So just when I thought I clicking along on this money marathon, I found a bump. I miss going out. Oh, I miss dates out with Matthew where I don’t cook (been doing A LOT of that lately), I’m served a mean martini and I have uninterrupted conversation.
It really is the trivial things that are getting to me. And I feel so absolutely petty and guilty for being irritated that I can’t (because I made a commitment not to) buy it right now.
I am beyond blessed to have a choice of food to cook, to have drinks I can make at home, to have a warm house and my whole family with me. The list of things I have is pretty insane actually compared to most people who live in this world.
That’s what gets me. That I allow my traditions and comforts and wants to get in the way of what I really would love to see; David Hames rescued, the orphaned children of Haiti with their own families, the pain for this world to be gone, clean water for all.
I don’t like being a person who always seems to want more. It doesn’t feel too good.
So after sitting on this all afternoon, I decided that I would go ahead and make the meal that I usually spend $15 for. And you know what, it was amazing, really. And easy and healthy and I should just keep cooking and thinking and seeing how I can continue to direct all this tension to a better place.
Go here for the recipe. It’s worth it!
I was born in Jos, Nigeria many years ago. I spent the next nineteen years living in Liberia, Kenya and Ethiopia.
We eat in mosty, and on rare occasions go out to eat, it does become habitual – although it also ebbs and flows. We’ve had times when I was working full time outside the home that we’d seem to grab Taco Bell too often in one week.
Hope you reach your goals, Melodie.
I am running Austin in a few weeks (or at least I think I am, ha ha)….
What are running goals lately? (Do you just typicallydo long-runs just because or are you training…?)