A hectic day

I don't know how people with kids do it. I had a busy day at work, came home, cooked dinner, sat down for one hour. Got up, fixed a treat for work tomorrow (more to come on that) got in a workout, cleaned the house, packed a lunch (even more to come on that) and got my clothes ready for tomorrow.

I'm exhausted. Parents, I salute you.

As for the treats for work tomorrow...I have a blog at work. It's about the work-life balance, or lack thereof. As part of my blog, I asked co-workers to send me healthy, sweet treat recipes because this is what I look like when my sweet tooth is in full force:


One employee submitted a recipe that called for dried prunes, dates, cocoa powder, maple syrup, almond butter and a few other sticky things. My beloved saw the ingredients on the counter, mainly the prunes and dates, and asked with a very concerned tone, "Are you having trouble poopin'?"

I can see how he'd get that impression.

Oddly enough, the ingredients stopped up my food processor pretty well. In fact, I'm pretty sure we came close to burning out the motor...

After making the treats, it was time to pack lunches. As of yesterday, eating got more complicated. We're trying a new thing where we eat four, small, 300-calorie meals a day at work and one, 600-calorie meal at home (dinner). Do you know what it's like to not only figure out what you'll be in the mood to eat tomorrow, but also to add up the calories?

And tomorrow is Fat Tuesday. Paczki day.
My entire allotted calorie bank for the entire day. So not worth it.

Right. I'll just keep telling myself that. Maybe I'll start to believe it.