that's just not right (breakfast edition)

A well-scrambled egg is a wonderful thing.

Most people abuse their eggs egregiously. You can't scramble an egg over high heat in 30 seconds; you'll end up with all the liquid squeezed out, leaving you with nasty yellow rubber curds in a watery whey.

No, you've got to be gentle and use low heat and be patient, and then you'll be rewarded with creamy delicious fluffy eggs, the way God intended.

Which is why it's just wrong, wrong, wrong that I've found myself eating reheated scrambleds these past few school days. I wonder, what has happened to my standards?

It's like this: the 2 older kids get up around 7, to leave for school at 8. The little guy doesn't need to get up until later, since his school doesn't start until 9, and he only goes Wed-Fri anyway. I also get up at 7, and take my thyroid meds and first round of antibiotics. Then I can't eat for an hour.

DD likes scrambled eggs for breakfast. So do I, and so does DS2. Both DD and DS2 eat about 2/3rds of an egg each. I can't eat when DD eats, it's too early; it's perfect (and friendly-like) for me to eat with DS2. I could make DD a single egg, and then cook 2 more eggs later for me and DS2, but that leaves me short (1 and 1/3 eggs is just not enough for me), but 3 eggs for me and DS2 is just too much -- and DD never eats a whole egg, so we're already wasting some there. I'm not all that thrilled about having to go through the entire egg-making process twice every single morning, either.

So, I make 3 scrambled (with cheese), and DD eats them in their divine perfection, all oblivious. Then about a half-hour later, I nuke the remainder and divvy them up between DS2 and me. They're OK -- better than a lot of eggs I've had, really -- but not what I really want. DS2 is oblivious. He's three, it's good he's oblivious, since I don't need or want more hassles in the morning.

One round of cooking does make the mornings go easier, but I'm wondering if it's worth the convenience, having to eat not-the-best eggs. Once you know how good they could be, it's hard to settle for anything less.

In other news: I made the most astonishing chocolate cake today. Really astonishing, because it had zuchini in it, and because both DD and DS2 really liked it a lot. I made Seven Minute frosting for it, which is kind of like meringue. The kids liked it, mostly for its resemblance to marshmallow fluff, I think. It was basically nothing but sweet. At any rate, now I have a recipe for this month's column, which I plan to write tomorrow.

I was hit with fatigue today, and I'm not even going to bother to speculate as to why. I had a furious itching spell last night just after lying down to sleep, so I'm skipping my selenium tonight to see if that's the culprit. It is the weirdest thing to just be lying there, ready to drop off to sleep, and suddenly start itching everywhere. This happened a few times a couple of weeks ago but then it went away, now it's back... I have no idea what's going on, except that I think it must be linked to my last supplements of the day, because it always happens about 20-30 minutes after I take them.

Tomorrow, DS2 has school and I don't have to do anything while he's there. I may go window shopping. What a lovely thought.

OK, I lied about the not-speculating: I'm sitting here typing, and I haven't had any of my evening supplements, and the itching has already started. I wonder if this may have something to do with my thyroid meds being inadequate. Is this plausible? "Oh no, there's no more T3! Make her itch!" Since I take my meds about the same time every morning, it would make sense for them to "wear off" about the same time every night. I'm just gritting my teeth and hanging on until next Tuesday, when I should know more about what is happening, and what is going to happen.

Update: didn't want to forget this. I checked my BP at Sam's Club this afternoon, after stopping with the kids at In&Out for a double-double, protein style. mmmm-mmmmmm. I had a very active morning, baking the cake, cleaning up, picking up DD from school, driving, blah blah blah -- basically on my feet all day, and my bp came in at a whopping 94/56. It's a wonder I can stand up these days. I've noticed my minocycline does make me dizzy (but I can shake it off) for a few minutes, a half-hour or so after I take it.