Business and food

There is a lot going on at the moment; I am coming to the end of my employment with my current employer, and waiting to have my start date confirmed with the employer that I am moving to. Hopefully the criminal background check will pan out...

We need to buy another car, we need to do quite a lot of DIY around the house, and we need to try to find better ways of keeping on top of the housework when I go back to 5 days a week in the office. Also, I need to get on top of my studies because my new employers will Not Be Impressed if I let them slide.

Starting from today, I am going to pay more attention to how I'm spending my time. And if I manage to get better at not collapsing in front of the TV and T doesn't, there will be words had.

T's diagnosis continues to throw us into chaos planning and cooking-wise, and B has been eating more pre-packed baby meals than I would like him to. Happily for him at least, he seems to prefer them to my cooking - wise beyond his years, some might say!  It is just so difficult to get home with him at just gone 5pm and find something to give him that is homemade - especially when there is a very high probablility that he will simply refuse it.

Perhaps I should designate one evening a week as 'Cooking Evening'. The features of this being T and I having something simple for dinner (cooked by T), the cooking of big batches of three meals for B, the consumption of wine, and T and I clearing up together.

If I make the meals fairly saucy, then they should freeze well in ice cube trays, and I can just cook pasta / potatoes / rice for him on the day. Or I could do two meals and two carbohydrates and freeze four batches; creamy fish with potatoes / rice, and fruity chicken with potatoes / rice, perhaps.  B definitely likes risotto - especially if it contains white wine and shallots. That means I might have to give up half a glass of wine, and B would be in trouble if he then didn't eat it!  Then all I will need to do is to get better at nuking food from the freezer rather than the cupboard.

Need: more recipes for toddler & freezer friendly meals, large pans, more ice cube trays, larger freezer bags / boxes, a bit of gratitude from the toddler (ha ha).

There are honestly not enough hours in the day. If I start my new job at 7:30am, and finish at 4:30pm, I will need to get up at about 6:00am each morning - so I won't be able to get to bed too late at night. It will need some adjusting to but hey, I'll get there.