Saturday's Happenings

Once again, I couldn't sleep until after 3:00 a.m., last night.  I remember looking at the time and it was 3:15 a.m. and I must have dozed off, because I woke up again at 3:45 a.m.!  But I managed to fall asleep again and I slept until 8:00 a.m. when the alarm went off.  I had set the alarm because I wanted to wake up early enough to try to reestablish a somewhat regular sleep pattern.  Towards that end, I've also decided I'll try to avoid afternoon naps.

After I had my morning cup of tea, I decided to put some eggs to boil to make more egg salad, and then, I forgot I had the eggs on the stove!  Suddenly I got a burning smell and remembered the eggs!  All the water had boiled off and the eggs were burnt!  Oh, no!  I was hoping that only the shells were burnt and peeled them to see, but they were burnt on the inside, too.

Burnt Eggs

I put three more eggs to boil and this time, I remembered to turn off the stove in good time!  I really need to get myself a kitchen timer!

I also decided that I would bake myself a loaf of bread using some of the frozen bread dough I had bought as part of my pre-chemo stock up.  I kept the frozen dough to thaw and rise and baked it in the afternoon.

Freshly Baked Bread

How is it possible that I can bake a perfect loaf of bread and burn hard boiled eggs?

In between burning the eggs and baking the bread, I cleaned both bathrooms, did the dishes, tidied the kitchen counters, made the egg salad (from the 2nd lot of boiled eggs), and did a little paperwork/filing. 

Around 11:00 a.m., the friend I had asked to buy me some groceries called to say she and her husband were on their way from the grocery store.  She brought me the bananas, broccoli, and head of lettuce I had asked for, but she wouldn't accept any money from me.  This is another reason why I don't like to ask people to grocery shop for me, because they won't let me pay them back.  So I picked a bag of fresh lemons and several sprigs of curry leaves and gave her in return.

Later in the evening, one of my cousins and her mother visited me.  They had wanted to bring me a loaf of bread last night, when I had mentioned to them that I was out of bread, but I told them not to worry, it was too late and I knew they were both tired after work, etc.  So they had said they'll come this evening, instead.  I had made the egg salad and the bread because aunt had said she liked egg salad sandwiches.

I had asked cousin to bring me a certain brand of tea that I like, as she lives close to the Sri Lankan store that sells it.  Well, she and aunt brought me three bags of groceries!  Including a loaf of multi-grain bread, a loaf of cinnamon-raisin bread, a package of English muffins, two bunches of bananas, a bag of apples, several packets of fruit cups and applesauce cups, two six packs of apple juice bottles (I had mentioned to cousin, once, that I sometimes take a small bottle of apple juice when I go for my chemo sessions), and, of course, the two boxes of tea bags I had requested.  And they wouldn't accept any money, not even for the tea, which is a bit pricey.  I am overwhelmed by their thoughtfulness and generosity.

We had egg salad sandwiches and some of the leftover chicken and vegetables I had made earlier in the week for dinner and we spent a lovely evening chatting.  Aunt liked the bread I had baked, so, when they left, I gave them the rest of the loaf to take with them.  It was the least I could do!

After they left, I video chatted with daughter.   She had spent the better part of her day preparing her thesis presentation.  She has to give a 10-minute presentation and prepare herself for a 50-minute question and answer session.

Today, I am grateful for:

- Generous family and friends
- Having visitors and company

- Being able to give produce from the garden in return 
- Very few side effects other than the insomnia
- A lovely day

How was your Saturday?  Did you have a good start to your weekend?