Jeremy packed his bags and left early Wed. Elka was sad – see photo below. Elka will stand there the entire time Jeremy is packing. Jeremy has spent a lot of time optimizing his bike packing system. Once I get him going on his packing strategy, it might be a 20 minute conversation.
Whenever Jeremy goes on a business trip, we like to play a little game. OK, it’s my game because Jeremy is never around for this – but my game is how long can I possibly eat out of the pantry. The food in the house is Jeremy’s domain – 100% no question (as part of my church duties, I might have to host thank you dinners or some such thing and Jeremy is super excited to cook for them, he’s like, it’s a complete gender switch, I will be the hostess for all your networking needs. lol). He likes to “stock up” – meaning we have like 8 bags of peas in the freezer, 8 boxes of pasta, 2 bars of cheddar cheese, 36 eggs, many bags of frozen ravioli – etc. So my excitement is how far can I go without 1) buying any groceries and 2) eating out. (If I was in charge of food, I would definitely be a just-in-time supply chain person – I would make a list of the meals for the week and buy only what we needed for a week. I’m no prepper.) I’ve gotten pretty good at cooking a 20-30 min meal (usually in the oven) and feeding us. I do make an exception for fresh fruit which Edda and I go through and have to buy every 3-4 days. Actually, Jeremy helped me out a few weeks ago when we did a (chest) freezer inventory and now everything is pretty organized and I can see all the things. Last night I made a shrimp dinner from a very large frozen bag dated best used by May 2025. I ignored that…because…it was frozen solid? I’m ok today, so no food poisoning. The bag was too large really for 2 people, but I made the entire thing because what the heck, I will just eat it again for lunch today. If I eat out, I’ve “failed”. If I need to buy a source of protein, I’ve also “failed.” Though I have to admit, when I went rooting around in the freezer, there is no frozen chicken which is what we are usually totally stocked up on. Odddd. I wonder why we are not stocked up on poultry? I’m going to have to eat a lot of seafood this week. Jeremy comes back and takes a look at the empty-ish freezer (I’m not going to be able to get through 8 bags of peas realistically) and will then take it upon himself to restock up to his proper amount of food in the house.
