Day 27 - Sick and Staying Strong!

Hi everyone, and thank you so much for reading and sharing!!

So, you may have noticed that I didn't blog yesterday.  I was sooooo sick, I mean, sick like in muscle aches, fever, the works... I laid in bed all day, slept it off, and then still slept all night long... My apologies for not getting it out, and I  hope you understand.

And with a day of sickness like that, you know that the next day is never 100%... In fact, I still feel pretty crappy.  But I was able to work today, which honestly, just wore me out.  As you can imagine, after work I just crashed in my room with audible.com listening to books.  I was to tired to even hold up my tablet to read.  Of course, this was also dinner time.  Who thinks of dinner and what to have?  Me!  Always me....Sick me, tired me, weak me.  

At around 6:00, we were all hungry and the longer we sat around doing nothing about it, the easier it became to agree to this, "Mom, you are so tired, you shouldn't have to cook... Let's just get some take out".  So simple, so logical.  Out of the mouths of babes, as they say.  Once again, my auto pilot brain agreed.  Yup, I did, I said yes, and even went so far as to say yes to "KFC".... Yum, it's savory deliciousness just seemed so comforting on such a night of ickyness.  

But then (trumpet sounds), I snapped to it!  "No", I shouted!  "No, No KFC, we are not spending any money!"  While for me, it seemed as though I was awakening from a bad dream and catching myself in time, to the family it seemed the exact opposite.  They too had mouths watering for that tender fried chicken.  And they were none too happy to lose out on what they were expecting.  

Sadly, we have not been to the supermarket in a while, and have little in the cupboards, or freezer for that matter..... And being a good Italian girl, it pains me to admit this - my dinner was pasta with jarred vodka sauce... I mean, I can make a great marinara, so I can't ever by red sauce... But I am not the best vodka sauce maker, so this didn't seem so awful.  Yet as I type it, it seems just terrible to admit I fed my family a dinner of jarred sauce, even if that jar was made my Mario Batali of Molto Mario.... Does that offer me some salvation at all?  I didn't think so.... 

Well, we all survived, and I have another spend-free day under my belt!!!  And you are right, I need to work on planning meals better, much much better...

That's all for today... thank you for reading, and have a great night!  xo