Sylvia's Scenario

We had a power outage two days ago from a wind storm that resulted in 40-50 mph winds so we lost power for 4 hours.  The power went out at 4:00pm, right when I was starting to fix dinner.  Bruce is still living in the basement because he's quarantining after attending his father's funeral in Iowa and is totally dependent on me providing his food, except for breakfast...thank goodness for that!  So, when the power went out, he immediately yelled upstairs "Whats for dinner?!"  This is the second time he's been in quarantine and to be perfectly honest, I'm getting really tired of trying to keep him fed.  He eats so much more than me.  He'd already eaten the leftovers from dinner for his lunch earlier in the day, plus I couldn't warm anything up with the power out.  I yelled back down to him "You'll have to fix yourself a peanut butter sandwich!"  I made myself a green salad with tuna fish.  I always keep cans of tuna in the pantry cupboards ...

  Today, the fall weather really kicked in and it was a curry-kind-of-a-day.  This is another recipe from  Hannah Freese, RD  that we had tonight and it really hit the spot.  I've been enjoying the walks around the neighborhood that I take with my neighbor and I always end up taking many photos.   We always walk down this street and the sun was just starting to set the other day and it was gorgeous outside.  It was funny, too, because we were just talking about how neither one of us have the urge to travel or even go anywhere during this pandemic and how lucky we are that we aren't restless like so many folks.  Then she says, "Well, here's why!  Just take a look...we have all this right before us.  Seriously, why would you want to leave this? !"   We had to stop and laugh at ourselves for the timing of our conversation.  Of course, not everybody has gorgeous views like this and we both do feel fortunate to live where we do. ...

Tonight, we had Pumpkin Bean Chili for dinner which I thought was appropriate for fall and also because Bruce needed some homemade comfort food.  He just returned from the Midwest where his dad has been infected with the coronavirus from the retirement facility where he lives.  They thought it was pneumonia so he was taken to the hospital and then tested positive.  He is 94 years old so needless to say he is not doing well.  He is the first person that we know that has been infected with the virus and it's been a very stressful time.  Bruce and I are now living separate so he can quarantine.  He is living in our finished basement and I'm upstairs on the main floor.  He was in contact with his brother who was with his dad before they knew he was positive for covid so Bruce has potentially been exposed.  They were wearing masks there, not necessarily keeping a six foot distance, they did eat at restaurants outside, and basically did everything we've...