Sometimes life wins… sometimes my level of energy, motivation and tolerance crashes to such a low that I just want to curl up in a corner and cry. Friday was like that for me. I had completely overstretched myself during the week, and had a minor rant at my boss about why the world needed to be put to rights… and then Friday, it turns out that I was the only one who could do so, at short notice and being already overloaded. It was too much and I lost focus on me at a priority. No blogging, no exercise, no care.

The meals for Thursday evening and Friday were:

Lunch: Fresh tomato soup, and a cheese and coleslaw baguette.

Dinner: Vegetable Curry and Rice

Breakfast: Buttermilk Pancakes and Maple Syrup

Lunch: Spaghetti and Tomato Sauce

Dinner: Homemade Chili with Brown Rice and Homemade Cornbread.

This sounds a virtuous set of meals, and would have been without the meeting biscuits and chocolate that were scattered between them.

Porridge and Banana

The start of the weekend fared better with a lovely bowl of Top Banana Porridge with Banana and Maple Syrup. I think I have finally mastered the texture that I crave. Not runny, not too cooked means less milk and shorter time. Todays was spot on.

Lunch was a frozen mini meal of sausages and mash from Waitrose. Not worth the photo, frankly.

Bacon in Cola and Vegetables

The evening meal was another recipe from my slow cooking book. A collar of bacon cooked in cola and spices until tender. Served with some roasted Jerusalem artichokes and vegetables roast in Balsamic Vinegar and Oil. I added some Star Anise to the spice mix which was lovely for the meat, but meant the ‘gravy’ was too bitter to be used as more than a dribble on the vegetables.

Spent the day setting up KMyMoney in Ubuntu. Very good but a little more complex to set up than MSMoney was… but at least it is being maintained. I never understood why Money was dropped by Microsoft.