Another day, same old food with an addition of junk food! It's amazing how much I dislike the repetition. I think if I were just cooking for myself it wouldn't be so bad, but I'm not sure. Nutritional value is going out the window. I feel bad cooking the same foods over and over for my family. Unfortunately, we have what we have! We already paid for it and there isn't enough money for variety. Today my husband and I even opted out of dinner. We bought two kids pizza ($5.48) and fed one whatever was available. (I know this sounds cruel, but pizza has soy and my son doesn't seem to care one bit if he eats something different.) I'm really looking forward to normalcy. I actually even experienced a hint of anger about the food challenge today. I was thinking, "We've worked hard so that we don't have to live with these limitations. We struggled for many years without any help". I also started thinking about all the people I know of that are on food stamps and eating poorly, but they chose to smoke $400.00 worth of cigarettes, or they had a nice computer, decent car, cable etc. It seems that everyone I knew had at least one luxury item, that I as a social worker could not afford. Today I say ARGGGGGHHH!
I did not buy rice milk, so my total allotment for tomorrow is $14.23. I'm cooking dinner for my parents. I have a few dinner items left (eight corn cobs, broccoli, okra, salad), but I need rice milk and a main dish. No problem...I think?
