Home Alone
17 May 2012 08:50![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mimi_sardiniaSo I am going to have something like a week here alone.
I wish I had plans to do something interesting, but I don't. Not really. I mean I am idly considering taking the opportunity to watch a couple of Blu-rays, since Mum won't be around to say yea or nay, and maybe getting in and watching more of SPN while I have uninterrupted time taking advantage of Mum's chair... but other than that? Eh.
The big problem is, of course, money. My phone bill is ridiculous, because somehow a call was made that lasted five fucking hours, so I am having to take advantage of the credit we have on the rent (again!) so I will just have spare money to get a taxi home from the supermarket.
That is one thing, I get to dictate the groceries this week solely for myself. I am definitely getting pie - both the Dean Winchester approved sort and the classic Aussie cuisine sort. And sausages. Maybe even stew makings.
But the real reason behind this? My brother Grey is in hospital. Apparently his Crohn's has done a number on him because he collapsed in pain, presumably at the shops, was taken straight to hospital, and has already had surgery to fix up a perforated stomach.
Apparently amphetamines for treating narcolepsy isn't the only medication in my family with problematic side effects (and let's not forget the easy to find suicide options in this house! Good thing I am nowhere near suicidal).
So Mum's going down there to see Grey.
I know from personal experience that stomach surgery will have at least week's stay in hospital, so she's probably going to be spending most of visiting hours there.
In Addendum: Dear Lord, was there really a good reason behind making pumpkin so bloody hard to chop?
I wish I had plans to do something interesting, but I don't. Not really. I mean I am idly considering taking the opportunity to watch a couple of Blu-rays, since Mum won't be around to say yea or nay, and maybe getting in and watching more of SPN while I have uninterrupted time taking advantage of Mum's chair... but other than that? Eh.
The big problem is, of course, money. My phone bill is ridiculous, because somehow a call was made that lasted five fucking hours, so I am having to take advantage of the credit we have on the rent (again!) so I will just have spare money to get a taxi home from the supermarket.
That is one thing, I get to dictate the groceries this week solely for myself. I am definitely getting pie - both the Dean Winchester approved sort and the classic Aussie cuisine sort. And sausages. Maybe even stew makings.
But the real reason behind this? My brother Grey is in hospital. Apparently his Crohn's has done a number on him because he collapsed in pain, presumably at the shops, was taken straight to hospital, and has already had surgery to fix up a perforated stomach.
Apparently amphetamines for treating narcolepsy isn't the only medication in my family with problematic side effects (and let's not forget the easy to find suicide options in this house! Good thing I am nowhere near suicidal).
So Mum's going down there to see Grey.
I know from personal experience that stomach surgery will have at least week's stay in hospital, so she's probably going to be spending most of visiting hours there.
In Addendum: Dear Lord, was there really a good reason behind making pumpkin so bloody hard to chop?
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2012-05-16 23:44 (UTC)You don't need big expensive plans to take advantage of time alone in the house. Sometimes just hanging around and relaxing is the best feeling in the world. If you feel like being social maybe just ask a friend over to watch movies with you. This sounds awful because I do adore my husband, but when he has to go away for a couple of days it is heaven! House all to myself, eat and do whatever I like and only one person's mess to look after. Heaven lol
Oh and I hate chopping pumpkin as well. I love pumpkin but I avoid recipes for it just because chopping it up annoys me :D
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2012-05-17 01:36 (UTC)I don't have anything of a social life, and the one person I did know to call over is now in Tasmania. Still, I do fine, I'm a big girl.
And I kinda brought the pumpkin troubles on myself, I wanted to try making pumpkin pie. On a suggestion from Mum, I did take the easy route and cooked the pumpkin with the skin still on. The worst part of pumpkin is the skin.
Admittedly, I cooked up a lot more pumpkin than I need for the pie, but I can use the rest for pumpkin scones.