Chapter 299

First of all I begin with seasoning my bacon, I grab little pinches of salt and every other spice I can find, I put everything into a bowl.

The lady had said that I should let it marinate like chicken for a while.

I don't think I can do that, I opt for the easier option instead, simply sprinkling sugar all over it, sugar makes everything taste sweeter and now I will have some caramelized bacon to go with my oats.

The water for making the oats has been boiling for a long long time now and I grabbed the pack of oats, checking the back for the instructions.

Okay, it seems I'm actually wrong in boiling water for so long, see I am making progress.

I was supposed to have put the water into a pot, and let it boil for about five minutes, then I turn my oats inside ane stir until it thickens, well whatever that means anyways.

It's not like I've made it before so I can't beat myself up too much. I laugh at my own incapability.

I have not done a single thing for myself in my life and I'm guessing I'm supposed to be ashamed of this.

Instead I find myself being grateful, I find myself being grateful for the life that I live, even if they're a little hiccups here and there but still, it is a considerably good life.

Some kids don't even have food to eat and that part makes me sad again. I wonder how Vivian is doing, I hope she has taken my advice and she has left the monster that she calls her husband.

She's supposed to come around today and I'll make it a priority to ask her about it later on, as for now, what is on my mind right now is how to cook this bacon.

I simply throw the meat into the bowl and I turned everything around, like I throw it up into the air and then catch it back in the bowl, a few of them land on the floor and so they go into the bin, but the more obedient ones, the ones who know what I want to do are selected and left down as I use my hand to press the spices into it.

Okay this is good enough.

I put the oil back on the fire I let it heat up for five minutes and I put my bacon strips in it carefully. I leave that to go attend to the oats as the water is boiling hot now, i tip a little quantity of it inside hoping it would thicken up nicely but it doesn't happen.

I put more in it and it seems that is my undoing, it immediately becomes thicker and I do not know what else to do with it. I put more water.

I leave that and I divert my attention back to my bacon, because it has started to turn black on some sides, but I'm guessing that just the sugar in action. I flip it over only for me to turn my head back trying to focus more on my oats, and I see Etas staring at me, wild eyed.