Dance your cares away, worry's for another day ..

It was another rough night last night, and at 3am I took another hot shower and drove to Walgreen's to get some Chloraseptic for my throat while I set my mom up with Henry and a bottle. Today we're doing better though, all of us on all fronts. I'm finally no longer contagious (the RN said 24 hours after I started taking antibiotics) so I stripped the beds and towels and I'm running laundry (six loads including my comforter - where did all this laundry come from? I swear I just did it!). My mom and I got out for a little while for formula (and cookies) and I got this awesome little contraption:

I was going to look for a garlic press, because I spent most of my adult life using jarred minced garlic even though I KNOW fresh tastes better because I hate to mince it. But then I ran out and I had a head of garlic anyhow from making garlic chips so I've been on a fresh garlic kick. But I hate to mince it so I thought I would try a garlic press even though I knew they press a lot of the juice out and you still have to run a knife through it anyhow ... BUT THIS THING WORKS AWESOMELY! We came home and I made an egg scramble for lunch - onions, mushrooms, spinach, ham, cheddar, egg/eggwhite combo and I stuck a clove of garlic in there, rolled it back and forth and Voila! Minced! I'm so excited I'm wondering what else I can stick garlic in.

I'm making this pot roast tonight. I'm not a fan of beef roasts because I don't think they often have enough flavor and I really don't like gravy (juices yes, gravy no). I plan on also making these potatoes and brussel sprouts with bacon. Yum!

I felt so helpless yesterday, not being able to help my mom with much of anything. Today though, I realize that she doesn't need me to actually do anything for her but just to help if she needs it. She'll be going home tomorrow or Friday, and she'll need to do things for herself but she needs me to be there in case she can't figure it out for herself. I can do that. In the meantime I can feed her and do laundry.

What? You say there's still work sitting on my dining room table that needs to be done?