We celebrated my father’s birthday today and I underestimated how long it was going to take for me to cook all of the meat. I thought that I could cook all of the meat in 30 minutes, but it took closer to an hour. My father and everyone loved it and my dad asked me if I had bought the sauce because he liked it. I told him that I made it and then that was it. It is amusing that he did not ask me how to make the sauce, but if you could purchase it he would have. I had put the sauce into a squeeze bottle to make it easier to put on so I can see how he would think it was purchased. Everyone enjoyed it and thought of different ways that they could use the meat. Thanh took some home to use it for Banh Mi sandwiches which was a fantastic and delicious idea. I will need to remember that for the future. We have some pork belly in the freezer that I would like to take out and cook it so I can make some crispy pork belly for Banh Mi sandwiches next week and to eat like that. We ended up eating outside and it was beautiful with the breeze to keep insects away. Surprisingly I was not very cold as it was high 20’s and I did have all of my fleece clothing. I did not realize that my mother has not seen my shaved head and she asked if this was recent or not. Every time we have gone over I have kept my head covered as we traveled there. I did not realize that she had not seen it. My dad said that he would prefer eating my food then going out to eat and said that I should cook instead of us ordering pizza for parties as it is tastier and cheaper. I think that this is one of the first times that I have not been critiqued by my parents when making food. They are either getting old or clearly not feeling well.
My mother asked me how I was doing today, and I told her that I have been crying a lot. She hit me and told me that she knew that I was lying because I said I was crying. I never cried much growing up, so she knew that I was not going to cry now all of a sudden. Today was a pretty good day considering how busy I was all day long. I did work from 6:30am till 1pm and then did some prep work for dinner while making sure that the kitchen was clean the whole time. Normally when I do so much I get a bit tired and need a nap near the end of the day but today was fine. The neuropathay is still a bit of an issue, so I really should go pick up my prescription. I feel that today I did not eat as much as I could of, but I was not in the mood for a lot of thing and was just in the mood for sweet food. I started off having cherry cheesecake for breakfast, which open reflection it is hard to determine whether that is the breakfast of champions or not. It was nice sitting outside and chatting with my father and with my brother in our backyard. They enjoyed our space and we should do it a bit more often. I think that this summer I will have them over and invite our neighbour over for some delicious Vietnamese food. They can try some of the authentic stuff that is difficult to get. My neighbor asked where I buy my kimchi from and I told him that we get it from Toronto as Sudbury does not have good ones and that next time we will get him some as well. It is nice to have things revert back to normalcy now for a couple of days. Hopefully this will continue after the next round of chemotherapy as well.
QHM