Good Afternoon 4/28: about how i cooked my dinner for today BY MYSELF!

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Good afternoon! on a spur-of-the-moment thought, I decided I was tired of spending so much money on prepared and frozen meals. so today, I wanted to make macaroni and cheese but my milk is about 10+ days old. So I looked around my kitchen and saw a plastic container full of noodles and I had butter in the refrigerator. So I made buttered noodles! I was nervous at first so I did deep breathing which my therapist and I talked about. I could only do three or four of the deep breaths and I felt somewhat better. I couldn't do more as my sister called me on the phone That is okay my sister called that is another thing my therapist told me about ---Refocusing. My attention was no longer focused on my boiling water then when I added the noodles. Rather it was refocused on my sister who called to tell me my handyman was coming to see if he could fix my bathroom sink, By the time I got off the phone, my noodles only had a little over 2 minutes left to boil. After that, I added the butter and put them in the refrigerator and now I will have that for dinner with a ham sandwich as last week chipped ham was on sale for $1 off a pound! It is usually $4.99 a pound and was $3.99 a pound last week. I feel so proud of myself that I cooked. I think my therapist is really going to help me! What are you having for dinner today? I realize I cooked dinner around 10:30 A.M. but i do everything I do very early! Because of my therapist, I might be able to stick to my new grocery budget of $35 a week. I will look at what I have in my pantry and cook what i have but i will also meal plan and only buy what is absolutely necessary