Getting Back in Balance

This week has been one of my more normal weeks.  I planned customer menus on Monday in the office, I went to Jazzercise in the morning and went to a chef event in the evening with my friend Ahmed. 

Yesterday I had a library program at the Mechanicsville Library Branch in Atlanta.  The program started at 10:00 am so I had to leave the house pretty early to deal with traffic.  I made it on time to set up.  The librarian had told me to plan for about 30 people, kids and parents.  The theme was Make Your Own Takeout.

I ended up with twenty 4 year olds that came with their teachers from a pre-school for a field trip.  They were pretty small so luckily a cooler is a perfect stool.  Of course they helped. 

They each took turns flipping the Greek burgers and stirring the Asian Turkey Wrap filling.  We counted a lot and loudly.  We learned that while raspberry smoothies were good pink, it is not a good color for turkey and chicken.  We had fun.

I do not have pictures because I had twenty 4 year olds helping me cook.  While they did a great job, they did need help from the chef. 

After that I met with another chef friend to learn about some recipe development testing that she does, she might need a backup sometime so now I'm ready. 

I got home about 3:30 and had to unload from the library class, get my dishes and equipment washed and put away.  I decided that since my meals for the day consisted of a half a sandwich and not enough water, that Jazzercise would have to be this morning, not last night.

I heated the leftover Swedish meatballs (yay for leftovers) and read, watched some tv and relaxed.  I contemplated a glass or two of wine but decided on a giant mug of hot tea instead.  Delicious. 

I need to get ready for Jazzercise now and look in the freezer for steaks.  I am confident that it will stop raining and I can grill steaks for dinner.  Confident but also able to broil if necessary.