Time Management

Hm... clearly my ambitions at maintaining a blog while beginning a new job may have been a bit high. But I'm not giving up yet, just vowing to improve my time management skills. I started my job with a 3 day work week (due to my employer's vacation), followed by a 4 day work week (due to the holiday), and this week completed my first 5 day week - phew. I'm still technically orienting so I don't yet share on call duties or newborn nursery duties at the hospital, so eventually there will be some weeks that are 7 day weeks, but for now I feel like I've gotten into a good routine. I won't lie though, after the first week I was a bit exhausted...

Molly was sympathetically tired too...

But I soon learned how to move a little faster in the morning, buying me a precious extra 15 minutes in the morning for sleep. Amazing what that few minutes can do to my morning attitude (I'm seriously not a morning person). Sadly I haven't yet figured out how to make time at the end of the day for projects around the house and my to-do list keeps growing in the meantime. Hopefully by the end of the month I figure out how to enjoy my evenings while still being productive and get back on track.

I did cook a nice homemade meal for Tom on his birthday last week. We celebrated with a few friends at a happy hour, then stayed in the next night for an at home date night. Tom loves veal, so I checked out the new Fennell Market just down the street specializing in gourmet meats, cheeses, fish, and some pre-made sides. I actually got really excited about some asian marinaded ahi on skewers to sear and eat like kabobs, but was able to stay on track and pick out a few veal chops for us. I've never cooked veal, but found an easy enough recipe for searing it on the stove then finishing in the oven, and paired it with a creamy garlic sauce, asparagus wrapped in prosciutto, and mini-gnocchi with a butternut squash sauce (store bought, but would love to attempt making this from scratch). I probably overcooked the veal by one minute, but it was still delicious and we finished the meal with Tom's annual "birthday cake" of pumpkin pie.

Sorry for the quality of the photos, these were all snapped with my cell phone camera.