Where did the 'ramen is fine' version of me go?

It was my first day off in a while, so I was spending it relaxing.

Today was a day my husband didn't need dinner.

If it's just for the kids, would ramen be okay?

That was the kind of lack of motivation I had for making dinner.

Evening came, and I turned on Netflix to help get the housework flowing better.

I used that drama about the lawyer and her partner's mindful living as background noise and headed into the kitchen.

I caught a glimpse of a cooking scene,

and I could feel my mood gradually lifting as I watched, thinking, 'I see! That's a great way to make a side dish!'

A scene where they were making rice cooked with burdock root.

The narration said, 'The polyphenols in burdock root dissolve and escape when soaked in water, so use it as is.'

That's right, I had some burdock root, and I should make kinpira for the first time in a while.

In my head, I imagined myself narrating the cooking process in the calm tone of the 'teacher' from the show.

Even though I was narrating in my head, 'Don't soak the burdock root in water,' out of habit, I almost started shaving it directly into the water.

'Hey now!' I said to myself, laughing.

Since I'm at it, if I make chicken cutlets, I'm sure both of them will be happy.

In that case, I might as well make macaroni salad too.

I have to make side dishes for their bento boxes anyway, so I'll make this, and that, and my hands just kept moving.

By this point, it was becoming genuinely fun.

Who even am I? (laughs)

It has become my usual dining table.

Where is the 'Ramen is fine' version of me? (lol)

By giving myself permission to hold onto the 'it's a hassle' feeling in my head, I find myself moving forward anyway.

Even though I started preparing late, it's ready at the same time as always.

If it's going to be like this, maybe I'll just make friends with the 'it's a hassle' feeling and see how it goes.

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