Last night’s homemade steak and potato dinner was tasty, we threw in some Gorgonzola cheese, but I’m still searching for that elusive super yum. I was supposed to do my final weekend run, 6 miles, this morning, but was not feeling great. I woke up with my throat on fire, and was coughing off and on all night, so I decided, lots of water and vitamin C were in order.
This morning, Travis and I put together our menu of dinners for the week, and hit up the grocery stores. We made our usual Trader Joe’s then Ralph’s run and manged to get everything we needed for 4 dinners (Thursday I’ve got a work event, then Friday – Sunday night I’m in Phoenix for the half-marathon!)
When we got home from the grocery store we made a quick lunch, and then packed up and headed to do laundry.
Lunch was tomato soup (Campbell’s made with milk, cause that’s how I roll,) with a handful of spinach, and English muffins that we stuck in the broiler for a few minutes with goat cheese, a slice of tomato and salt & pepper. It was simple, quick, and really tasty. It was also nice and filling. I wasn’t really hungry again until 6pm
Laundry felt like it took forever, but I really hate the whole laundry process, so it’s possible it took the normal amount of time. We actually tried a new laundromat closer to our apartment (that we discovered last night when we made a visit to our local Baskin Robbins.) Adding to the laundry annoyance was that we were washing what seemed to be every item of clothing and fabric in our apartment. My laundry basket was filled to the brim, Travis’ was almost as full, we washed our sheets and comforter, as well as the bathroom mats and some towels. My laundry alone took up three washers (and I could have made it four, but was trying to save money.) In total we had seven washers that we were using. A triple load one for just the comforter, a double load washer for our sheets and towels, and then five regular washers for our regular laundry. =X
When we got home from the laundromat, we put all the clean and folded laundry away (phew!) we decided (and when I say we, I really mean Travis,) to do a full clean of the apartment. Dishes, sweeping, cleaning the top of the counters and stove, mopping (note to self and readers: Do not get the Target brand of Swiffer wet pads. They are terrible,) all the floors. Then we made dinner, and are now watching House Hunters International. We watch way too much HGTV. It’s pretty much one of the big reasons we couldn’t do without cable. How did you spend your Sunday? Did you have a lot of chores or errands to run? I was a little more than disappointed to miss my run, but with only a week left to go, I’d rather play it safe. I can’t afford to be sick work wise, let alone fitness wise.
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- The Laundry Agreement (getrichslowly.org) – I follow Get Rich Slowly on my Google Reader, and when I read this post I totally cracked up. If you have a significant other, do you have agreements about who does chores? I know a lot of the time Travis cooks, and I do the dishes.
 (It’s not put away yet, just folded, but hey, it’s a step!)
