This morning, my husband chose to eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (I know, so nutritious - especially for breakfast) and my son chose to eat oatmeal. I've had a busy early morning, so I didn't eat breakfast with them but just got finished cooking sausage balls for my family to consume over the next two days. I counted the sausage balls and then estimated how many my son and husband would likely eat and then I had 3 of the extra ones with some orange juice. Maura has breakfast at daycare, so she's still sleeping when we are eating at 5:45 a.m. each day.
Today lunch will be a little more difficult for me. I have a lunch meeting at an Italian restaurant with some colleagues. It's going to be weird not eating when they do, but I will sip on some ice water and engage in conversation. One thing that I have reminded myself over and over again is that I shouldn't be too disappointed that I don't get to eat because I did get poisoned after eating a salad there about 2 years ago but then the other part of my brain is screaming, "but the manicotti is sooooooooo good!" I'll make it through the luncheon and my observation of the meal will likely lead to some questions about the challenge, so this may prove to be a good opportunity to talk to some of my colleagues about the importance of this challenge. We all work together in representing indigent clients and are frequently involved in their financial struggles, so maybe this experience can help open their eyes to the hurdles so many of our clients face in feeding their families - nutritiously feeding them not just the run through the drive-thru type.
Jason is eating leftovers from last night for lunch. My family proved quite hungry last night, so there were less leftovers than we generally have, so I made sure to put all the leftovers together for Jason to take to lunch today. His job is very physical and he's working a lot of overtime, so he definitely needs the energy more than I do! He doesn't know that I didn't keep any out or he wouldn't have taken it but he needs it more than I do. I'm not sure what I'll eat for lunch today as my stomach isn't jumping at the idea of another PB&J. I would like a nice piece of grilled chicken on a toasted bun, but that's what we're having for supper and then again for lunch tomorrow, so I don't think I want to go grill a piece for lunch and have it 3 times as opposed to twice. What I would really like is a gourmet chicken salad sandwich on a croissant with a side of strawberry pretzel salad from Good Gracious Cafe but no room in the budget as it is $7.99!
I wish I was eating lunch there today!
Oh, and I just found out that welfare recipients do not pay tax on food, so our funds have increased by $5.61! We now have an extra $14.01 for emergencies! I guess I could technically eat lunch today but then what if my kids need something later this week and we don't have any more allotted money? My kids win. I'll survive without manicotti for another day.
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