My Shingrix symptoms are mostly gone, only some muscular pain remains, and it is easy to ignore. I feel very lucky that the effects of the shot were brief, intense, but brief.
So back to the kitchen!
My day started with slicing a fresh loaf of bread made yesterday, and baking a new loaf today.
I moved on to preparing the green tea for two one-gallon batches of Kombucha.
Next Attila and I made pesto with the garlic and basil that he brought in from the garden. We froze 21 meals worth. Pesto and cheese tortellini is our “junk” food. It is what we have for dinner when we don’t feel like cooking. The tortellini is one of the indulgences in our budget, we buy it premade. Eventually I want to try making it ourselves, with whole wheat flour, but that will have to wait.
With all that accomplished, we had a lovely lunch, with freshly picked and cooked broccoli and cauliflower, with a cheese sauce sauce. It was delicious.
I am not sure what the next project will be today, it will depend on what Attila brings in from the garden!
Retirement is sitting well with us. We have a lot less money, but enough, and a lot more time, which is a blessing. Attila can stand more upright, and looks ten years younger. His job was wearing him out, body and soul. So glad to see him bouncing back!
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Lady, you’re a warhorse! Feeling as badly as you did and at the first sign of feeling better you’re right back at it again.
Glad to hear that Attila is bouncing back thanks to his retirement! DH here did the same, though it took a while before he really started to believe he wouldn’t be going back to work. We’ve been lucky with that. I’ve seen a lot of older people around here that have started working at grocery stores. Men as cart ranglers and women as cashiers. I feel badly about that for them. No one in their late 60s and 70s should need to work.
Maggie, I’m glad to read that your symptoms are receding. It’s great that Attila is recovering from the misery that was the job he had. Better quality of life is often worth more than money.
I’m glad retirement is agreeing with Attila. (I know I’m sure grateful to be retired, and my job wasn’t likely as stressful as his.) Lazy meals here in this household are likely to be sardines (or other canned fish) on rice cakes.
Teri, growing up on a farm it seemed normal to be busy with something all the time, my Mom sure was. Summer holidays were just when the farm needed the most attention.
I agree, no one should need to work in their late 60s, and 70s or older. Attila’s Mom worked until she until Covid started, she was 82, but she hasn’t gone back to work since then. For her, she just enjoyed being connected, being a widow, she didn’t need to work, she wanted to work. I think Attila gets his love of being busy from his Mom!
Thanks Wendy, I am relieved that the symptoms have receded so quickly. It is quite wonderful that Attila is moving on from that job, it was awful for him, physically and mentally. You are so right, quality of life is worth so much more than money, as long as you have enough, and we seem to have enough, so grateful for that!
Thanks Joan, retirement is wonderful isn’t it! Attila would like your lazy meals, I am not a fan of sardines, but I do like canned tuna or salmon. Rice cakes, I hadn’t though of rice cakes for fish, must try that!