I knew I was at a meeting all morning but hadn’t remembered lunch was included so I felt two things immediately – one delight at having something different (I know it’s only been a day but I keep thinking about choice and variety) and two relief and delight at having ‘spare’ portions of bread and cottage cheese from my weighed out daily allowances.
Back at the office for the afternoon with tea and coffee and not much else to report. There was a discussion around dinner plans though that I managed to avoid by asking questions or commening on colleagues plans. I wouldn’t have minded, but I put myself in the shoes of someone living with this kind of strict budget and thought I wouldn’t have wanted to invite questions on my meal plans for the week.
I’m finishing a little late today due to a meeting, so I’m pleased my pasta based tea is a quick cook meal.
Tea today was pasta with a quarter tin of meatballs (3.5 meatballs and a spoon of gravy to be precise), plus a carrot and one plum tinned tomato. It looked a lot more than yesterday’s, but the gravy was very thin, as was the tomato juice so it was pretty bland. I ate slowly to draw it out – I was halfway through when hubby had finished his whole meal – but did still feel a little hungry. After washing up and some household chores, thinking a distraction would show if I’m ACTUALLY hungry or not, I had a slice of toast with honey and 2 custard creams. Very nice although I am really missing fruit as I’d often have an apple or pear (usually both) in the evening.
I weighed out the cottage cheese for tomorrows lunch and realised I didn’t eat the cereal portions so I’ve got that ‘spare’ for later in the week if I need it.
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