Simple dinner

Awake early

     Yet again

She walked down the hall

Pushed open the door

And didn't want daddy to go to work

      So she was plopped in bed next to me

For once she fell back asleep

I got about one extra hour of sleep

      Then she was up

      For the long haul

One measely bowl of (delicious) Raisin Bran

Is far from enough to keep me and my appetite content until lunch

      But then

      To add to it

            Someone wanted a clementine

That was fine

       It was the tangerine that came next

The really drippy, juicy one

With three or four seeds per segment

That's the one that almost made me lose my patience

       The gooey, sticky hands 

       Grabbing onto the back of my chair

Like a sticky present for my favorite bew hoodie, saved for later, when I have forgotten.

Then it was the nap that never happened

The boxes with everything pulled out onto the floor

The awful sound of loose chair legs being dragged across a sticky floor  (I'm not proud of that, just being honest.) 

     So she can "see" what I'm doing as I wash the dishes

           Or just put her hands in the greasy water and make her new handmade sweater kinda gross

All of that

But I was able to make a fast dinner

Grabbed a bag of chicken thighs from the freezer

Washed some veggies

Chopped broccoli, carrots and onion while the 

              chicken was defrosting in the microwave

               oven was preheating

Pulled out two baking dishes

      Veggies in one

      Drizzle with some olive oil

      Sprinkle with salt and pepper

Chicken in the other dish

Put them in the oven with sweet potatoes in between

Two hours later

I think that was the easiest part if my day.