Most important meal

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I’ve always been kind of indifferent to it (except when I’m particularly hungry), but today was a good day to get a good start. It was a very busy day, after a very busy weekend.

When I shared the photo up top on my personal Facebook, I said:

"Today’s breakfast: A couple scrambled eggs on a piece of toasted breadmaker bread I made yesterday, topped with some freshly ground S&P and a bit of dried dill. First load of washing in the machine, with a couple more to follow. And sometime this week I hope—fingers crossed!—to be able to share some great news that will “change everything”, as they say, about my daily life AND my complicated relationship with Hamilton!"

I was in a rush to get loads of washing washed and, hopefully, dried before the clouds rolled in. That actually happened around 3pm, and by that time the second load was in the dryer and the third was still washing. That was already cutting it close, but then the third load went into the dryer around 3:40, and the skies darkened by 4:30, then darkened some more until it became like nighttime at 4:40 (roughly 40 minutes before sunset, 40 minutes before the dryer would be done) and the clouds opened up. Yet again. The arrival of the clouds ensured that the last hour of drying time would use bought electricity. C’est la vie, and all that.

The thing is, it’s winter, and there are fewer daylight hours every day, and few days when the sun is shining all day long. So, even on a fully sunny winter day, it’s often a struggle to wash and dry three loads using solar power, and I knew that today was supposed to be sunny only until afternoon. That’s the reason I had an early start today.

Doing laundry also means folding it and putting it all away—which, come to think of it, is a good argument against ever attempting three loads in one day. Add to that the fact that today was sheet-changing day (a lot of work in itself), and I knew I’d be busy. So, I ordered a supermarket delivery to save me some time, which indireclty relates back to the original caption for the photo up top, as will be clear soon. Of course, that wasn’t the only food adventure today: Late this morning I also had the delivery of avocados and lemons I ordered direct from the grower.

As if all that weren’t enough, I tidied up my electronic files of receipts and statements, which was “a bit delayed”, as such things often are. The job’s done now, though. And, of course, this follows a similarly busy weekend. It’s almost as if I’m domesticated or something.

And it all began with that scrambled eggs on toast. It’s the most important meal of the day, you know. That’s what they say.