I'm still learning things... Dried out fish do not rehydrate but make good crayfish food. When cooking macaroni...remember it's cooking...burnt ( maybe burnt is too nice a word.. more like ash) macaroni will mark a pan for months. Never get dressed when your more asleep then awake....but then again no one noticed I wore slippers to the store. On another trip my shirt was on backwards and my flannel shirt was inside out. On a good note Mom was dressed right. One out of two is ok I guess. Another thing when cooking... Rice a Roni tastes just like rice when you for get to add the flavor packet. Never eat anything out of the fridge, that you can't remember when you put it in there....You'll do a lot of sitting.... On another point...I had oral surgery and am on a soft diet. I learned that you never eat Lintel soup especially two cans in the same day...I ended up changing pants four times that day and sat down a lot again. So, I've given up eating Lintel soup for now. So a couple weeks later...I was tired of just eating mashed potatoes with butter or with gravy...mind you I've got three different flavors of gravy. I decided I'd eat refried pinto beans...forgoing eating it with chips. Well, the next day, I took Mom shopping at Meijer's. We were in the produce section...things were good....Mom was being pleasant enough while I pushed her along in her wheelchair and pulled a shopping cart with my other hand. When suddenly I felt strange... Then a strong urge came over me....I suddenly felt I needed to sit down now..right then and there in the middle of the produce section. I suddenly knew what I had to do. I pushed Mom and pulled that cart as fast as I could heading for the front of the store. Mom all the time yelling "You're pushing me too fast...don't rush me!" All I wanted to do was sit and sit Now!! We got to the front and then I realized I couldn't take Mom with me where I Desperately needed to go....What Was I Going To DO?
I then saw the door greeter..I rushed right up to him, with Mom in tow....I wasn't worried about the cart at this moment...I NEEDED TO SIT, I GETTING SHAKEY AND STARTING TO SWEAT....I said I needed him to watch Mom right now! I could barely hear what me said...My body was telling me TOO SIT NOW..NOW. I headed for the restroom...I grabbed the door handle and suddenly I was overcome with my Bathroom Phobia. I couldn't breathe...I was sweating...shaking...feeling dizzy all at the same time...Then the uncontrollable urge to sit hit me like a train. I opened the door and I barely started to sit down and the rest it just a blur. All I remember...is composing myself and thanking the greeter for watching Mom. I retrieved the cart and headed for check out. All through this Mom yelling where the hell did I go and leave her with some man. I heard this all the way home. At home after putting Mom to bed and groceries away. I washed and washed till I felt clean. Beans are off my list of things to eat forever. And what do you learn this year?
I forgot to add..Mom had lost a shoe in the rush...but it was retrieved. I had a flashback about this event the other day and what I learned is..if your going to use Meijer's restroom...TAKE TOILET PAPER WITH YOU....YOU WILL NOT LIKE WHAT"S IN THERE!
