A Day Late

I know I generally post this on Monday's but I was either doing things that make me happier than anything else in the world, or was feeling icky so this just did not get done. No matter which was happening I am late getting this posted. I just needed a little more time.

 

Meals I was actually stupid enough to think would happen:

Veggie dinner TBD √

Spaghetti, tossed salad

BBQ chicken sandwich

Pasta salad or pasta with pesto 

Grilled tuna steaks, baked potato, coleslaw

Meatloaf, collards or coleslaw, new potatoes, 

Out to eat or take out√

Dinners and Joys that happened:

Monday joy:  This was a stay at home day, doing things around the house and skillfully avoiding the upstairs room of terror. I am an excellent procrastinator.

Monday dinner: We had been to our favorite produce guy the previous Saturday and had wonderful fresh veggies.

Squash and onions, corn on the cob, cucumber tomato onion salad

Tuesday: We did some running around doing errands. It did not take the entire day but sadly for TheHub he was still having to drive me wherever I needed to go.  

Tuesday dinner: We/I had planned on cooking pasta for a pasta salad, but changed my mind at the last minute.

Cobb salad

Wednesday joy: My Beloved Sister drove us to Independence Place for our volunteer time. She has started going with me whenever she can, and loves it as much as I do. To me there is no happier place to be, even though it is not Nirvana there. Squabbles and issues do erupt occasionally, but I have never seen anyone cross when I am there. There must be some power when cooking classes are happening (though it is probably just the anticipation of eating some treat) that overrules any  interpersonal conflicts.

TheHub took Son2 to PT since he can not drive yet, post surgery.  Since TheHub retired his new job seems to be as a chauffeur.  

Wednesday dinner: We had a minimum food purchase that had to be used in April. We were at the last possible day to use it, though we did order take out rather than eating in. 

Catfish, salad, rice pilaf, hush puppies, chocolate cake

Thursday joy: Finally! My long awaited appointment with our local Social Security office arrived. TheHub, my very patient driver, and I felt very early so I could be in the office about 15 minutes before the appointed time. As luck would have it, I was assigned to a lovely woman who (with all proper documentation, actually everything that identified me as me with the exception of a pint of my blood for DNA analysis) and I was in and out 3 minutes before my scheduled appointment. It felt wonderful, knowing that Alabama's DMV could no longer keep me from getting my license. 

We left SS, called Son2, and offered to get him and take him out for lunch. He had been going stir crazy and we thought it might be nice to get him out of the house.

After eating and taking him back to his house, we still had enough time to hit the DMV on our way home. 

I had every bit of information still with me, including my new SS name on official SS info specifically to present to the workers at the DMV.  I walked in to renew my license with all four of my names applied to my SS#, so our lovely DMV** could grant me access to the very same license number I have had since I was 16 years old. However, when I went in instead of just looking at the printout from SS they looked it up on the computer. Evidently new entires for SS do not turn over in their computer until midnight. After a month and a half with no license, I was not a happy camper.💣

Thursday dinner:  Bama softball played at 6, meaning a ball game meal was in store for dinner.

Toasted cheese tomato and onion sandwiches coleslaw tater tots

Friday joy: I got up and we messed around the house a bit before I went back to the DMV (I should at least be happy the satellite office is about 5 minutes from my house). From here on out I am going to consider May 2 as my emancipation day.

TheHub said he intended to tell me to come out with either a thumbs up or a thumbs down. If I had my thumb down he said he planned on driving off and leaving me to find my own ride home. Of course he was just kidding but he really did not want to hear me rant again like I did Thursday afternoon after being denied again.

While we were out we ran a few errands, went by the grocery store and then went out to eat lunch. Celebrations for both of us! I could drive wherever I wanted to go and TheHub no longer had to drive me. 

Of course for him the downside was not having my car available to him at all times, because my rear is not going to stay home like it has been, an my vehicle goes with me. It is not my fault he drives one of those uncomfortable German autos.

Friday dinner: Alabama played softball again so we planned another ball game meal. Then the game was rained out and we could have eaten anything.

Meatball* hoagie, coleslaw

Saturday joy: I know some of you are married to your phones and some are not. I fall into the not category. I turned my ringer off when I went to IP Wednesday and had not turned it back on Saturday. It was just a fluke that I noticed I had a message (several unseen messages actually, but only one that was time specific) 

It turns out Sluggy was stuck in Bessemer for the day, and asked me to come visit. 

I was able, through a torrential downpour, to make it there and have a visit. It was good to see her and I wish her nothing but peace and happiness in her new former home of Pennsylvania.

TheHub and I had plans for later that evening of I would have eaten with her. Instead I came home, made our dinner so we could go out catting about, the promptly threw up. I knew I did not feel great when I met Sluggy but was home before I realized just how I really felt. I am pretty sure it was food poisoning from something I ate late Friday night., 

Saturday dinner: This was made and at least one of us enjoyed dinner.

Pork chop*, potatoes, raw cauliflower, tomato slices

Sunday joy: After an unsettled extremely late night Saturday, I decided I did not feel up to  going to church. I stayed home, drank ginger tea and ate crackers. I did not want to try anything else because we had tickets to see Rhiannon Giddens at The Alys for Sunday evening. I still did not feel great, but did not feel horrid, so we went and enjoyed the night of American Folk music. The nicest thing about it was the music from all over the United States, and not just songs from The Appalachian region.

Sunday dinner: I was still not eating much and had not even thought of making dinner before the show.

Peanut butter and peach jam sandwiches for those of us eating

What may or may not happen this week:

1. Tacos

2. Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans

3. Sloppy Joes, coleslaw

4. BLT salad, rolls

5. Spaghetti, tossed salad

6. White bbq chicken, caulitato salad

7. Out to eat/Take out

Books read in May:

A Homemade Life

Have a great week staying on plan, going off plan, or with no plan at all.

May all your weeds be wildflowers.

Anne

* Used things from the freezer

**The Alabama DMV bureaucracy leaves no room for those who work there to use common, logical sense. I feel sorry for those employees who have to be the bearers of this nonsense.