Need to make room

The house is a mess. My freezers are overflowing. There's too much food in my fridge. Mostly very positive problems, I think. In most times, at least. But Christmas is coming! Where would I stick my ham? Casseroles? Sweet bakes?

Can't use veranda as cooler, because it's still full of MIL's stuff. New kitchen is full of building materials, dining table is under... plumbing equipment? Video projector? We haven't been able to eat at the table for a long time, probably since summer.

So, from now on, I will not buy food...

Or maybe I will. I usually do.

Last time I went really shopping was Monday last week. I was leaving the next day, so I needed to make sure there was things os can eat (as he still has some issues with food). And then I got "free" food in the same evening (like 10 containers of vanilla soy yoghurt, half a litre each). I really didn't have much time to process all I got, so I just stuck them to the freezers where ever I found an empty nook... Boys did a fine job on emptying the fridge during the week. I was back home by 1am Friday.

Friday dinner was insired by pasta carbonara; I had spaghetti, bacon, and some basic cheeses (eggs and garlic at least are in the original receipe) Nevertheless, it was delicious.

Then by Saturday morning I was feeling feverish, so all things I planned on doing were left undone. I didn't eat much on Saturday, family had rice and chicken (from freezer) in cream sauce. Yesterday I decided we need to have a proper dinner, so I rummaged the big chest freezer and found minced meat (it's 50/50 pork and beef). Fried that with taco seasoning, cut some chines cabbage in to thin strips, heated a carton of baked beans, grated some odd ends of cheese and ta-da! burritos!

Today I'm feeling slightly better, but not much. I knew I had some marinated chicken in the freezer, and we have WAY too much hamburger buns in there, too. I fries the chicken, sliced it. Chicken burgers!

I'm not planning on going to grocery stores this week until Friday. If I'm feeling ok. I might need some cheese, if I'd like to make pizza (but I do have some real mozzarella in the freezer). Maybe I'll make a quiche to use up some veggies?

Veranda and dining table will have to wait.

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Last week I was on a work trip in Denmark. Nice weather (sunny, warm, just a light breeze - something I WOULD NOT expect from Denmark!). Long, long days, interesting people and good food.

And unfortunately I got covid, most likely on my way back home at the airport security line (should've gone by train). Well, haven't got a covid test, but symptoms are just right for this new strain. I'm not completely wiped out, but sick enough to call my supervisor "Sorry, can't work". Really it doesn't matter that much, I'm usually working from home anyway, I could've played working by sending few emails. Byt why should I? Here where I live I get paid if I'm sick only few days, and I can just call my supervisor to tell I'm sick. So if I AM sick, I am sick and not pretend to not be.

But it is nice to be at home sick alone. No-one is demanding my attention, or asking me things. It is so quiet (it wasn't quiet in Denmark) and I just sit in my comfy chair sniffing and nursing some hot drink and do nothing else... (of course it would be completely different thing if I was really really sick, but I'm not)

And - I've not told hb I'm on a sick leave. Either he would worry too much or then think I'm not sick and calls me all day do-this, do-that blah-blah-blah.

I would LOVE to be able to do all those small things around the house, but I AM sick, now my head is full of something icky and my brains are slow. If I put washing machine on, I get exhausted and all sweaty. If I go out with 'Suma (I mean I open the door and just stand in the middle of the driveway "You better go now for a pee and a poo!") I will freeze with my winter coat on...

But it was nice to meet my colleagues from Germany and France and all other places.