Oh Emmmmpressss ....

You will be pleased to know that today I am wearing a black velvet dress, a long black velvet skirt with lace trim, b&w striped stockings, and ruby red velvet kitten-heel shoes.

Ooooh, pretty Jilli! There should be pictures.

I want to go to Kidd Valley and get a chicken bacon club sandwich.

I know this is bad for my health and is a waste of money. However, at this point my alternatives are A) heat up some frozen cardboard a Weight Watchers or Healthy Choice frozen meal, B) a peanut butter sandwich, or C) heat a can of soup in a flavor I don't particularly like but bought for DH's work lunches because Costco had tons of them.

We really need to start cooking enough to have leftovers. Or else I need to make soups and stuff that I like and freeze in individual portions. But for now I think I'ma go buy the greasy yet delicious sandwich.

I find it's hard to cook enough to have consistant leftovers. We like to eat. This week, though, we made HUGE batches of chili and lasagna, and that worked out OK. Leftovers for lunches and dinners.

I had leftover lasagna for lunch, and will have it for dinner. YUM!

Then we're done with lasagna, which is probably for the best.

Ooh, thanks for reminding me Nora; I have my mother's leftover lasagna in the fridge. I think I am finally feeling better enough to eat it.

Speaking of lunch, I have an issue. I don't really have a set lunch hour, I just pretty much go when I can, get a sandwich or something I can eat at my desk and come back. The only thing is, if I'm here, boss considers me "in the office" and not at lunch. Which means he keeps piling stuff on, and I rush to finish lunch so I can have it all done in time. This means I'm a) not taking a real break for lunch and b) eating so fast that I'm not really satisfied enough to have a sensible dinner.

He has a habit of not being able to leave me alone for certain parts of the day, like I asked at my review if I could have a half an hour in the mornings to check e-mails, sort out my daily plan etc. But every morning within 5-10 minutes of me getting here, it's "Oh did you see this e-mail? We're going to need to do this this and this with them, and another thing we need to do is..." So before I've even gotten the routine stuff I'm getting sidetracked.

This week, though, we made HUGE batches of chili and lasagna, and that worked out OK. Leftovers for lunches and dinners.

Ooh, and two things that are better as leftovers.

I don't really have a set lunch hour, I just pretty much go when I can, get a sandwich or something I can eat at my desk and come back. The only thing is, if I'm here, boss considers me "in the office" and not at lunch. Which means he keeps piling stuff on, and I rush to finish lunch so I can have it all done in time. This means I'm a) not taking a real break for lunch and b) eating so fast that I'm not really satisfied enough to have a sensible dinner.

I sometimes have this problem, Heather. I have three suggestions:

1) Eat somewhere other than your desk if possible.
2) Put a sign up on your desk saying you are at lunch.
3) If neither of these are applicable and someone tries to get you to do something during your lunch hour tell them that you are on lunch and they/you will get in touch after you're done (giving a time you'll be available again helps).

Number three could also work with your morning half-hour buffer period.

Haven't heard from my mom yet, but dad says the interview went very well. I hope to hear from her soon.

It is brutal outside. I hope J's new apartment has good heat.

I could try the last one, but I'm seeing this:

Me: happily eating lunch
Boss: Hey can you write a thing for our guy at the show?
Me: I'm at lunch, but I'll be done in a half hour.
Boss: Sure, whenever you're done. Oh, and can you do me a favor and call this lady. And I'm going to have some errands for you to run when you're done with lunch.