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[the_rck]

Bah. I waited long enough that I really can’t order food for delivery. If I did now, it wouldn’t arrive until after Cordelia gets home at 3:15. I’ve looked in the fridge and rummaged in the cupboards, and I can’t find anything I’m interested in eating, but I need to eat in order to take my meds, so I really don’t know. I suppose a piece of bread and butter might work. I don’t actually want that, but I don’t loathe the idea and won’t find preparing it exhausting. I have to eat something.

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[the_rck]

Part of the problem today is that Saturday is our usual grocery shopping day. Thursdays and Fridays are days of running out of things but not wanting to make a special trip to the store. We're out of the cheese I'm willing to eat and out of lunch meat.

We have yogurt right now, but I can't always eat that because the texture gives me problems. Because I don't regularly eat it, Scott doesn't pay attention to whether or not the kinds he's buying are things I can eat (I'm allergic to aspartame, and some companies are putting that in even their normal lines of yogurt).

We can't do much with packages of crackers, with or without cheese, because Scott and Cordelia end up eating them within the first two days after we buy them.

We do have some protein bars. I might be able to eat one of those, but Scott's buying them for him and Cordelia to put in their lunches, so he doesn't check for peanuts and/or walnuts before he buys. I also try to be cautious about eating those so as to be sure that the other two members of the family have enough to get through the week. It being Friday, I probably could get away with it if there are a couple left (Scott might have to work tomorrow and need one).

We've been dealing with this problem off and on for the last year because of my more limited than usual mobility and stamina. For example, I started eating bananas for breakfast frequently because I could dump one in the bag attached to my walker without it spilling or getting too dirty to eat and because getting one didn't require balancing on one foot for more than a couple of seconds. I've recovered my mobility, and I'm hopeful that I'll recover my stamina.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Bananas are a good standby. Have you considered the little tubs of apple or other fruit that doesn't need to be kept in the fridge? When Sis was recovering from an operation (on the days her or my workmates didn't turn up with food parcels, bless 'em) and she couldn't face me making dinner, they came in handy...

[the_rck]

I like those, but Scott does the actual shopping and prefers to buy larger containers. It's just that those end up going bad once they've been opened and are a lot harder for me to deal with when I'm tired.

When we have applesauce cups, for example, I eat them. Right now, however, we have two jars of applesauce in the fridge (one tastes terribly like nothing at all, but I keep thinking I can use it to cook with), but it's too much trouble for me to open them and spoon some out. And I often don't see the jars when I look in there because they've been pushed to the back and have larger things in front of them.