Changes to our meal plans caused by the reich wing in Doge and the WH.

[chowmama]

Our SS arrives on the second week of the month. We now can't count on it. So, until it arrives, there will be no restaurants, no fast food, and fairly frugal meals using some of my stored food, augmented by whatever seems affordable from the store. Or possibly affordable home-cooked store food, augmented by stored food, depending on how the tariffs affect prices. I'm not optimistic. Portion control will also be in effect. It'll be good, and tasty, and we won't starve. I'm pretty prepared for this.

If it arrives in April, we can go back to normal until May 1. Then we hunker down and wait to see if the May check arrives. And so on. If/when it doesn't come, we'll just have to stay hunkered until the resulting rebellion convinces these assholes to back down. SS (and Medicare/Medicaid) aren't called the third rail of American politics for nothing. There'll be hell to pay.

We had a 'farewell to restaurants' blowout on Saturday. (Sawatdee in Minneapolis.) I'm going to miss these places. And I know they'll miss the money. So will the stores. I wonder how many of them will survive this period. I wonder how many of them voted for this.

My only comfort is that the assholes can't possibly survive the 2026 election. If they don't back down, they'll be voted out by the supporters they shafted. If they do back down, they'll lose the cult. They don't have a big enough margin to survive losing either, and they've made damn sure the two groups won't be able to coexist in the same party.

[Otto_Harper]

1. Much the same here (NT)

[slightlv]

2. We're already doing basically what you're doing.

The last time we went to a restaurant was last month, for my grandson's birthday. I've been doing home cooking... basically casseroles and things like that for a while now here at the house. I wasn't sure our March check would be here, so we were hunkering down here, too. When I saw it was deposited, I breathed a sigh of relief and told my hubby, we're okay until April. We'll be living month to month like that, too. There will be thousands, if not millions, of us doing the same thing... and forgoing meals and drugs. We're selective about the drugs we pay for and how we pay for them (often insurance isn't the most cost effective), and we only eat one meal a day here now. It ain't fun.

[chowmama]

4. I'm not down to one meal a day yet

But I'm down to two. No lunch. DH still has three, but he has to keep his glucose even.

I do my best to make 3 serving suppers. The 3rd serving is my breakfast. Otherwise, hot or cold cereal. And a good supper.

[Tom Dyer]

3. Same.

And it’s horrible. I’ll know in two days and I’m pacing.
Too terrified to be angry, and I’m really good at angry.