84: Funeral Day

Em and I were staying at her Dad's house—where he only rarely stays himself, so there is not very much in the way of SoBe friendly stuff. That is one of the reasons we grabbed two bags of groceries when we headed south. There was hardly any time to get to a market between all the running around, and we ended up getting takeout for dinner (from four places, because it was Emily's dream). I'm just saying, on top of any and all emotional stuff, it was challenging.

Breakfast
1 Cup All-Bran (buds)
1 Cup Strawberries
3/4 Cup Fat Free Milk
Coffee (with Splenda & FFM)

Stuck in a funeral procession, with terribly Low Blood Sugar Snack
20-30 Almonds
30-50 Pistachios

Prior to Lunch Arriving at the Funeral House:
A really old apple.
Three Entirely Cheese Rollmops

Actual Lunch
2 Whitefish Slices
Dollop Whitefish Salad
Dollop Tuna
3 Small Slices, Lox
A dozen olives
slice tomato
canteloupe

Dinner
Steak Slices
Spinach
Broccolli
Chicken Slices
Radishes

This was not a well-planned day, from an eating or SoBe perspective. As a parent I am accustomed to trying to plan my kids days by when they are going to eat. And Emily and I did try to think through what this would mean. But Ruby actually stayed with other relatives, and she carries all the food the baby needs, so we didn't really plan for anything. If you know a funeral is going to start at 12:00, you know you're going to need lunch, don't you? It didn't really hit us until we were on line at the cemetary—Magnolia was screaming and we started looking around the car. We all started eating the nuts like mad, and when the time at the grave site was over, we nearly got lost on the way to my aunt's house, where relatives were being received. There was more screaming, and lots of challenging moments. When we arrived there was no protein, so I was forced to eat cheese rollmops to calm myself down until the fish and fruit plates came. Then there was much rejoicing, and we were able to focus on our sorrow instead of our hunger.