Spring

 Here is the little mooch trying to mooch part of breakfast this morning.  He’s been jumping like a little springbok and scrabbling to chase his ball and generally being hyperactive this afternoon, wanting to play.  I think that spring is getting to him, and I’m distressed that I can’t take him for a long walk.  The main reason is my back and my lack of strength — I won’t talk about it too much, as I find it frustrating and I don’t want to become more of a bore about it — and the lesser reason is the second “protest” in Ottawa where I’m in the middle of a lockdown zone because of motorcyclists who don’t know what they want.  Don said that he didn’t sleep particularly well last night, so he was napping today.  Baseball is on now, though, so… 😆 

I have a confession to make, and I may have to surrender my “I love food” card.  Here it is… I don’t like a number of apparently luxury foods.  I don’t like truffles, for instance.  The smell, to me, is of rotten items, and even though I like mushrooms, truffles ruin a dish.  I’m also not a big fan of caviar (given the price, that’s probably a good thing!!) although I eat all sorts of fish and seafood roe.  Everyone knows that I can’t eat beef or beef products, and while they probably think it’s an unusual allergy, people are generally good about it.  (I can say, “I’m allergic to beef,” in several languages, while I get odd looks from most people, who just refer to it as “meat”)  I’ve therefore missed trying a wide range of foods because beef was a central ingredient.  I remember in my late teens, when we’d identified the issue, I would say that I was allergic to beef, and be offered a dish of boiled, badly overcooked, soggy and tasteless vegetables, and be told, “Well, it’s got no beef, why are you complaining?”  Thankfully things have improved, and menu selections are better than they were.  People are less likely to be offended at being made aware of dietary restrictions (I remember, though, a “fine dining” restaurant that told me that they “didn’t accommodate religious exemptions,” thinking that my inability to eat beef was religious.)  It really shouldn’t matter, and again, I’m relieved that things have improved.  But back to my original point — there are some foods that are considered “exotic,” “luxury,” or indulgences that I sincerely dislike!  Should I cancel my membership in the “Food is a great pleasure that I enjoy” club (entirely fictional, but I think that it should exist.  Membership is free, and the rules are that you must enjoy eating.  Thoughts?  We don’t even need a secret signal, just wave eating utensils at each other.). Is that an unpardonable offence?  Or am I just rambling aimlessly because I’m hungry but food has no taste?  I actually ate some mushroom and truffle ravioli today (because of the lack of taste thing) that I’d bought at Costco a while back, and now I have to eat because I don’t want to throw away food… Even though I really couldn’t taste anything, the smell was there, and I struggled to eat 4 ravioli.  I didn’t think that I’d dislike it so much… but packages from Costco seem to expand and grow!  I’ll eat it because eating my favourite foods while my tastebuds are like this isn’t a good option, as I’d develop a dislike of my preferred meals.  I’ll have a cookie to feel better now… Sadly, even those don’t have any flavour.  I’m thinking that maybe I should get a vindaloo curry and see if my tastebuds will kick back in from the spice?   Based on the last time I did radiation, this lack of flavour lasts about 2 months or so, and is accompanied by no desire to eat anything.

I won’t complain.  For most of my life, I struggled with my weight, and I went through possibly every diet program known.  I’m at what was called the “ideal weight for my height” (which is a good 10cm shorter than I was last year!!) a number I never expected to experience.  I’ll do my best to eat and regain a bit of avoirdupois because if I’m too scrawny people will think that I’m sick.  Have a good night, and I hope that you all manage to enjoy time with your families and loved ones. 


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