This whole "free time" thing ...

The rest of the week went pretty well.  I am gradually getting the hang of things, and I proved to them that I am, indeed, certifiable when I successfully completed my forklift training.  There's already a few trailer loads booked for next week (one delivery and a week of pickups) along with whatever else comes up.

Wednesday was a pretty busy day and I was glad we picked a quick and easy dinner for that night.  On our shopping trip to the Target, we found a bag of Tyson's cheddar and bacon flavored chicken strips on clearance, and we made a plan for dinner based on that.  We had already planned on salad, which would be topped with the cooked chicken, and a mix of buffalo ranch dressing, and a cucumber ranch dressing to cut the heat of the buffalo ranch.  Top with some shredded cheese and there's our dinner -- The dressings blended well with each other and gave a nice buffalo-wing flavor to the chicken

The chicken on it's own isn't bad either, as I found out on Thursday.  Since Ms. Darkstar was doing her volunteer work that night, I had a dinner of clam chowder and the leftover chicken strips, with some cucumber ranch for dipping.

And, now it's the weekend.   Friday night was a trip to our favorite Indian restaurant, and then a trip to Central Market.  We wandered and looked at all of the wonderful things they had, and I wept silently as I realized I would have needed that half a billion Mega Millions jackpot to get everything I may have wanted at that store.  We went to the bakery and got a couple of cupcakes for our dessert (tiramisu cupcake for me, Nutella cupcake for Ms. Darkstar), and a jar of organic blood orange spread for breakfast this morning.

Saturday was our usual shopping and whatever day, dinner being a trip to get some barbecue that we hadn't had since before I left on my cross-country tour.  Tonight, a simple crock-pot pot roast dinner and pie for dessert.

I still have this feeling that I shouldn't be just sitting around, that I have work to do and I shouldn't be such a slacking slacker.  I'm sure that feeling will pass.  Right after I get the crock pot going.  Relaxation is a wonderful thing, and I intend to make the most of it.

I have six months of catching up to do, you know.