Home again

I arrived back in Lincoln without serious mishap around 2 am and easily caught a cab home. I was/am still a little too wound up to sleep, so I've been reading/chatting to unwind. I'll probably go to sleep soon, at least for awhile. I did decide to claim a sick day to get rid of the lingering effects of my illness, so today will be a quiet one of unpacking/cleaning up.

Mmm. It's raining gently now...perfect for sleeping.

...Still Home

I've been up for several hours now, and in that time I've eaten, chatted, read up on norovirus on the CDC website (I'm not yet convinced that is what I had, but as I consider it the worst possible case I'm being cautious), called my local health department to consult on when it is safe for me go back to work, called work to inform them of my status, messaged someone a question on the care and feeding of kimono and taken a shower. I still feel like I'm not getting anything done today, but that is probably just an artifact.

Margot told me that my assistant manager did a brilliant job while I was away, which makes me happy--I like having staff who can function without me. I have heard of managers who feel threatened by highly competent subordinates, and I think they are insane. My general feeling is that if my department can't run without me for a week I've done something wrong. (This was validated in my eyes when my mom had her mastectomy, and I had to be away for three weeks and my bakery did NOT come to a grinding stop.)

My next big project is figuring out what to have for dinner. This is a normally simple thing now made complicated by the fact that I am just getting over being sick AND just back from vacation. All of the protein-type foods in my place are frozen hard, and my vegetable stores consists of a package of dried wakame, two cans of diced tomatoes, and a yukon gold potato. Someday I might make friends with wakame but today I am just not up to dealing with its mouth-feel; diced tomatoes are an ingredient, not a food; and a single yukon gold can only get you so far.

I could walk to my favorite local asian grocery, but while it is a nice stroll under normal conditions I am feeling too indolent today to be happy about this. I could get a restaurant delivery, but that will eat up the remainder of my wiscon cash and I'd been planning to apply that to my next bus pass. Also, I'd need to figure out some delivery-type foods that would not be too challenging to my digestive system--yes, I did have a Hebrew National All-Beef Hot Dog on the train yesterday, but that doesn't mean I should eat pizza tonight.

I could slice the potato, layer it with the tomatoes and bake it. I don't have any garlic or onions (*sob*) but I do have plenty of fresh rosemary. And...hmmm...do I still have grated parmesan in the fridge? I could add that. And cook up some brown rice for the side. I must ponder this further.