These past couple of weeks were difficult in a few ways. Miriam's parents were for a week. Her dad is pretty conservative in a lot of ways and I got kind of upset with him a few times. I got sick about halfway through their visit. My best guess is I caught something while at the dentist without a mask while people were in close vicinity of my open ( Read more... )

Sometimes Albert Heijn (the grocery store we get deliveries from) includes an opt-out freebie. This last delivery, it was these.

I tried them. I am grateful that, should I return to North America, I will be 4000 miles away from these abominations.

The Dutch are not above putting English on stuff to look cool. English here, though, is much more likely ( Read more... )

This weekend is not going as hoped for. Danae is feeling sick and not up to having the online belated birthday party we've been planning. She's rescheduling, but is sad about disappointing people. I am glad that she is making self-care a priority. That's important, and can be hard to to.

(I should note that Miriam does not have Covid. It cost € ( Read more... )

I took the "Big Americans" brand supreme pizza out of the freezer and set it on the counter. I unwrapped it.

"Uhh...there's corn on this pizza." I said to Danae.

"Corn is a new world vegetable," she rightly observed. She also noted that this isn't the first pizza she's seen that suggests that folks here have odd ideas about what makes American ( Read more... )

I saw an ad on Facebook for one of several pizza restaurant chains that are nigh-omnipresent in the US and it looked *so good* my mouth started watering ( Read more... )

Though the widespread knee-jerk reactions of a the type commonly seen on social media often does not directly affect me, the kerfluflle about Fair Oaks Farm has meant that the milk Danae and I buy is no longer available at the stores we shop at. The nutritional profile of their milk is far better than typical milk for people with with the blood- ( Read more... )

Another nightmare last night left me slightly disoriented and confused this morning. Miriam kindly gave me a few snuggles before getting back to sleep and I talked myself through my morning routine to make sure I didn't forget things. I ate a bunch of chocolate as I went, so I'll have a smaller breakfast once I get to work ( Read more... )

People at work saved me some food from the Fall welcome back party yesterday evening. I ate the two Italian beef sandwiches, thinking I'd save the hot dog for later. Then I ate the hot dog. Then I went downstairs and bought a brownie. I ate the brownie with some chocolate syrup on top of it from a bottle left over from a party that happened before ( Read more... )

I sometimes forget that most people put milk on their cereal. It seems gross to me. Why would you want to eat things that are supposed to be crunchy but then make them soggy and cold?

I'm a weirdo.

And I just ate half a chocolate cake this morning, so there's that... *sighs*