Daily Check-In

[mecurtin]

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time on Monday) to midnight (8pm Tuesday Eastern Time).

Poll #23821 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 67

How are you doing?

I am OK
62 (92.5%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
5 (7.5%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
27 (40.9%)

One other person
23 (34.8%)

More than one other person
16 (24.2%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Comments

[twistedchick]

We got a subscription to a service/company that lets you pick out which veggies you want from their list and sends them to you. (We never got a CSA because they don't let you choose what you want -- and both the SU and I have some food sensitivities which mean that we could get an entire CSA box of something neither of us could eat.) They're 'imperfect' -- can't be sent to a supermarket. We are still eating last week's supply, and on Thursday will fill out the list for next week. And the cost is reasonably less than first-rate food at the supermarket. So far only one potato was really awful, out of the several we had. Also, 3 zucchini (at the size I like, small); 3 small avocados; one big head redleaf lettuce; 2 good-sized sweet potatoes (big enough that when the spots were cut out there was still a lot); half a pound of green beans; half a dozen hot peppers for the SU; two large heads of broccoli; and I know I'm forgetting a few things there.

But that is helping a lot because it eliminates a lot of shopping and hauling, a lot of going out. I could wish they had a few other things that I like, but they're somewhat out of season -- like butternut squash and apples. I think this is from a farmers' cooperative; they cut things, they sort them into boxes and they ship them. Their offerings vary from week to week depending on what's available, which is good -- means it's fresher.

So we are eating well. That helps a lot. And eating healthily; also good. And it cuts down on the amount of shopping needed.