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No matter how you cook it, or what you add to make it super spiffy, oatmeal is still oatmeal in the eyes of the English guy you married. He will make his own breakfast on those days.(apparently his Irish mother made him eat his lifetime quota of it as a child) Oh, and the kid would rather have it plain rather than the stuff you got up extra early to mix with fruit and almonds and baked so it would be ready when they got up.
fuckers
Second note to self…buy cereal.
It’s funny the things you have time to think about when you’re not locked at a computer for long periods of time during the day. The whole family needs to eat better, that’s been an ongoing thing with us, and with the husband getting his thyroid removed, it’s become more important he’s eating properly. The big excuse is that we don’t have time to make meals before heading out for the day, so here is the plan…
I’ve currently worked out menus including snacks for the next 3 days. I’ve got the list ready to go to the store after I do the train station drop in the morning. I have an hour set aside for exercise before everyone gets up, I can make breakfast and get everyone out the door. Next stop is the store and home to prep all the bits for whatever I’m making for lunch and dinner that day. That should cut down on the actual time spent around meal preparing. I’m starting to feel a bit June Cleaver-ish, but I know that in between lunch and dinner I’ve set aside time to write and work on some web projects. I’m not going totally house frau yet, so don’t worry.
I’m planning to track everything here as a means of keeping myself honest about what I get done. We’ll see how it goes.
As much as I like to complain about the kid bugging me all day, it’s fun having him around for the summer. Being a family of overly connected, internet dependent people, we’re not usually fussed about making big vacation plans and opt for short outings over a few days here and there. The kid is currently off with the grandparents and my brother for the weekend, driving through the mountains in Miata heaven, or so it was explained to me. I think between trips like this, and the more standard vacations with his dad, he gets a good rounded summer that doesn’t keep him glued to a computer, and sometimes there’s actual learning involved which is always a plus.
I’m sitting here this morning looking over the calender and realizing that there’s only about two weeks before school is going to start. We don’t have anything planned for the time left, so it’s going to be chilling, maybe heading to a movie or two and generally just taking a break before we get back into the fall routine.
This year, I think it’s driving home with me a bit more, because the kid is off to high school this year. It’s that forced reminder, much like the grey that is starting to congregate around my hairline, that time is running along at it’s own pace and we’re just trying to keep up.
