Because I know you’re all desperate to know how the fruit was: It was excellent. Still pretty crisp, except for the kiwi fruit which is actually much nicer when it’s soft anyway. None of it was mushy, and none of it had ‘turned’, so that’s pretty good news I guess if I ever feel like putting in the effort to make my own again. Should last three or four days in the fridge.
I’ll see if I manage to keep making it (my expectations are pretty low, so if I was you, I would assume not).
So, Grete remembered to get the last pot of fruit out of the fridge this morning as I dragged my half-asleep ass out of the house, good job ‘cos I’d completely forgotten again! It’s lasted quite well, still looks pretty fresh. Popped it into a fridge at work, and I’m sure you’re all dying to know how it turns out, so I’ll be sure to let you know later …
So I purchased a pineapple, two mangos, a tub of kiwi fruit and two melons last night, with the intent of making some little fruit bowls to bring to work, since I can’t get the ones I want here any more.
Spent 30-50 minutes last night chopping it all up, putting it into air-tight containers (6) and whacking them in the fridge.
And then left home this morning without picking one up. I’m working from home tomorrow so wouldn’t normally be after any fruit anyway, and by Thursday I’m sure they’ll be turning and going off.
I hate change, I am, without the smallest shadow of any doubt, a creature of habit. I can do the same thing, at the same time, all the time, without ever getting bored of it. I don’t mind change, as long as I’m aware it’s coming and have a chance to prepare, but unplanned change makes me annoyed. I can cope, I do cope, I’m actually really good at coping with it and dealing with it, but it doesn’t mean I like it.
I’ve gotten into a habit at lunch time, when I’m in the office, which helps with the diabetes and balanced diet, and that’s having a pot of fruit from the shop at work. Melon, pineapple, kiwi fruit and mango. Been eating it now for a couple of years, every day. They changed the packaging a while back, but the content stayed the same. It’s one of my five a day, it’s good for my blood sugar and it’s 0 fat.
And now, they don’t sell it. They’ve changed to a mix of melon, kiwi fruit, blueberries and pomegranate seeds. It’s disgusting. The juice that collects is rancid, the pomegranate seeds are terrible, the blueberries tasteless, and the kiwi fruit is squished and mangled.
I miss my mango dammit.
So today I’ve got a packet of crisps instead, how is that helping exactly!
Now I need to work on a strategy to get back to some fruit I enjoy.
Got a take-out curry last night (we have a friend visiting, so it’s an excuse for take-away), and only ate half. No worries I thought, I’ll whack the other half in the fridge for lunch, so I did. And today I had it for lunch, around 12:30.
Around 3pm I noticed I was shaking quite a bit, it comes on slowly so you don’t always notice it. And so, 2.5 hours after eating a tub of rice and curry, I checked my blood and found it at 3.9ish. Whoops.
No wonder I was shaking.
We’ve been Sky+ing Without a Trace for a little while now and bought the first season on DVD a while back, since we never saw it. Just finished watching the last episodes tonight (been watching them over the last week and a bit) and it’s pretty good.
Some of the episodes leave you a little unfulfilled, but that’s probably because there can’t always be a satisfactory conclusion to missing person’s cases, but there are some pretty emotional episodes and it doesn’t feel too contrived (my main complaint about a lot of ‘crime’ drama). I can recommend them, and I think I’m going to go and buy the season 2 boxed set right now 🙂
… six months to go.
The Incredible Hulk, Wanted, Hancock, Hellboy II, Journey to the Centre of the Earth (maybe), The Dark Knight, The Lost Boys 2 (straight to DVD), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (maybe), Babylon A.D. (maybe), City of Ember (maybe).
Lots to watch.
I managed it, no second cob for me! I’d like to thank everyone who helped me through this difficult period.
So far, I’ve managed to resist the second cob option, but willpower is fading fast.
Do I have a second bacon cob for breakfast?