Tired

This blog is going to be quick. I'm exhausted and desperately need to go to bed.
It's been a busy time at work but I am literally a week away from a major project completion and less than a month away from our family vacation. I'm looking forward to a major slow down so I can recouperate!
Tonight I got home later than usual because there were errands to run. I didn't want to cook but I had to confront the salmon that I had defrosted two nights ago. I grilled it but after one bite, pushed it away and warned my family that it might be spoiled. They went ahead and ate it--I hope they are okay. I was feeling badly for ruining such a wonderful and expensive food that I should have enjoyed, but decided not to dwell on what cannot be helped. It's a busy season and these things will happen.
I wanted to make brown rice with the salmon but it takes so long to cook which is probably why I was avoiding the meal preparation in the first place. I really need to buy a rice steamer with a timer so that I can come home to cooked rice, but I just haven't made it a purchasing priority and we're still getting over the juicer purchase! I noticed that the cooking instructions on the quinoa that I bought at Costco last week read that it cooks in 20 minutes. Really? That was downright encouraging to me. I made quinoa for the first time in my life. Quinoa and steamed broccolli were my supper.
My house is looking a little (okay, alot) neglected these days so tonight I took the time to really clean my kitchen while doing the dishes. My children are learning how to do this chore but it never looks as good as when I get in there. It felt really good.
Once my kitchen was clean I was inspired by thirst to juice the two pears that I have brought in my lunch the last couple days and forgotten to eat along with a lemon. Very refreshing! Yum.
Once my juicer was clean I decided to make another batch of Peanut Butter Oatmeal cookies from "Cookies" and they turned out even better than before. This was because I used the superior Medjool dates and I tripled the peanut butter. Wonderful!!! If I had any unsweetened coconut in the house, I would have added that too and they would have been perfect.
I'm tired but my kitchen is clean, I've used up some food that needed to be used, and I made some excellent cookies to enjoy over the next few days. Not bad after a long day at work.
It will get better.