All Doped Up and One Place To Go

Today was my second day back to work since the back surgery. I have all kinds of meds and pain pills to take. Usually I can handle them. I don't get all funky feeling in the head or anything. I'm pretty much normal, just with less pain.

Not so today.

By the time lunch came around, I was pretty foggy in the head. I only live five minutes from work, so I usually just drive home for lunch and eat some corn dogs or whatever other gross substance I can throw in the oven. Today, though, I was way too impaired to drive home. Being unprepared, I was forced to spend money.

Probably the best bang for my buck is at Smokey Mo's, a BBQ joint a couple of shops down from where I work. I can get a half pound of brisket for about 5 bucks, with free bread. That's a lot of sandwich! But at the same time, that set me back 5.39, which is not what I wanted to do. Bummer.

So here is what I need to do. I'm not going to quit coming home for lunch all the time. I love coming home to see my animals in the middle of the day. I just need to grab some microwave meals and keep a couple on hand at work in case I can't drive home. BOOM! Problem solved! One of my personal goals is to better prepare my shopping lists when I grocery shop, so this will just figure into that.

With any luck, the 5.39 will be all I spend today. Let me tell you, Ice cream is sounding pretty awesome right now, especially since it's hot in here. Must....fight.....it.