This day was difficult, not so much because of the challenge, but in addition to it. I awoke in the middle of the night with a stomach virus. I felt terrible all day. I was supposed to do more shopping, but couldn't make it and had to utilize the rations I already had. We didn't have as many fruit and veggies and I had to serve spaghetti for dinner. None of my kids love spaghetti, so they left the table a little hungry. They immediately became aware of the absence of snack food. to make up for a barely touched dinner. My ten year old, Sam, desperately wanted to use his own money to buy "better food." I felt like I let them down. Overall they are being pretty good sports about the whole thing. It's bringing up discussions about who in this world gets to eat and the other three "W's"; what, when , and where. They are now more aware of those that don't get enough, which brings up a point my husband had. There is a Chinese saying "It's better to have not enough than too much." This brought up a good point on the concept of consumerism. He went on to observe, Maybe we don't really need to eat more than $21.00 worth of food per week. Maybe we just think we do because of our consuming habits." Considering most of Americans are overweight, this is probably true.
Feeling better, so tomorrow I will shop again.
