So I am going to start scheduling Time Alone ...where people have to get tout of the house.

This sounds like a really good plan.

there's more of an expectation that I should be operating normally. And I'm not.

I think there’s something to be said for the whole Victorian thing of wearing mourning for close relatives for a year. If nothing else, it was a visual cue that the person in black was not likely to be back to normality yet. Nowadays it just makes people think you like black clothes.

Askye, I can see where M’s mom’s money woes are a problem, but do they need to be your problem? If she’s letting the cousin move in, perhaps he can pickup your contribution and you can find a place that’s less stressful.

For tonight's dinner, yesterday I was all excited about this tofu recipe, so I bought the ingredients today, and do I want to eat it tonight? Not at all!

I had the best damn salad for dinner tonight! It was just romaine, avocado, hard-boiled egg, and grilled shrimp, with a vinagrette dressing. But it just happened to be one of those meals that turned out to be exactly what I wanted, even though when I walked into the restaurant I wasn't thinking about a salad. So I guess it was exactly what I didn't know I wanted.

I had the best damn salad for dinner tonight! It was just romaine, avocado, hard-boiled egg, and grilled shrimp, with a vinagrette dressing.

Any salad with grilled shrimp on it is not "just" a salad. That's a party in your mouth.

I'm up early on a Sunday morning because my allergies have me snizzling. But I have coffee and a chair with a view, and the pigs are fed so all is content in the house for now.

Let's see if the coffee will inspire me to go running...

I'm trying not to let them be my problem. And I don't think the nephew can. As far as I can tell he doesn't have a job, doesn't get disability, and I think just does odd jobs. I'm not sure.

He has actually done a lot around the house that M can't and I don't have time to (or want to) and M's Mom can't . So he isn't just sitting around and M's Mom swears she doesn't want him to actually move in. I'm not sure.

I'm at the point where I am just doing my thing and try to avoid getting pulled into drama. I have 2 days off thos week and I'm hanging out with Crafty Friend on Tues for the first time in months. So Im happy about thst

It's very quiet in here.

::fluffs pillows::

Yes, yes it is.

I am eating some of my weekend lasagne. It's good. That's a legit spelling, isn't it? I'm getting red squiggly push-back...

I am eating some of my weekend lasagne. It's good.

Oooh, look at you reaping the rewards of your weekend cooking!

That's a legit spelling, isn't it? I'm getting red squiggly push-back...

I think lasagna with an "a" but surely with an "e" is an alternate spelling.

I got Matilda off to school with homemade chili in her thermos and a bacon egg and cheese sandwich to go. Loaded the dishwasher and ran it, and then I took my body out to the Kezar steps and also ran it. This body has been run. Today I am making a To Do List just for JZ's memorial, and hope to tick off several items. I am also taking my car in for an overdue oil change, and am kind of looking forward to that time where I can take a book and skive off to a local cafe for an hour and read.

I think I need a more regular, alotted reading time, because I want to but I keep letting it get swept away by the pressing requirements of the day. Then in the evening I'm often too tired to have the focus.

Mmm, chili. Scheduling reading time seems like a good idea.

Pretty sure lasagna and lasagne are both fine. I am not getting squiggly red lines, fwtw.

Wordnik says "lasagne" is the plural form: [link]