Day 23

So I thought my girly time of the month hit in Week 2. Nope. It hit today. Week 2 was just spotting, which explains why it was so light, even if it was on time. I guess my hormones are adjusting. I had to make an emergency run to the drug store and pray I had enough to cover the cost for unstained pants. Womanhood... so much fun.

Gross stuff out of the way, today was another early morning, and would have been more cheery if my stomach didn't hurt. A little bit ago I made my butter coffee:

It's regular strength (one scoop of beans in my Aeropress), with a tablespoon of butter, one square of Lindt 90% dark chocolate, broken in small pieces, and a touch of pure almond extract. Blended in my Ninja, it tastes like a nutty mocha. Really good, considering the only sugar is what's in the chocolate.

I also neglected to share my grocery haul from yesterday. Here it be:

The green tea is for kombucha, as what I had was getting old. Butter for cooking and coffee, fennel to try cooking with carrots and parsnips, eggs, uncooked shrimp, three pounds of ground beef, chocolate, brie, and strawberries. The empty package is from prosciutto wrapped mozzarella sticks, which I shared with my mother and sister for lunch. The fronds from the fennel are in the freezer to add to bone broth when I make another batch. Total food bill came to $44.64. Even trying to eat cheap, you're not eating that cheap.

Yesterday for dinner I wound up making a goulash, using pasta. I could feel my hormones were out of whack, and thought, the only change was my diet, and I'd been neglecting starch. So since I had nothing but macaroni, I added some in. I'll save it for dinners, since it's carb heavy. I prefer eating lighter during the day, anyway.

I'll need to cook tonight because I'm hosting the knitting class tomorrow and I'll be at the clinic until evening. So, I will need a meal I can pack into a bag to bring with for supper. I also bought some really nice, super thin gingersnap cookies to share at the class. There's about a gram and a half of sugar per cookie, so I thought the one diabetic gal could indulge in one or two without her blood sugar going nuts. They're not Wild compliant, so I'm on the fence about eating them, myself. Two of the people attending are ready to tackle a little more than the pure garter stitch square from last time, so I'll bring my scarf to show the one how slipping a stitch can improve the look of a garter stitch piece, and I'll see if the other gal can handle purls. I'm not sure who else will show.

So... I've still not cooked my ribs. I'm preparing them this afternoon, since I have no plans for anything else. I have a new roasting pan from my mother I want to test out, complete with a rack, and those ribs will work nicely on it, I think. I still have my cauliflower, and I cooked some bacon yesterday and saved the grease from it, so I'll have cauliflower cooked in bacon grease. There's also some baby spinach for my greens in the fridge.

I haven't got much energy today. But considering what my body is up to right now, I'll chalk it up to that. I just want to relax and take it easy, and save my energy for tomorrow since I'll have to interact with people for half a day. Also.. this coffee is to die for. I might have to make it a regular concoction.