Living One Day at a Time

My friend invited me last Sunday for a dinner in their house. Before the dinner she asked me to help her to cook pork and apricots with mashed sweet potatoes in a crock pot or slow cooker. We roasted a boneless pork shoulder , peeled and cut the potatoes in chunks then placed in the bottom of the pot. We trim the fat from the pork roast and rub with the combine mixture of the tarragon, fennel seed, garlic, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.

We cooked the pork roast on top of sweet potatoes with broth and apricot nectar for 3 hours. Then we serve it a serving platter and mashed the sweet potato chunks. As the sauce we whisked the remaining apricot nectar and cornstarch then combined with the skim fat from the pork roast. We cooked and stirred over medium heat until thickened and bubbly for 2 minutes. And viola, after a long wait we savored the sumptuous dinner.

My cousin came for a visit last weekend. She was carrying so many shopping bags with her. I knew she haven’t gave up her shopping spree addiction. There was a time when she had been spending too much that most of her credit cards companies froze her account. When I asked what happed to her credit cards, she just laughed. She informed me that after paying all her debt with them, she canceled all her cards. She minimized shopping especially for things that she doesn’t need. That way she minimize buying things because she has now a limited means.

Then, I asked her about the things she is carrying and that did she had another shopping spree again. She again laughed and she said she didn’t have a shopping spree, she just bought some gifts for the kids and for my mom and dad a fish feeders for their aquarium. I told her I was glad to know she overcome her shopping addiction. She told me she has not yet totally over it but she is trying to discipline herself in the best way that she can.

Well, I hoped she could achieve the goals she set. And that in the end, she would realize that non of the materials things she craved for that matters. Anyway as they say you can not bring those when you die and so why not enjoy life in the most simplest way. The main point is we don’t have enough money but we have enough love, happiness and truthfulness in our everyday life.

In the middle of my presentation to the board during our end of month meeting, my mobile phone kept of vibrating inside my suit’s pocket making me very uncomfortable. For a moment I was like ‘uhm.. uhm..’ And the people who were listening to me were all smiling at me. So I reached for it inside my pocket and turned it off. And a few seconds later I got back on tract of my discussion. After the meeting, I found out it was my dad who was calling earlier. So I gave him a return call. He was a bit mad at me because I rejected his call. I told him I was sorry. He told me its fine but he sounded very disappointed while informing me that he was suppose to tell me to pick up my mom from the next town because he is going out with some friends who received a party invitations from Mustang clubs. Feeling so guilty, I bought him tickets to a horse race for the next weekend. Though he told me I should have not, I still felt his gratefulness of what I have done for him. He made also sorry for acting that way for he misunderstood me and next time he would now how to call in proper time. Anyway, I understand the process of getting old. We will also reach this age and I hope people around me that time will spare a lot of understanding on my part. I hope and prayed for it.

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