Now that the Family is back to work and school, I really don’t know what to do with myself. I mean, I still have laundry to do, clean the kitchen daily, eat, etc. But where is the other purpose I had before the vacation break started? I was starting to get into a better groove with everyone out of the house, but I’ve already forgotten what that was like. It’s taken me over a week to get back to writing here again.

I’ve been spending a lot of time on Twitter, which isn’t the best thing for my health. I’ve been embroiled in political news because of impeachment and Iran, but after I get off of there, my head is spinning. I’m not much for making New Year’s resolutions, but I should make one for spending less time on there.

Actually, one resolution was made for me, and I’m ok with it. My wife had an idea for all of us to get healthier, and she put me in charge. That makes sense, right? She has a job and I don’t. She’s been helping me a bit, which is great. But I do need to do a bit more. I’ve been looking into better foods for us and how to incorporate them into less boring meals. I’m going to stop with the once-a-week frozen pizzas, and will be making more dinners that don’t necessarily include meat. I have never enjoyed food preparation, but I’m learning to like it more. I’m resigned to spending at least an hour in the kitchen to try to eat by 6:00, and I’m doing better. I was thinking about tomato pasta sauce with ground turkey and whole grain pasta. This would be a small departure from just using ground beef, but turkey with whole grain could help. My biggest challenge is to make it taste good. I’ll probably need more than an hour today.

I have a meeting tomorrow about a side programming project that’s been on-and-off for a year or so. I haven’t been doing much work on it because I don’t get paid very much. But truthfully I should be doing some work on my own on this without pay because I’m still learning some aspects of how the app will work. I should be getting a test device tomorrow, in which case I need to go full out on it until it’s workable. This development in itself should be more inspiring for me to get that done, as well as other work I need to do.

Well, while writing this, I’ve inspired myself to stand up from the computer so I can get some of this housework done. I’d like my wife to feel happy to come home to a clean(er) house.

Cheers!