Under

On a day like today--overcast, gloomy, and 50 degrees--I always feel like I would rather be under the covers reading a book.

To add to the gloom today, Chase is feeling under the weather. She woke up at 6 crying and complaining about a headache. She was running a low grade temp. She has now spent the majority of the day on the couch crying and complaining that she is hungry but everything "tastes like medicine."

I have been spending the afternoon trying to find things that she might like to eat... while doing a "clean the cupboards/cook ahead" event. So far I have made a strange assortment of things. Tapioca Pudding. Mac and Cheese. Baked Pita Chips (great use of stale leftover pitas and a way to use up some hummus). Eggplant Parmesan (maybe dinner tonight, or tomorrow) And since things were a mess, I decided to cook ahead some ground beef with garlic. I will bag and freeze that to use for taco meat or spaghetti sauce.

Time to dive back in and wash all the dishes and fold some laundry so we don't get buried under the mess.

Hoping that tomorrow we will be on the flip side.