This morning I woke up to silence. No alarm clock. No baby crying. Weird. I lay there trying to remember what time I had fed Timmy, and upon realizing I hadn't, I freaked out. Jumping out of bed faster than ever before, I raced into the nursery. Staring up at me with eyes wide open and fingers in his smiling mouth, Timmy was perfectly happy in his crib. He had slept from 7:45pm to 6:30am. It wasn't the longest he's ever gone without waking up, but it was the first time he woke up at a reasonable hour.
I felt reinvigorated. Today was spent walking around in the sunny 75 degree weather, playing with an extremely giggly baby and enjoying life. Suddenly I feel the need to revamp my life and do things that produce some sort of tangible evidence of living well.
The first two things I want to do?
1. Work out ... ok, actually no... I want to be active outdoors. When I study all day, and plan my day around naps and eating schedules, it's easy to become totally sedentary. Which makes me feel lazy. Which makes me be lazy. So I'm going to try out Stroller Strides next week. The first class is free, so I figure I have nothing to lose. I'm hoping to meet some other moms in the neighborhood, although I might change my mind after meeting West LA mothers.
2. Cook more real food. Since we had Timmy, making real meals has fallen by the wayside. Spending time to go grocery shopping, prepare food, cook it and then eat it just doesn't seem worth it when that time could otherwise be spent sleeping. Or studying. Or sleeping.
But I've had enough of frozen meals and ordering out.
My old stand-bys are are getting old: chicken, rice and veggies or pork chops and applesauce. Crock pot meals are more for winter weather. Pasta is ok once in a while, but it's kind of heavy for warm weather. I really want some fun, easy and tasty recipes for summer.
So who has a good recipe or cook book recommendation?
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My two favorite summer recipes are caprese salad (slices of fresh mozzarella and tomato with basil leaves, sprinkle some olive oil and black pepper, voila!) and grilled halloumi cheese on salad. Halloumi is a Greek cheese that you can grill or fry and it won't melt. It's actually kind of yucky until you grill or fry it, then it's crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. So good!
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