All day long, I am thinking about to write in this journal, all my witty, appropriate, sentimental entries. I really wish I could write in it during the day, but I don't feel comfortable writing from work. The first couple of hours after I get home are hectic, clean the kitchen, make dinner, pack lunches, clean kitchen, clean baby, feed baby, play with baby, put baby to bed. When I finally have a moment to sit and write, my mind goes blank. All the things I was thinking about during the day seem distant and unimportant. One thing I can say is that I have been doing this for 4 weeks now and having this journal to record the mundane and the thoughtful has been essential. Sometimes, it isn't enough to just think about it or talk about it to mike, I need to write about it.
I had another good day, another good sandwich. Work is keeping me very busy, but I am making progress. My 5-a-day were: grapefruit juice, 2 cups of fruit, 2 pita breads stuffed with lettuce, carrots and cucumbers, a big salad with lettuce, carrots and cukes, and green pepper and onion on my pizza (and mushrooms, but they aren't a veggie, are they?). We tried the soy pepperoni tonight. It was ok, not great. High salt content, but a good way of adding some extra protein and toppings to our pizza. I had a pizza craving tonight. We make our own and make thin crust and keep the cheese pretty low, but it is still 8 points/serving. Every now and then, it is worth it.
Every week Mike and I discuss what we want to eat the next week and make a list of meals along with the grocery list. We usually don't asign days to the meals (with the exception of the ones that take a long time to prepare, those we do on the weekend.) I like having this list and the fact that every week our list of meals changes at least a little bit, pasta, soy dogs, and gardenburger almost always make it. This week we are making risotto again, haven't made that in a while, with asparagus and sweet potatoes.
# posted by amy @ 7:44 PM
