Well sickness is definitely here.
But I feel so blessed in the midst.
The piece of citrus you see in my hand in the picture above is from a sumo citrus which was created in Japan. Google says that it is mandarin hybrid that is a cross between a "mandarin, navel orange, and pomelo". We got one free from our grocery delivery service after they were advertising them as basically the queen of citrus but very expensive! It's very good. The taste is very distinctive, juicy and sweet but not too sweet.
It's kind of like what you would dream of citrus being like. Like if you hadn't had it. I'm thinking of the movie Christmas Oranges Where one orange at the orphanage was a very special gift and something a child had probably never tasted before. So it was a thing of wonder. This citrus is like that. So they were having a sale two for five which is still expensive. That's $2.50 per citrus! But then they had another discount so it was two for four basically. So half of one is $1! That's still expensive to me! I think to most people! We got two as a treat.
But I know I can do that because we are blessed that way. I remember when I was really struggling and my mom bought me a vegetable peeler that I asked for for Christmas. I still have it. It was years ago when I had job loss and then that terrible tax bill and for a while I didn't know if I'd even be able to pay for my rent for my apartment. So when my vegetable peeler broke I didn't replace it. So when I can buy a special treat like an expensive citrus I'm very aware of it. I'm very honored.
And I'm also very grateful because we're ordering some takeout food because we're sick. One of us more than the other actually. But there's some Chinese soup that's very spicy and helps with congestion issues.
I'm back to reading Einstein and our world by David Cassidy. I really enjoy it!
Do you see the mystery book I posted above? I found that book on, I don't know how to describe this either... When I'm walking to our local church, there's brownstones. These brown stones have usually a cement garden in front as it were. It's often literally just cement. And then there's a kind of fence. But the fence is basically a huge cement block for the first part and then may have an actual metal fence above. That huge cement block is almost like a mini table. And people put things they don't want on them for free. So I literally was walking last Saturday before the storm to CVS (pharmacy, store) my grocery store and then to church. I had such a good walk. It was really fun! It was before any of the snow came. And as I was walking there was that book just sitting there on the cement block fence in the cold. It looked really fun so I grabbed it and put it in my cart and kept going.
Well, it's a recently published book. The cover and the title make me laugh. I'd never heard of the author. He loves dogs, sports and Hollywood and money. It's not necessarily deeply intellectual. And there are some choice words at times be warned. But the story itself was pretty straightforward. Set in New Jersey near New York City a retired lawyer ends up helping a friend who becomes famous and then is framed for murder. At least that's what the lawyer's hoping as he takes her case.
Anyway, it has some very dramatic scenes where the good guys and the bad guys have a brief fight and I can see why these are liked. Because everyone likes to see the good win. And it's dramatic and I'm not sure the right word. I understood that it's something that makes you feel good, like "yeah, so there the good guys win!" even though the main character would be a sitting duck without his very strong friends! I found the ending perfect and I was left with a feeling of happiness. And I think that's actually quite a feat in a book.
And I think because it was really straightforward good/bad in a world that is familiar and in many ways reminded me of Perry Mason which is the black and white, especially from decades back are something I find comforting. I know I'm grieving when I'm watching. Perry Mason. 🤣😳🧐🤔
I was feeling a little the anxiety you get when you feel that the storm has come, which is illness in this case, and you want something to comfort you in a strong way. Well for me that means tea and I got out my most expensive tin of tea that I was given a few years ago and had a pot of this English breakfast tea! I actually used the tea bag twice. It's a smaller teapot for one thing. With the first teapot which of course which was the strongest. I got out one of my last tea and sympathy mince pies from 2022! I accidentally burnt the top of my mouth with it towards the front just behind the front teeth... 🤣🙃 (I'd gotten it from the freezer and put it in the microwave but I made it too hot by mistake!) Opps... Nevertheless, it was delicious and comforting!
Tomorrow I'm getting more groceries delivered, including things to make a huge pot of chicken soup. I'm thinking me of making a version of this soup: Avgolemono — Greek Lemon Chicken Soup. Except the one recipe I found includes eggs and my husband doesn't like eggs so I'm not going to try that...
Sickness happening all over. I think this is a rough winter. It looks like the rest of the month is going to be very cold here in New Jersey. And I know people all over who are sick right now.
I think this heightens my gratefulness for everything we have. So a lot to be thankful for! May God have mercy on us!
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