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February 16, 2007
Commitment
I used to have a terrible mental block on how to spell "commitment." I was forever putting two "t"s where one belongs. Don't spend too much time analyzing that.
It wasn't till I spent some time writing press releases for the Mprize and Aubrey de Grey, great proofreader that he is, corrected my spelling of commitment that I finally learned, once and for all, how to spell it.
Then MR and I fell in love the rest is history.
I was thinking about commitment a lot in the last few days because of course it was Valentine's Day, a day when we celebrate romantic love in all it's forms, but mostly in its high calorie, gaky forms. Now don't get me wrong... I am all for a nice treat here and there. There's nothing immoral about eating a piece of chocolate or vegging out in front of a whole series of Keith Olbermann videos. But we celebrated Valentine's Day with a version of MR's favorite dish, CR friendly lasagna, the nourish you in body and mind dish that I made this time with big portabella mushroom caps separating the layers, plus cauliflower, bell peppers, Quorn grounds, zucchini, and Muir Glen organic no salt tomato sauce, plus non fat mozzarella. Topped with olive and flax oil after removing from the oven.
The intimate details of our private life and relationship are no one's business, and I'm sure you're all grateful to be spared any further information on a topic of which you may have heard too much already. But I spent some time over the last few days reflecting that MR and I have been through a whole lot together in just over two years, and that I've had lots of boyfriends, but never before felt like I had a real partner, someone who would stand by me through the worst of everything. Now I do. I guess I finally learned how to spell commitment.
The other reason why I was thinking about commitment was that the producer for the Sanjay Gupta show called me yesterday. Now it's the producer's job to stay out of the picture, so I won't go on much about him, but I really, really like him, and not just because he's tall and skinny with glasses. Anyhow, he called asking for a kind of commitment that I find very, very difficult. When I wanted to join my life with MR, I had no doubt in my mind that I wanted to be with him with my entire body mind and soul. There was no question that he was the man for me, the orange angel I'd been waiting for my entire life. So commitment came naturally, and Aubrey no longer had to correct that part of my press releases. But the CNN producer was asking for a different kind of commitment.
He wanted me to commit to what I was going to serve for dinner tonight.
That's right: they're working on the show, and he needed to know in advance what I would be serving.
YIKES! I change my mind at the last minute *a lot* as I play with flavors and macronutrient ratios. I knew that in general, I'd be serving tilapia. But side dishes? Dessert? Could change at a moment's notice!
So I did it. I hemmed and hawed and whined, but I did it. I commited to a menu for tonight. It's a lot like what we made last time, but with a fancy surprise dessert.
As Don Henley says in my very favorite Don Henley song of all time, "Everything Is Different Now:"
I bit that bullet
I took that vow
And everything is different now.
Posted by april at February 16, 2007 5:44 AM
Comments
I took your advice, and for four months now, I have thrown out the cereal and have been eating egg whites for breakfast. The reward for my commitment--the best skin I have had in a decade!!! At the beginning of every commitment we just have no idea of all the rewards in store for us in the end!
Posted by: andrea at February 16, 2007 8:44 AM
Can't wait to hear how it all turns out!
-R
Posted by: Robin at February 16, 2007 12:47 PM
A surprise dessert...........COULD IT BE FRIED COKE????
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15334588/
Posted by: allswellinhell at February 16, 2007 1:09 PM
My money goes on something involving berries, fat-free Ricotta, a drizzle of hazelnut oil and topped with that incredible, calorie- & fat-free chocolate sauce. And the winner is......? JD :-)
Posted by: Judith at February 16, 2007 1:52 PM
dear Aprilitamu,
Beautiful entry. Very poetic and creative with the word commitment and it encompasses. I only have one wish for you, the opposite of which also reflects my only fear for you: That you don't become a victim of the media at some point.
Love
Posted by: istanbulwitchy at February 16, 2007 7:50 PM
istanbulwitchy just took the words right out of my mouth...
Sheila
Posted by: sheila at February 17, 2007 6:31 PM
So how did it go?!
-R
Posted by: Robin at February 18, 2007 9:45 AM
Aubrey helped you get commitment spelled correctly, but will have to continue working to get you to spell committed right (3rd last paragraph).
Thanks for the entertaining blog. I read it over breakfast every day.
Posted by: Mike at February 18, 2007 1:55 PM
Perhaps this is an indicator of my personality and interests, but the word I often have problems with is burrito - I ALWAYS (including this time!) type buritto first before correcting it.
Shame on me for being a New Mexican and screwing that up.
:-)
Posted by: Miss Tenacity at February 21, 2007 9:23 AM