Finding comfort

I’ve been sick for a while now… is it just me, or do sinus infections completely overstay their welcome?!

At some point last week, while I was feeling really crappy, I started craving French Toast, which is something I love, but rarely eat because I only like it the way that I make it and I don’t make it too often. It is one of those things that I find really comforting though, and since in addition to being sick, I was dealing with some really bewildering personal issues, I was seriously in need of some French Toast! Funnily enough, my 3 year old is now completely in love with it, and I’ve made it about 4 times since then.

Since my kids have turned into stereotypical boys, you know, jumping off sofas, sword fighting, transformer loving, headache inducing boys, I have been drinking a lot of coffee, it’s my crack people, I can safely say I cannot function without it! Somehow though, when I am in need of some tlc, I will choose tea in a second, I am not sure what it is about that substance, but I’ve just noticed that it is so charmingly lovely and calming.

I’ve had this conversation about finding comfort with my husband, who declared that sleeping is just about the only thing that comforts him, I wonder if that’s maybe just a “man” thing, because I honestly find very little comfort in just sleeping, although I would be easily swayed if there happened to be a newborn on my chest. I am one of those people that find enormous comfort in food, or is that just a “woman” thing, because for example, on cold, rainy days, I love really savory food, like lamb in hoisin sauce, or clam chowder, and when I am depressed, I’d have to go with dark chocolate truffles, (or pretty much anything, but let’s not go there!) and I think when I am just melancholy, French Toast is truly amazing!

Beyond my obvious and somewhat obsessive love of food, I find comfort in really sappy movies, the sound of a loved one’s voice, a hug, or just maybe a really good cry. How about you?

Thoughts from GeekiSiddiqui

I’m now hungry....

Thoughts from Hayah

I kinda know how u feel. I am a food modd person too. I’ve been so overwelmed by work from college and office that I crave for comfort in food as well.

I used to love green tea, not its replaced by coffee, its ,my energy booster. I had only coffee as a drik for 3 days in a row and ended up getting over hypered, that i found the need to control the craving. But after a days work, I absoloutely crave for sleep. for some reason going to sleep is peace foe me.

Strangely I’ve become so mooody with food, getting ticked off with things I used to like e.t.c. I think its just the pressure of work possibly, or maybe like u said food moods is a ‘woman thing’.

Thoughts from hayah

i was typing with gloves on, and that accounted for tons of spelling mistakes in the previous comment. :( *blush*

Thoughts from shaz

GS- haha, hope u got something ‘comforting’ to eat!

hayah… green tea is actually comforting, i agree. i don’t think i ever ‘crave’ sleep, i just pass out when i get really tired.