random thoughts – Day 2,059 (Wednesday) – sleeping and panic shopping

Kiki on the bed.

It was another morning for sleeping late. Each day it’s later, and today it was 9:00. The last time I slept that late I was recovering from wrist surgery. I might have stayed in bed longer but I felt a little bit bad that Kiki was sitting patiently in front of the dresser like she does every morning until I vacate the bed.  When I get up, she slinks under the cedar chest and watches from there while I brush my teeth, get ready to shower, and dress. Then, after I leave the immediate area, she takes up residence on the corner of the bed where she naps and kneads biscuits. This is a schedule change from being under the bed all day.

Grocery shopping happened after a week or two off (or more, who is counting?). The groceries cost twice as much as usual, but it makes sense because I hadn't gone in a while and the refrigerator and freezer have been a little low on items which almost always makes me panic. There are now fresh reserves of cabbage, zucchini, mushrooms, Greek yogurt, Italian sausage, frozen pizzas, and frozen salmon.

Eating before shopping failed me and quite a few snacks and luxury items landed in the cart, along with a couple things from the seasonal aisle that are intended as gifts, but we’ll see how that goes. There is a history of buying gifts early, setting them out of sight, and forgetting all about them for years until, say, moving to another home. Then it’s a lovely trip down memory lane recalling where the items were bought and who the intended receivers might have been before the whole lot goes off to a charity donation.

Chaos in the pantry.

After the shopping, there was the putting away of things and it got scary in the pantry. The dry goods were already pretty well stocked, but the prices on several items looked good and now there is an overabundance of queso, boxed stuffing mix, and microwavable rice and risotto for the days when the cooking time for the stovetop versions is too long. Depending upon the day, mood, and hunger level, there is a big difference between 90 seconds and 15 or 20 minutes.

In violation of the carefully constructed pantry organizational chart, items were shoved wherever they fit, and now chaos reigns with the instant oatmeal and cup ramen with the pasta, salsa with the peanut butter, bagged rice with the brick ramen, and vegetable broth with the saucepans. Half a box of Swiss Rolls has been eaten since 3:00 which hasn't cleared any space in the pantry but kept with the day's emotionally charged vibe of panic in the refrigerator followed by chaos in the pantry.