Just Let Me Stay!

Ok so today was one of those mornings.  I used to have them ALL THE TIME - but now they are few and far between.

The alarm goes off at 5:15, like usual.  I hit snooze, like usual.  The alarm goes off again 9 minutes later.  Usually at this time I get up and walk to the other side of the house to get my fitness on... but not this morning.

I decided it was much more important to stay in bed and cuddle with husband.  

So that's what I did.  I wish I could say I got more sleep, but I just kind of tossed and turned while "the freshman" was stuck on repeat in my head.  Once I heard the coffee maker beep that the coffee was done (6:20-ish) I got up and decided to make breakfast.  Fried some eggs and made some toast for Brandon, scrambled up a breakfast burrito for myself, and we sat there at the kitchen table and ate breakfast and watched the news and drank coffee and it was awesome.

After breakfast I was cleaning up the kitchen and just hated the fact that I had to go get dressed and head to work.  What I wanted to do was pack husband a good healthy lunch, and then get our nonexistent kids ready for nonexistent school, and then drop them off, and then run errands, and vacuum the living room and do a load of laundry, and then go run or go lift or both, and then pick the nonexistent kids up, and then get started on dinner...

I was talking to Kristin the other day about how I feel guilty wanting to be a SAHM so badly... and how I feel like it's a "waste of my education"... and she said "Just the fact that it is a decision you will make and not something you HAVE to do because you have no other options proves that you are educated".  I love her.

While being a SAHM isn't anywhere in my near future (we don't even remotely have kids, so right now I would be a SAH-wife and that's ridiculous)... it still kind of bums me out that I'm not one yet.  I may never be one.  And that's okay... it just kind of sucks.

So yeah, this morning was one of those mornings.  I kind of just wanted to sit in the corner and pout, "just let me stay at home and cook and clean and stuff!!!!!"

(DISCLAMER: I know if I am able to do this one day, I'll probably complain about missing what I have now.  I know.  You don't have to tell me.  :-) This is my blog and I'll whine about whatever I wanna whine about!!)

*sigh*

OK.  ON TO FOOD!  (Because I know you're dying to know what we've been eating...)

Monday - Honey Lime Shrimp with Tomato & Cucumber Salad.

YUM!!  It didn't look like much, but man that shrimp and quinoa had a TON of flavor!!!  I also liked the tomato & cucumber salad, but I think it would be better in the summer (because it was cold)... we had no leftovers.

Last night - Veggie tacos.  

Another win.  Brandon LOVED these!  And I learned a new trick with corn tortillas - brush them with a little bit of olive oil, warm them up on a skillet... and they wont crumble into a thousand pieces.  I always get nervous when I cook a meatless meal that it won't be filling enough... but it sure was.  We have a bunch of leftovers that I will be eating for lunch today (as long as B didn't take them!)

Delish.

Tonight is chicken enchiladas.  I'm pretty stoked about this recipe - and it's crazy because all the prep work is already done.  Sauce is made, chicken is cooked... all I have to do is put them together and stick them in the oven!