Time management

When under stress, find comfort in food -- thankfully, nowadays, more the making of than the consuming... although lately, I've been stress eating a bit, I confess. (But as has been said before, stress has apparently also ramped up my metabolism lately.)

So tonight, in order to thank my friend Marci for traipsing uptown, in the snow, after dinner, I offered to make muesli bars. This time I substituted crunchy Arrowhead peanut butter for tahini (didn't have any), and used dried cranberries and toasted pecans and seasame seeds for the nuts.

At least I remembered why it was important to make sure the ends are square, since my last outing was tasty but a bit visually disorienting. These are still a little, um, suggestive, but more recognizable as something to be eaten, and not something that had BEEN eaten.

And I made the following dinner for my sweetie last Wednesday, using some EatingWell recipes:

• Pork tenderloin w/ shallot sauce (I skipped the roasted grapes, simply because I didn't have any on hand, and whaddayaknow -- it still tasted yummy)
  
• Brussel sprouts w/ bacon-horseradish sauce - Steamed brussel sprouts w/ (lowfat) sour cream horseradish sauce & (super-high-fat) bacon (mmm.... bacon!)
  
• Mushrooms sauteed in bacon fat (so NOT from EatingWell, but oh so tasty!)

While the instructions were not difficult, the timing was: how do you get everything to the table at the same time?! Such advanced planning and time management is beyond me at the moment.

And finally, a shot of the scrumptious Antipasto Bella Napoli plate from Ottimo Restaurant, which is one of my engineer's favorite places (and dishes).... yum!

One last comment: beware of slippery slopes, in the literal sense -- ouch!

Today I fell on my a** in the Pavonia/Newport PATH station: in their infinite brilliance, the PATH folks thought it would be good to have completely slick pavers installed on a descending ramp-walkway to the platform. We had snow today. Connect the dots.

Their solution? Put down rubber mats... with no traction AND with treads pointing in the same direction as you'd slip. Geniuses.

While not just painful to my dignity, it is also STILL painful, hours later, to my a**! I suspect I will be remembering that no-so-little slip for days, as I walk like an old lady. OW!

Speaking of time management (and my skills lacking in that arena) I should go to sleep, so that I can continue to remain employed (until the next round of layoffs in march, at least) in order to maintain healthcare coverage for my MSKCC treatments. (Sidenote: said treatments are all on hold until my insurance company issues an authorization / confirmation letter. Good thing it's not URGENT, eh?)