! LOL

  It was nice to spend time with Jesse and the girls as a family, even if it was errands and lunch.  I feel bad that I slept through 2 hours of it and was groggy through 2 hours BEFORE I took my nap!!!!  It wasn’t exactly what either of us had planned.  Then again, I hadn’t planned on going anywhere and I wonder if the change of plans, indeed, is what sapped the life out of me!!!! LOL

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