The Importance of Being Idle

Cat On A Diet

Don't really know what to say about the past few days.
We're about as poor as we could ever be, having literally no money even for food let alone anything else. Ronnie's almost at the point of exhaustion, Archie is grumbling about his new low fat diet and me... well we'll get to me later.
I'm trying hard to do things, often just little things, around the house to let Ronnie know how much she is loved and how much I appreciate everything she's had to do in the past few months to keep us afloat. And I've been doing a lot of cooking, trying to make things from scratch to make the best use of the resources we have. I thought my macaroni cheese was particularly yummy, even if I do say so myself. The apple and raspberry crumble let the side down a little though, too much crumble and not enough apple and raspberry. Tonight I will experiment with home made pizza dough!
Poor little Archie isn't happy about his new diet, bless him. Try and explain as I might, he doesn't understand at all. He just purrs and burbles to himself. Then he looks at his food bowl, and looks at you as if to say "Why are you giving me this? Aren't I a good cat? Where's the food I had last week, the stuff that I liked?" Still, it's only been a few days, so maybe he'll get used to it. At least he ate some of it yesterday, today he hasn't even touched it!
As for me, well I'm doing okay, considering. Mainly I'm just feeling all guilty that I'm the cause of all this, when there's almost nothing I can do to make it better, I just have to sit and wait. My sicknote runs out tomorrow, but I've already been forbidden from returning to work so close to getting my results and a proper diagnosis, and that's probably for the best. After all, it wouldn't do anybody any good if I go back to work on Friday and give myself a relapse 'cos I'm doing the one thing I really shouldn't be doing, whatever that may be. I've looked into homeworking as some sort of way to make a few pennies and have some useful input, but frankly homeworking seems a lot more hassle than it's worth. All I need is a short term job for a couple of weeks, something I can do in a few spare hours a day, but with no overwhelming pressure or commitment, and that sort of thing really doesn't seem to exist. The nearest I can find is for newspaper or leaflet delivery, and that whole "walking about" thing is the one thing I can't do with any degree of reliability. So in the meantime I'm trying to build up a level of fitness again, hunting for recipes for things to cook for dinner, and trying to learn about databases. Keeps me out of trouble, eh?

posted by BadMonkey @ 1:34 PM