Diary of a Flood Survivor

I would like to know if other people are manifesting behaviours that they may not have had before the food.

At the beginning of the year, hubby and I went to Western Australia to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. While there, we visited Margaret River and we ordered a case of wine from the region.

It was lovely to fll the new wine rack with the bottles when they arrived, and to see it full.

Over time, we entertained and used some of the bottles and it was fne.

Then one day, I walked past the wine rack and noticed that there were only a few bottles left.

Admittedly, I don’t count the number of bottles each day, so it was a bit of a surprise that there were hardly any bottles left.

It was nagging at me, as I know I hadn’t done THAT much entertaining or drinking for the bottles to disappear so quickly. It turns out, hubby, who is a trained chef, was using the bottles when he was cooking, to add to the food and have a cheeky drink himself.

This bugged me no end and I am not even sure why.

I mean, the wine is there to be used and it was OUR wine, so why was it niggling at me?

Hubby and I talked about it, and I came to the realisation that, after seeing so many of our belongings be thrown out, I am loathe to see what we do have, disappear.

I am ok if it is rubbish or something that no longer works, to send it to the rubbish, but there was something satisfying about having a full wine rack, and then something almost fearful to see it disappear.

I have since suggested he get cheaper bottles of wine to use in the cooking, so we can actually enjoy drinking the good stuff. I also have to be aware, that it is only wine and it doesn’t need to be horded. Little steps.