Day 1: Woke up this morning at 8:20 A.M. Ugh! I wanted to pull the covers back over my head and make my husband go to work for me. (By the way, don't become a librarian, unless you really like people and getting interrupted; it sucks.) I was completely listless, until I realized that today was my first day, for a whole year, that I would not have to cook anything. I smiled, did a big stretch, then leaped out of bed like a Disney princess! After humming while getting dressed, I skipped into the kitchen for a nice bowl of wheat cereal. Say it with me, now: "MMMM Fiber!" My husband had yet to wake up, so I started snickering as I walked out the door. Today, he is going to truly notice the absence of me cooking! Boy, won't he be irked! (Yeah, right, as if that's any big surprise!)
Lunches at work are simple. I don't even have to throw anything in the microwave to be nuked! I usually eat fruits, bananas, apples, and grapes. Lunchtime is also known as my happy time! :) When all those others are throwing TV dinners in the microwave, stinking up the place, I get to eat my fruit AND escape from the others, who are currently outside the door. Now that I know I won't have to cook anything for a whole year, my fruit will taste even sweeter on my tongue.
Got home, and my husband asked what we were having for dinner. I said: "You are going to have a microwave burger and a soda. I am going to have more fruit." He must have been a little shocked, because he didn't think that I would take this whole not cooking thing seriously. Now, how long has he known me? After he gave me a blank stare, I just smiled and headed outside for my evening walk. Man, now I know why all these vegetarians and "minimalist eaters" are so happy, they don't have to cook a damn thing!
I thoroughly enjoyed my first, whole day of not cooking, that I settled in the bed and started reading a good book. I think I'm going to like these next 364 days!
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