Why am I so tired?

"Why am I so tired?" I asked myself last night when I was in the throes of putting Mia and Lainie to bed. Joe was at a meeting, and had gone there straight from work. Just one of those days. No big deal.

My mind did a quick review of the day. And I decided I deserved to be tired. Now I am going to share my day, not to impress anyone but myself. And to show myself how very entitled I should feel to sit down on the couch and fall asleep just past 10pm--even though my norm is to keep on cruising till midnight.

Here goes some of the highlights:

5:30am wake up and run 6.3 with Joe (to Skypark and back)

Drop off Maddy and Liza at SVMS

Drop off Lainie and 2 friends at Brook Knoll

Give an invitation to the church Luau Party to my friend

Meet Melissa & Marina and take their 2 sweet peas home to play with Mia until noonish

Make huge pot of soup (or at least start it)

Wash Mia, Meredith and Lainie's bedding

Pick up Lainie and Meredith from school

Farmer's Market fun

Trader Joe's stop

Pick up Maddy and Liza from SVMS

Soccer Carpool to Blue Ball Park

Errands in Capitola

Dinner to the Ballard's*

*complete with homemade french bread (when did I have time to mix that?!?)

Bed making for Mia, Meredith and Lainie with fresh sheets

OH--and Mia's I got to do twice in one day because she wet the bed in the morning AND at nap time! Awesome.

And somewhere in there we actually ate dinner

And back to the bedtime wrestling routine which led to me my question...

"Why am I so tired?"

Hmmmmm.

Cheesy Chicken Chowder--Soul Food

Cheesy Chicken Chowder:

3 cups chicken broth

diced and cut potatoes, carrots, onions, and broccoli (totaling abt. 4 cups or so. Very exact, I know.)

diced and cubed chicken (or my version is to throw in one can of the canned chicken from Costco)

*Place all in a large pot, add salt and pepper and cook at med. heat with lid on, until veggies are soft.

*In separate pot on stovetop. Melt 3 Tbsp. (or less) butter. Then add 1/3 cup flour gradually (to make a roux). Then slowly add 2 cups of milk and stir continually. Once this begins to thicken, add about 2 cups of cheddar cheese slowly and stir to it is all melted through and thickened.

Once the roux is complete, add it to the veggie and chicken mixture and continue to heat entire soup through on low heat.

Eat it up Yum! Excellent for dipping french bread into.