This is tonight’s dinner.
I show this picture because it was freaking awesome. And even though at this point, I haven't eaten any of it, I know this because I had it the night before, well, minus one thing…
It looks like some kind of Indian dish but it’s not. One
ingredient I guess you could say is Indian. What I did was boil some chicken
tenderloins with this Mediterranean style vegetable mix from Ralphs. Once done,
I put it on a bed of Basmati rice (the Indian ingredient, also, the ingredient
missing from the night before). Then I heated up some Tomato Basil Bisque from
Vons (also awesome over potatoes) and poured some of it over all, just enough to coat it well but not to be
too soupy. My sister would call it “Goulash”. She called everything I ever made
that was remotely stew-like, “Goulash”. She also called my Barley Casserole, “Oatmeal
stew” which is funny because it wasn’t particularly stew-like at all… but that’s
a recipe for a different night.
So I got myself a cup of coffee tonight, sorry, Rob got it
for me. I plan on staying up pretty late and actually getting some work done
since I’ve been so dysfunctional the past several days. Really though, it’s
just been too cold for my brain to work right… and the pharmaceuticals of
course. I decided to try to tough out any pain today and just stick with the
muscle relaxer but forego the Norco. Hopefully that’s going to help quite a
bit. The sad thing is that it’s already 9:30 as I type this and I haven’t
gotten anything done today. Hell, I don’t know what the fuck I did today. Yes,
I cursed. It’s been that damn frustrating. Though I must admit that that is
nowhere near the entirety of the tip of the iceberg that represents the amount
of foul language I use on a daily basis :-D …but I digress.
I think I was foolish
enough to think that I’d just have a bit of pain for a couple of days and then
be just fine. On top of that, when I haven’t been too sleepy to do anything, we've been on errands or going off on another trip to urgent care, or in the case of
today, going for follow-up blood tests and shopping for bland food for Rob,
including the previously mentioned Basmati rice. I actually got up early, like
WAY early, today, after a night of having a hard time getting to sleep. After
going to the bathroom at 6 in the morning and feeling wide awake after I got
back in bed, I said screw it, I’m going to get up and do stuff. My desk chair is right next to a window so I
was sitting there and even though the window is closed, cold oozed out and
engulfed me like creeping death. I stayed alert enough to make some future
business purchases decisions, but next thing I knew, it was already 9. The time
seemed to have gone by so fast and I felt like I got nothing done. I was also
freezing my butt off. So I crawled back into bed and blasted a hair dryer under
the covers for a bit. Then I hastily fell asleep to wake back up at 11.
So, tonight, I’m going to foolishly try to make up for the
past week of deficit in the productivity department. I know, I’ll probably only put a small dent
into it. But if I get anything at all done, I’ll be happy.
