aKathy's What's for Dinner 9/30

I played most of Saturday afternoon and really enjoyed playing it again. One thing that I miss about being married is that ExH always played the boss levels for me. I'm not super coordinated that way so I don't really enjoy fighting games. I did beat one boss level by myself on Saturday so I was very proud of myself

Happy Monday!

it's a slow day at work but will pick up tomorrow with first of the month reporting. I've got to go pick up my wine order at lunch and run a few errands along the way.

Dinner tonight will be the Pioneer Woman's hamburger casserole. I'm having my family over to watch the Seahawks on Monday Night Football so we'll eat before the game.

Hope you all have a great day!

Good morning! Sorry I didn't have the energy to pop back in last night. Our guests left around 5-5:30 and I swear I just bumbled around the house yesterday until I finally crawled into bed at 7:30. I was a very tired girl. It was nice to see my friend and his girlfriend was lovely. Just a really nice person. But I wanted to strangle Jeremy. I think he kept trying to make jokes (or at least that's what he said), but they were at my expense and just did not land. So I felt like the conversation was combative. By the time they left, I was like "what the hell was that?" We pick on each other often, but this was way beyond teasing and it was like he was digging at me. I have never in all my years with him been in a situation like that. So I just wanted to rest after that.

I am actually very lucky this week as it will be super slow for me. I only have 5 meetings all week. Well, this is of course, unless the wheels come off somewhere. But at 11 am on Monday morning, I'm feeling pretty optimistic about work.

I will have rechauffe for dinner. Hopefully, the orzo in my minestrone isn't a soggy nightmare and I can still eat it tonight. It was pretty good yesterday. I also have salad and charcuterie type things to eat.

I don't know what I want to do this week. I'm not sure I have many goals. For some reason, I just have felt quite tired lately. Not really depression, but fatigue. It kind of came on a few weeks ago and it feels like it's just getting stronger. I am sleeping. I am eating well. I'm even walking several times a week with my neighbor at lunch time. But I feel beat up.

jeremysgirl Ugh, my BIL does that to my sister all of the time and it gets to be a little much. She just brushes it off but he can be very mean-spirited and it just gets uncomfortable. 

jeremysgirl, I wonder if the fatigue is a bit of a delayed release reaction to the tension you were holding over seeing Chloe again. Along with possible menopausal/perimenopausal hot flashes. I had some night sweats during that time, no real hot flashes, but watched a few friends strip down and head outside to cool off regularly.

I'm getting in a quick post while waiting for my laundry to finish so I can switch loads before heading out to yoga and Monday morning errands. Dinner might be potato leek soup or maybe a tofu stir-fry as I try to get back into Meatless Monday.

Is it something in the water? Nick is darn near perfect but I swear I could strangle him this morning. And really I'm to blame for letting it get to me. We had a very fun weekend, all good stuff. But he took my bagel I have been dreaming about for breakfast. He bypassed orchard donuts and homemade cookies. We discussed last night what he had for breakfast and lunch (otherwise he will be paralyzed in front of the fridge and end up either taking nothing or going to a drive thru. I buy special yogurt, pears, breakfast sandwiches, remind him of good bbq leftovers to take for lunch...but no, he took a stale bagel that I had grand plans to toast and eat with cream cheese and strawberry jam with my coffee. Waaah!
I of course know he didn't do it on purpose. But I am grumbly. I will drive thru Panera tonight on the way home from work to get more bagels and get over myself.

I hope Jeremy recognizes whatever he was trying to do in his head did not translate. *hugs*

Work is a light day today. We are watching watching a movie. I have used it forever as a lighthearted method to tackle a serious issue of relationships between practitioners and clients. It is What About Bob with Bill Murray. I realized last night it is almost 35 yrs old. What....

Nick is doing dinner prep solo again. I have set everything up for him, but the plan is for him to have burgers and fries in the air fryer done for us to eat when I get home. Fingers crossed! We will also put a chicken pot pie together tonight for tomorrow night.

Happy Monday, people!

Could be. I admit I'm still stressing out over it. I had dinner with her last Monday. It got off on a bad start. She was high. It was at that point, I felt like all my hopes just melted away. I ate dinner and was friendly. But as I was taking her home, I expressed to her that I was disappointed in the way she had behaved the past three months. I told her, not only was her behavior hurtful, but that a lot of the things she said about me were not truthful. Her sending me threatening messages was not OK. And while my mom is an adult and responsible for her actions, the way Chloe manipulated the situation and spread lies has now resulted in a huge rift between my mom and me. That again, my mom is adult and she allowed herself to be sucked into this and chose her behavior. But I basically told Chloe that I would not be just moving forward as though nothing had happened. I told her I don't trust her anymore and I will keep my distance if I feel it's for my own safety, whether that be physical or emotional. She did not like that. She got out of the car and slammed the door. By the time I got home, she had sent me a message that was an olive branch. So she heard me. I simply told her to take a few days and think about what I said. I did see her briefly then on Friday as I am still taking care of her dog's veterinary care. She was amicable. And she did call me last night too. But I'm on edge. Very on edge. Grief is easier than chaos. Being separate was easier than trying to navigate back into this not knowing what will happen.



Actually, before these allergies popped up, I think the increase in the soy was actually lessening my hot flashes. And now I feel like 10 degrees hotter. But it all could totally be menopause.



Could be. I certainly haven't felt like myself.



To the dungeon with them! LOL! Seriously these men...sigh...

Late to the table this morning. I swam, then when I got home, DH met me at the door saying his phone can't make/receive calls/messages. I tried everything I could think of then made an appointment at Verizon for this afternoon. Hopefully it just needs a replacement sim card.

Dinner will be a pot roast if we get home in time, otherwise spaghetti and meatballs.

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I read Verizon is down. I think I saw that on Threads, maybe?

I bought the game this afternoon. It is downloading as I type.  There were some glitchy moments in the download. Good thing I was on the phone with ODS. I played some of the demo Friday night. It was fun enough I knew I could get some different play out of it. 

There is no dinner planned for tonight. I have handbells at 6 and won't even go home until after that. I told DH he could slice up a leftover pork chop and make a sandwich. Or get whatever else on his own.

Now, I need to read and see what everyone else is doing. Forgive me now if I don't respond back today. I just don't feel good. The concert last night really took it out of me. I can barely stand up today without some issue or pain. So, I am just making it through the adulting hours until I get flop on the bed this evening. 

Is it something in the water or what? I feel like all of us just need a three day escape where we can nap in a cold room with 3ft thick duvets. I think the young ones calling "bed rotting." Hahaha...

Happy Monday! Chinese food from Panda is on the menu for today. I would like to check out a few more recipes for this week. It is suppose to heat up again so that will impact what I am able to cook. I saw a recipe for my dh's favorite pork chops but if it is 90 degrees, no way! LOL! I may have to save this dish for next week. LOL!

I've tried to call and have been reading about the outages so I'm going to cancel the appointment and figure he's just one of the unlucky ones. Thanks Delta Dawn for alerting me and saving us the trip!