From calm to chaos…

After Marty left for work at school on Monday morning, I made myself a small pot of chia oatmeal, lit some candles, and turned on a winter solstice playlist.

I created a hygge morning in a matter of minutes. As I ate my oatmeal I began to make Indian spiced nuts and apricot chutney.

I had a long to-do list while Marty was at work and I quickly bit off more than I could chew.

I knew things were getting out of control when I started to get that adhd feeling kicking into overdrive.

While I was working on my food projects I started looking for things in my pantry and decided I needed to reorganize the whole thing.

Of course, the other pantry in our back room needed some organizing as well.

I looked at the clock and thought, “oh, shit!” I knew I had to get it together since I still had work to do in the production kitchen.

I walked back into my kitchen and looked around. My peaceful hygge morning went off the rails.

I set a timer for 10 minutes to clean off my island and clean up. Next, I set a 30 minute timer for me to make baked stuffed clams for the freezer for Christmas Eve dinner.

Ding! I made it. Then, I ran out to the production kitchen and set another 30 minutes timer. I got my work done with 4 minutes to spare.

I ran back inside and started caramelizing onions for French onion soup. While babysitting the onions, I cleaned the kitchen and turned on the dishwasher.

I looked at the clock and it was 2:45 pm. Marty would be home in half an hour.

I ran up to change my clothes and make myself presentable enough to go to Bennington with him to go shopping.

I was almost 100% done when he showed up 2 minutes earlier, picking me up than he said. I quickly grabbed my shit and flew out the door.

I still had a few things left on my to-do list, so after dinner, I completed it around 8:45 pm. Whew.

I finally sat down and realized I was utterly exhausted and went up to bed.

I certainly bit off more than I could chew but come hell or high water, I was going to get that fucking to-do list done no matter what. 😜