Today's Lunch and other stuff

[minoanmiss]

Written earlier. Should post it before things continue changing.

I had lunch with Mr. RedTed today. And I am so glad.

He's ... okay. He definitely looks like he's been Through something. But
he's healing up and on his feet and doing all right. I'm trying to
encourage him to learn about sous vide cooking (a good way to cook without
any added anything, and thus easy to tailor to dietary restrictions).

If I had time I would try to write a poem about just how brulee-edged
sweetly good it was to sit with him for an hour, especially after so long.
I don't think I could convey my thoughts properly in prose.

*****

In other news PP has been Ostentatiously Ignoring me all week at work. It
makes my shoulderblades prickle, feeling someone who hates me sitting
behind me for all these hours. How many shifts is he going to work? And
why are they all on my shift? But/and I hope he hears it every time
someone compliments me on how smiling and helpful and kind I am.


******

A friend *waves* sent me this article:

http://www.upworthy.com/angry-about-wonder-woman-a-man-wrote-austins-mayor-a
-letter-huge-mistake?c=ufb1

A man, incensed over the women-only screenings of Wonder Woman held
in Austin, TX, wrote a letter to Austin's mayor, and got pretty much the
reply he deserved. My reaction was 80% hilarity and 20% dismay at the
millions of my fellow Americans who agree with this nimnul. OTOH, I tend
to assume that people I disagree with have lots of support and people I
agree with have very little. Maybe I should be more optimistic.

*******

As a cheerful bookend, another coworker proposed to his now-fiance this weekend and has been talking about it for two nights straight. It's adorable to witness his happiness.

Comments

[darkmarcy]

You are helpful and delightful, I wish you all the strength to keep it up!

Haha, loved that Wonder Woman piece :D Going to see its first screening today, nice. (But less cool: It won't get the biggest screen all weekend because the Pirates sequel hoards it :/ )

[med_cat]

Some good things, then; glad to hear it :)

[gingicat]

I think RT looks a little shaky, but, yeah, certainly not as wobbly as I might have expected.

After the last two days with E yanking on my hair, I had been thinking about PP and contemplating how to transmit my pain to him.

[amaebi]

I hereby put the wart curse on him.

[amaebi]

PP, that is.

[acelightning]

It makes me very happy to hear that Mr. RedTed is recovering well. Sous vide cooking is a good way to prepare things without adding anything that's on the list of stuff to avoid, but it's very difficult to keep the temperature even by hand, which is why they sell consumer-grade sous vide equipment, although it's awfully pricey.

I'm assuming he's on an ultra-low-sodium diet. When my daughter-in-law's father had heart surgery, I went out of my way to make my usual Christmas desserts as low-sodium as possible. I was dismayed to find that there are many common ingredients that contain a fair amount of sodium naturally, even before you add anything. Eggs and dairy products are surprisingly high in sodium. (Here's a fairly comprehensive list.)

[corylea]

Glad to hear that Mr. Red Ted is well enough to have lunch with you!