“I need a wife.” — Me
This Monday and Tuesday are likely the busiest days of my entire year. In addition to normal mom duties and upcoming deadlines that need to be helped along, I have a 15,000-word report due on Tuesday and a two-day board meeting for Congo Restoration I need to attend.
Pray for me.
Sunday: Watching the Super Bowl with Clyde’s family in Waxahachie. Great crowd to watch a game I don’t really care about with. Sawyer has $11 on the Colts. Seems like a safe bet. We get the day off the Kelly Challenge so I plan to indulge in chips, queso, chocolate cream pie, and Dr Pepper. How many downward dogs do you think it takes to offset all that?
Monday: Breakfast together as I’ll be at the Congo Restoration meeting for dinner. My kid are so over the fried-egg-and-fruit trick we’ve been playing, so I think I’ll try this sausage and potato breakfast casserole. What’s not to love? Will have to make two, of course: one with real sausage; one with fake. But that means leftovers. I’ll make it on Sunday and just heat it up in the morning. Boys are on their own for dinner after making a run to get Noah at the rock climbing gym. I suspect they’ll go with Daddy Pasta (spaghetti tossed with olive oil, garlic power, salt, pepper, mozzarella, and tomatoes).
Stir-fried baby bok choy with garlic
Tuesday: I’m slammed all day, so we’ll eat something that takes little prep. Grilled chicken with stir-fried baby bok choy seems a good choice. Noah will have fake meat of some sort, and I have brown rice in the freezer. We got bok choy in our co-op pickup on Saturday. I’ve never cooked with it before so am excited to give it a try. It’s always the case that one of the four of us won’t like something new. My bets are on Sawyer this time. UPDATE: Oops. Unexpected hour-and-a-half meeting with Noah’s teachers this afternoon. Dinner at Tony’s; this meal pushed back a day or two.
Wednesday: Breakfast again as Noah and I are going to a rock climbing movie with a friend in Addison after the boys’ guitar lesson. Maybe there will still be leftovers from Monday? Fend For Yourself night for dinner unless I get inspired to whip up something else. I’ll be playing catchup on everything in our lives that’s gone to hell while I’ve been on deadline so who knows where the day will take me.
Thursday: Should be a post-huge-deadline leisurely day (although they rarely work out that way). I’ll be gone much of the afternoon taking Noah to practice and doing medial kits for Haiti with the rock climbing team so not home until 7:45 pm. Think I’ll make a nice red sauce (with meat for us; without for Noah). Clyde can toss together a salad and cook the pasta so it’ll be ready when we get home.
Friday: Dinner with friends. I have broccoli that needs to be eaten so think I’ll contribute this broccoli and herb frittata.
Saturday: Dinner with more friends. They’re making Cincinnati Chili. Oh yea.
Sunday: Our traditional Valentine’s Day fondue with the kids. Another day off the Kelly Challenge and we do plan on taking advantage of it. Every year, we have a scavenger hunt for the kids (with poems leading the way to the next treasure) and the same menu — a cheese fondue (with bread, steak, potatoes) and a chocolate fondue (with strawberries, pound cake, bananas, apple slices, clementines). Who needs to fight the Valentine’s Day dinner crowds when you have something this sweet at home?
I love today’s quote and can so relate. Good luck on your next two days – you’ll do fine. You’ll be in heaven at your board meetings and the days will fly by.
Enjoy your decadent Sunday! (what – no pigs in a blanket?)
How fun! Where do I apply to be your wife? Wait–would that still be bigamy if I’m already a husband?
Application process closed: Tracy, you’re hired! I’d love a nice dinner (maybe soup?), warm fire, clean kids, and full refrigerator when at 6 pm tomorrow, please.
[...] background, in a post last week, I asked for a wife to help me out with the busiest week of my year. Today’s delivery was his answer to that [...]