Taking care of business

I was only able to work for 2 hours and 45 minutes today. Call volume just was not great enough to justify keeping everyone, so there were wave after wave of mandatory jump-offs. I'm tired anyway, though. At least it gives my voice some time to recover.

All of our laundry is washing right now. I'll have to swap it over to the dryer in about 20 minutes. I appreciate the chance to use the washer and dryer for free, but it is such a pain in the ass to have to lug it back and forth. If I had my own washer and dryer where I lived, I'd never be behind on laundry. I never was, until developing depression and our current living arrangements. At least the clothes are in process now, and I just have to remember that tonight there will be a pile of sweet smelling, warm clothes to put away, which is a particular pleasure.

I've got the makings of 15 Bean soup soaking right now. I will put it on to cook tomorrow and simmer it all day with some neckbones, beef stock, onions, tomatoes, and garlic. It's part of our new diet, and I am hoping that it will be satisfying. Because right now, I am rather hungry. I've eaten chicken and steamed vegetables three times today, but I can't seem to get full. Isn't it too early for my body to really be missing the milk and cheese? I know that our carbohydrate intake has stealthily increased, especially over the past couple of months. It's time to get back to eating super-low-carb, because that was where we were having the most progress. I'll go back to the grocery store tonight after supper, after bringing the clothes home. That way I can finish up the day and just come back home and not have to go back out.

I do know that I am incredibly spoiled. It's embarrassing to realize. My life is so easy and so full of choice compared to what it could be, yet I am always whining to myself. I am going to make the effort to be more grateful for everything. So I am grateful to have a temporary chance to make some extra money, I am grateful to have access to a really nice washer and dryer, I am grateful to have sufficient clothes, I am grateful to be able to afford food. I am grateful to have a husband who loves me. I am grateful that we are changing the way we eat, together, because it would be so very hard to do it alone. I am grateful to have a computer and internet access, so that I can work and be in touch with the rest of the world. I am grateful to have 2 wonderful families. I am lucky, and I need to remember that.