My Mornings This Week

I've had some crummy mornings this week. Usually I wouldn't share, but I honestly think it's humorous.

Sidenote: Cross contamination is a big issue when you are a celiac. So, things like butter and cream cheese, where the knife goes back and fourth between the bread and the cream cheese, can be problematic - bread crumbs are left behind! Most people solve this by having two containers of condiments, one for gluten free bread items and one for normal bread items.

Sidenote 2: My commute to work is all of 8 minutes. However, there is construction at a major intersection on my route. Currently the workers seem to be at the paving stage.

Monday: I used the last of the gluten free cream cheese on my bagel.

Tuesday: I realized I never bought new gluten free cream cheese, and decided the normal cream cheese didn't have enough crumbs to make me sick. Clover Street is down to one lane because of paving and it takes me 25 minutes to get to work.

Wednesday: I wake up before my alarm with horrible stomach cramps. For breakfast, I'm ready with new, un-contaminated cream cheese for my bagel, but I discover the microwave is broken so I can't defrost my bagel. On the plus side, traffic runs smoothly!

Thursday: I get woken up by stomach cramps far before my alarm. By now I've figured out maybe using that cream cheese wasn't such a good idea. I manage to fall back asleep, and have horrible nightmares, and oversleep by 20 minutes because of them. The microwave is still broken, so no breakfast for me - not that I'd want to eat it, with the gluten reaction, anyway. I manage to get in the car 2 minutes before I usually leave for work, but sit in traffic for 25 minutes, again, so I'm late for work. Luckily my boss wasn't home. Unluckily, she wasn't home to notice the dog poop in her kitchen. I notice the dog poop as I am walking through the kitchen, and then hear a squish. I hop into my office on one foot and take off my shoe so I can go wash it. As I'm walking back into the kitchen (via a different route than the first time) I step in more dog poop, but this time in my sock. 

Note that this is the end of my post, and it is only Thursday. I'll see what tomorrow brings!