Raining Cats And Dogs

it is 8:00 p.m. in the holy city of safed.  i just got back from walking the dogs.  the rain has slowed down a little so the pooches agreed to go out.  it has been storming here for a couple of weeks.  it is also quite cold.  doggies have been in and making on diapers and my beds.  i left work at 6:30 p.m. and took the little shuttle bus to town.  my little cell phone isn't working.  apparentl,y the microphone  is shot.  who knows?.  it is less than a half year old.  i stopped off at a small grocery to buy food.  my house was completely empty.

i bought eggs, yogurt, sugar free almond milk, cottage cheese, lettuce, celery, chicken wings, green onions and a bag of cilantro.  i think i will make a soup tomorrow for shabbat night.  last night i broke the fast with yogurt and frozen fruit, salad greens, fried eggs and tea.  i woke up pretty ravenous today and had oatmeal and fruit.  i was still hungry so i defrosted some frozen cholent and ate three bowls.  i gave the remainder of the cholent to the dogs; a little whole ago.  they love oatmeal in the morning, too.

yes, yesterday we had a day fast, which ended about 5:30 p.m.  i kept to my intermittent fasting and stopped eating at 7:30 p.m.  i also missed dinner.  i did have a strong double Bengal tea with almond milk.  i ended up dry fasting for about 22 hours.  i stayed in bed all day.  i was tired from travelling to Jerusalem for the bris.  i worked until 9:00 p.m. the night before and i truly couldn't move.  i didn't want to go to work today.  it was a day to be home and dry.  i took a taxi to work at noon time.  it was pouring quite hard.  i made two simple meals.  i didn't want to lie and call in sick but i was toying with calling in 'tired'.

 we had a huge food delivery and we were very busy putting away the meat products.  i was really too tired to cook.  i kept on grimacing and checking out the pantry to see what i could prepare.  we were out of potatoes and carrots.  we did have a bunch of zucchini left.  we had a pantry full of tomato puree, pasta, rice, canned corn and mushrooms.  i looked at the clock and it was an hour before serving time.  i kind of whipped into shape.

i made a quick spicy and peppery tomato soup with zucchini, onions and a huge sweet potato.  i also made plain rice and chicken hot dogs.  the guys poured the soup onto the rice.  for dinner, i made a vat of oriental spaghetti stir fry, tuna patties and fried breaded eggplant.  the patties somehow fell to the floor; remaining mostly in the aluminum tray.  they did get a bit smashed up but i couldn't do anything about that.  luckily, no one was around to see me on my knees' picking up tuna patties from the floor.  i read that we need more dirt in our diets.  apparently, we are too sterile.

my house is a mess and i have two sinks full of dirty dishes, dirty tea cups and assorted pots and pans.  i also need to do laundry.  that's what Fridays are for.  i generally do not work on Fridays.  i hopefully, will get the house back in shape on Friday.  tomorrow is a rough day for me.  i have to make 2 lunches, one breakfast, one supper and Shabbat lunch.  it is a lot of work.