In article >,
~patches~ > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > ~patches~ > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>To me, a real vacation is just relaxing and doing anything I want, over
> >>>and above the necessary chores....... ;-)
> >>>
> >>>Cheers!
> >>
> >>Too right! IMO cooking is not a necessary chore. We take a couple of
> >>extended vacations and several long weekend vacations each year where I
> >>don't cook. I have to say I'm always happy to get back home to my own
> >>kitchen to try and duplicate some of the foods we had on vacation.
> >
> >
> > Yeah but I like cooking. <G>
> > It's actually kinda nice to have the time (no rush to get to work) to
> > prepare some more complex meals!
>
> Isn't it though! The rest of my week is destined to be quite hectic -
> DS is going into week 3 in the hospital so I have a lot of driving &
> meetings, checking his apartment, feeding his fish, financial matters,
> etc - my own medical appointments this week, pre-meeting today, MRI
> tomorrow & follow-up - dealing with another DS's current problem du jour
> - DH leaves Sun for his male bonding trip & I promised I'd make a batch
> of chili for the guys - well you get the idea and no point boring you
> with this kind of stuff. Funny thing is cooking helps me put what I
> have to deal with into perspective. I can think things through as I cook.
>
> Yesterday was such a *bitch* day! It took me 3 hours to do the payroll
> banking as a favour for DH - apparently the winer employees get a little
> testy if they don't get their pay on time - not our employees but the
> company DH does the payroll for. Then the grocery store was out of
> farmer's cheese & had only one large pk of motzarella cheese but the
> store was flooded with little grey haired ladies blocking every aisle
> while they re-capped their life stories. The aftermath of a huge fire
> attributed to arson on Devil's night caused a back-up of traffic due to
> gawkers & the detour. The site could be seen from the 4 lane road so
> people just stopped in both directions - no way to get around them.
> Trust me I needed to make that lasagne last night just to calm my mind!

Sounds rough! I'm glad you are feeling better now.
We had some Halloween vandalism last night. Some little shit did in our
mailbox again. <sigh> That's why I have a PO box. We live in a college
town......
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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson