Staying at home: a full time ...job? OR the biggest lie I've ever heard?

7/25
So I've started to come to the opinion that running a household really isn't *that* hard. People talk about it an awful lot. Yet... I do my own laundry, I do the grocery shopping weekly (and run out to buy more things I forget) I cooked two nights this week, and I work and take class. Really now, how can running a house be a full time job? Admittedly, I'm only doing all of that for one person. I just don't think it's as hard as people try to make it out to be. The house is pretty clean, too. it's all about maintaining as you go! (Just don't look at the clothes strewn across my bedroom floor. It's just because I change lots and then rewear things if I only wear them a few hours. Plus I don't want clothes with "skunking" from biking in the wash with my cleaner clothes.

So I've cooked twice this week so far:

1. Monday: despite being delirious, this was amazingly well planned out. Alyshia and I went to both CostCo and Stop-n-Shop and picked up everything we needed for the week. Then we decided to cook spaghetti and meatballs with mozerella tomato salad, fruit salad, and bread. Alyshia took care of hot food and I did cold food: I hate touching raw meat. If I lived alone there would be a high likelihood of me being a vegetarian. Raw meat is gross. But I really enjoyed making both salad. It was lots of fun. I like cutting up vegetables. The dinner went well, I even took pictures.

2. Last night: I had an appointment after work (after working overtime) and got home at about 8:30, having forgotten I was going to cook. Ben, my partner in crime (or at least chicken), got home around the same time and wandered into my room to suggest we cook. So we cooked! We looked through the fridge and found lettuce, and bell peppers, which are good for salad! We added feta cheese to stick with the Greek theme, and a little onion. So that was served with Grape leaves, and Erik's homemade bread! Erik makes awesome bread. It came out exactly like store French bread, but a little salty. We had it with olive oil and parmesean. Finally, we decided we needed protein. So going back to the salad, we managed to cook chicken IN A PAN! and added it to our salad. So whoo, successful dinner for six in less than half an hour!

Thus: being domestic, not so bad. Fairly easy! whoo!

Added 7/28
Tonight I made tacos. From raw taco meat. (Alyshia watched me with the raw meat) Take that. Oh yes, and Friday night I helped George and we grilled swordfish, made pasta with eggs, and salad. I am certifiably self sufficient. Living alone rocks. Everyone should have to do this sometime.