Tuesday, July 1, 2014 @ 11pm
This morning got off to a late start. My six year old woke me up around 7:30am. I got up, got us breakfast, drank my morning caffeine, and then laid back down on my bed next to my daughter to watch some cartoons with her. I ended up falling back asleep and didn't wake up for another hour. When I did wake up I jolted up to look at the clock and saw it was almost 10am...crap! I hurried to get ready for work while at the same time trying to convince my six year old to get herself ready. She can me such a little diva in the morning. The is a major perfectionist and that can through a serious kink into trying to get her dressed quickly (since her outfit has to be "perfect"). This morning was no different. On top of the usual morning drama, my daughter's daycare was going to the pool so I my daughter and I had to pick out a bathing suit on top of picking out her outfit. I grabbed the one piece suit she usually wears but she didn't want "that one". When I went to find her other one piece she informed me that she wanted to wear a two piece instead (even though she never wears a two piece). Thankfully her two piece was right where I thought it would be- in the bathing suit drawer (this is usually not the case since my kids take things out all the time and instead of putting them back where they found them, they somehow manage to leave things in the yard, on the patio, under their bed, or in one of their many toy bins). I also had to pack her goggles, beach towel, clean underwear, clean sock, and sneakers (since she wore her flip flops)... and of course the usual sunblock and lunch.
Getting ready took a lot longer than expected and we didn't end up leaving the house until 11:30! I dropped her off at 11:40am and didn't get to my client's until noon. Thankfully, my client didn't seem to mind that I got there so late (at least she didn't say anything). I also knew that I didn't have a heavy workload today so I could afford to arrive a little later than usual. By 6:00pm I had completed everything that needed to be done. I picked up my daughter from daycare and then headed to the grocery store.
For dinner tonight I grilled up some boneless skinless chicken breasts. I bought a couple new spices to try out on the chicken. I grilled three breasts: one with some mesquite seasonings, one with an Italian seasoning, and one without seasoning for my six year old. Both seasonings turned out to be pretty darn delicious. The only chicken breast left over was the one without seasonings. I also cooked some steamed broccoli, instant mashed potatoes, and some gravy. Dinner turned out excellent but, more importantly, I felt completely satisfied afterward.
The only issue with cooking a dinner with several dishes is the cleanup process totally sucks. Since I am a single parent, I am the one who always does the cooking and cleaning. My six year old had picked out a movie from one of those RedBox machines in the grocery store. Since we have seen the usual picks (Frozen, Lego Movie, Despicable Me 2...) we always end up renting low budget kid movies with pretty bad graphics. Once in a while we get one that's actually pretty good. Tonight's movie was not one of those. The movie was called Big Bear or something like that. Not only were the graphics atrocious, the story itself was awful. I had planned on relaxing with my kids on the couch after dinner to watch the movie, but since the movie was so poor, I ended up doing housework instead.
As soon as the movie ended the kid's and I sat on the large couch and I read a chapter of the first Harry Potter book (we were at chapter nine). We started reading the book a few months ago. Every week or two we sit down for another chapter. Ideally we would read a chapter every night (at this pace it's going to take us several years to get through the entire series) but my older daughter would much rather play on her phone than sit down with her little sister and me to read a book. I usually end up making her, which doesn't go over to well...But she enough, after a couple minutes, she is drawn into the story. A few times she has begged to to read a second chapter. lol
I am looking forward to tomorrow since I will FINALLY be able to start going to the gym again. It is also my weekly weigh-in day...not sure how that's going to go. Well, I'm off to bed. I'll check back in manana. :)
