I hate when I do things like this

[cjsmith]

One of the things I'll occasionally do on a weekend is cook up a big pile of stuff that will later be lunches or dinners for when I'm rushed. Yesterday I went to the grocery store and picked up a huge amount of stuff for making lunches. Five pounds of meat came home with me; I made absolutely sure that I knew what was going to go with each batch, that I had enough spinach, enough spices, enough chili and lemongrass, etc. I got extra spinach just to make sure. There's always something you can do with spinach.

I walked right by the onion. Boy, thought I, do I have enough onion to last me a year. I certainly don't need any onion.

Guess what I'm out of, after cooking only two batches of stuff.
Guess what every single thing I was going to make will need.

Damn.

A normal person, of course, would just go to the grocery store and buy some onion. But I can't do that. I've been on my feet for nearly an hour now. I could keep cooking, by spending much of the time in a tall chair, but I can't go to the grocery store. Not any more. And if I did go, I sure as heck couldn't cook afterward. Those always have to be two separate days. I was so good, making sure I went to the store on Saturday so I could cook on Sunday. But all it takes is one goof.

Right now I hate being me.

EDIT: ladycelia is the bestest buddy in the whole wide world. She's going to bring me three big onions when she gets off work.

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I hear ya. I too have problems with some foods. What is it that you shouldn't be eating? (With me it's fish and seafood. That stuff can send me for a long and uncomfortable visit to the porcelain throne.)

Still, friendship or not, thoughtful or not, it's true that what I make tends to be... unpopular. I guess that saves me from learning yet another immensely time-consuming and somewhat expensive hobby! With all the time I save, I will RULE THE WORLD HAHAHAHA... um... er. Well, it was an amusing thought.

[ladyqkat.livejournal.com]

Tree nuts. Peanuts and almonds I have no problem with, but tree nuts will make my throat and eustacian tubes itch horribly. My dad was so happy the day we figured out that the cashews were causing the problem. It meant they were safe from me.

I have it on good authority that watching me trying to scratch what is itching results in amusing facial contortions.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's got to be SERIOUSLY annoying! Scratching the inside of one's head isn't exactly easy!

[ladyqkat.livejournal.com]

I am grateful that it is no worse than that even if it is very uncomfortable.