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So low-energy time starts in a week, and I'm going to try to get as much LID* cooking and cleaning done as I can comfortably do before that time. Not gonna knock myself out (because someotherguy is perfectly capable of cooking for me), but gonna try to put some stuff by.

Tonight's projects for the freezer:

1) Tomatoes were 49 cents a pound, so I bought LOTS and I'm gonna make tomato sauce and ketchup
2) Mashed potatoes with olive oil and roasted garlic
3) Cooked chickpeas
4) If I get the energy, some chickpea gravy and/or not-hummus (I'm curious to see how well not-hummus freezes)
5) Ditto cashew milk. I did buy some salt-free hemp milk, as well.


(Low-Iodine Diet -- link in my sidebar tells what I can eat)

Notes

1) Got six cups of cashew milk, two cups of cashew pulp, and nine cups of tomato sauce into the freezer. Potatoes and garbanzos will have to wait until tomorrow. I'm wiped.

2) Talked to my boss, who must have said ten times, "If you're too tired to work, don't come to work. You need your rest. Take all the time you need," and the like. I'm very lucky. She even offered to drive me home if I did go to work and run out of energy.

3) I think I'm already experiencing some hypothyroidism. It makes sense, since I'm on the same thyroid dose as I was before, when I had a thyroid. But around 6pm these days (most of the time), I suddenly crash, and most days, I don't get energy again. I'll just try to look at it as practice, huh?

4) Mom is ill again. They gave her some serious pain meds today, and tomorrow, they're going to try another scope procedure. Getting an IV in her is next to impossible, so she's opting to swallow the scope *without* *anesthesia*. That poor thing! She's so tired of this, and who can blame her?

5) I got two wonderful artists to do work for the magazine! Lee Abuabara did a stunning illustration for L. J. Geoffrion's equally impressive story (if you know Lee's LJ name, please don't mention it here). Kathleen Flannigan is providing the cover painting. If you've never heard of Kathleen, do google her. She's been an artist for a very long time, and she's got a unique style that I love, though most photos don't do her pieces justice. She's a full-time student at Cal, and she studies art, gender, and disability. She also travels all over the country doing research on artists with disabilities. She's a fascinating person. wild_irises, her next project is going to be about her (seventy-something-year-old) body. When I have a link, I'll send it to you in case you want it for Body Impolitic.