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[ravena_kade]

This morning I started meal prep for sort of Italian food for dinners. I say sort of because low sodium meatballs seem to be an abomination for me. Ma didn't show me how to make meatballs. My nice aunt, the one with the problem adult children, taught her, but every time people see he we get sick... her kids, grand kids, and great great grand kids alway spread germs. I am experimenting. I think I got some flavors, but my texture was off.

As I am elbow deep in making low sodium sauce (gravy) and lo so mini meatballs my Dad comes in and says that lead cousin called and asked us to pick up cupcakes and blueberry pie for the sick cousins birthday...and that they were having lasagna. It's a heat wave...who the hell makes lasagne when it has been over 90 degrees for more than a week? I got mad. I am trying to plan meals and they are undermined by cousins. Now I know that they didn't know that I was planning Italian...but if they called just 20 minutes earlier I would not have started the project. I can't plan anything...I am a planner and my Dad and cousins get in my way. My Dad made a comment that he would eat the same thing everyday. I said it wasn't about him. The low sodium is about hime...not having repeat dinners or crap food is about me. Don't I deserve to eat food I would like. Then he made a comment that I was just like my Mother. Umm...not quite. Sure, Ma would have felt the same way, but she would have stayed home and not eat what she didn't want to...and if she was really mad she would have thrown the meatballs at the wall. No food was thrown.

I ate a big salad. The lasagna was frozen. If they mentioned Lasagna at any time I would have made one. I am proud of my lasagna. Ma taught me how to make a good one and we didn't kill each other in the process ;-)

The sick cousin still sounds awful. The bone cancer has caused another fracture in her spine. Once she is over the RSV she will have cement injected into that section of spine. Other than that her cancer numbers are good. She is taking the treatments well. She just can't get rid of the RSV. She is no longer contagious so that is good.

Next week I am staying home.

Comments

[guy_todd]

I haven't thrown food, but I have thrown motorcycle parts in my day. ;-) I don't know how you maintain your sanity surrounded by your relatives. :\

[malterre]

Relieved for your cousin but OMG that household. Maybe you should start boycotting cousin visits when they are not on your terms visits though

[ravena_kade]

Im not going every week. I am afraid that my Aunt will pass and I won't see her, or that the cousin will pass as RSV can do that to people too.

[disneydream06]

I wonder how I would do with a low sodium diet?
I don't add salt to anything any more, it's just all the boxed/canned/frozen stuff I eat that's full of it.

When's lasagna night? I LOVES me some lasagna. :)
Hugs jon

[chris_warrior]

just leaving a hug and either WFH or vacation, yay not having that commute.