Every now and then...

...life moves so fast that you hafta work hard just to catch up.

So here's a fast forward through my week to get us back on track, OK?

Sunday was under-the-covers icky (yes, that's a meteorological term) so Monday I hunted & gathered what was on the GPS (Grocery Procurement System); it's nice to have that luxury seeing as I'm home; weather still frigid, so we had warm, comforting, rice and beans for dinner see This too shall pass for details...this time I added coconut milk to the rice cooking liquid; and got cauliflower ear from being on the phone.

Runaround Suzy Tuesday: Picked Dill up from school; got him to dentist; whew, no nerve damage to his tooth; a little bonding job and he was good as new; got him back to school; then off to meeting for a freelance gig; brought Dill to orthopedist for follow up on his knee; Yay!!! from knee brace to knee cuff and physical therapy; What? I need another referral for this 'cuz the script isn't good enough? Sheesh!; No show for Contractor No. 3 - not good; we had store-bought sliders en baguette; at least the weather's starting to turn; and as Dill said: All day's been good news. Amen.

Wacky Call Weds: Suffice it to say, I had a field of cauliflower growing outta my head...3 calls for the PT referral; goofy, rude, recruiter wants my precious cash to find me a job. HA!; my bro finds it 'strange' that our Mom is coming here for Mother's Day...God, I hate this "holiday" but more on that some other time; and the piece de resistance? Dealing with frustrating incompetent, unhelpful civil servants about my COBRA bill...the saving grace was named Renee and she works for the Feds...the state ones were just plain ignoramuses - And I'm the one who was let go? Double sheesh!! Oh right, dinner! Dill and I trekked to a college fair and shared a half of a real deli hot pastrami...the rest came home to the other guys who scarfed down dogs and beans.

Thoroughly Thursday: Still on the phone for the referral...is this rocket science? I don't think so; poor Dill is suffocated by this new cuff...too small? After waiting a half hour for the nurse to check him out, we realize he needs a non-existent small-and-a-half. Oh well, the medium is better than feeling his pulse through the too-tight old one; Bummer, John and I were supposed to meet so someone else could make us a cocktail after his doc appt...but our lines were crossed...see my squishy face? He kindly mixed up a lovely martini that we enjoyed outside - Yay Warmth! - while grilling the pork tenderloin and veg...

Details?
Here goes:
-Preheat the grill to hot.
-Slice the pork loin lengthwise, but only 3-quarters of the way deep, to kind of flatten it so it cooks quicker.
-In a small bowl, whisk a quarter c hoisin sauce, 1 t canola oil, 2 T white or rose wine (not the candy pink stuff-ever! It's not safe for human consumption...sorry Mom!), a half t granulated garlic and a dash of chili oil (or hot sauce).
-Baste the grilling meat with the sauce.
-Drizzle baby bok choy that have been halved through the core with olive oil - I still had some of the garlic infused stuff, so that's what I used - salt and pepper just on the cut side.
-As the meat cooks on the hot side, turn the other side down to med and grill the bok choy for 5 mins, or until warm and they have grill marks.
-Slice the bok choy, 8 or so creminis and halve 12 or so grape tomatoes.
-Toss together and dress with an olive oil drizzle, a half T red wine vinegar, salt and freshly ground black pepper and serve the sliced pork on top.

So, that's my week in a nutshell...and pardon the non-PC self-description but after this week, I feel like I'm the nut in the shell...I promise this won't happen often...