Not Enough Hours in a Day
Life has felt in various states of disarray lately. I feel like I have been packing and unpacking, just in time to (possibly) do a load of laundry and put things back in a suit case, literally since we have moved into our house. Sure, I have been traveling a good deal. But is that really an excuse for things to sit in a suit case for a week until I get ready to pack again?
It isn’t. I just can’t seem to find the time to check the ‘need to dos’ off my list. Our dishwasher is broken. As is my food processor. The dogs definitely don’t get enough walks. There are usually clothes in the dryer, crumbs on the counter, and dishes in the sink. My dry cleaning has been piling up in a bag for, oh I don’t know, 8 months? I still haven’t bought a second bed, or a winter comforter, or Christmas gifts. I can’t find my favorite red dress or my Burberry scarf. I haven’t put my summer clothes up in storage, or readied the yard for winter, or hung the pictures in the hall. And right now, what I’d really like for Christmas is a maid.
It’s not that I walk in my house, throw everything on the floor, sit on the couch and pull out the Cheetos. No, quite the opposite. I feel like I have very little downtime. Yet I still can’t find time to cross things off my to-do list faster than they’re added! I usually get up around 6:00 to exercise so that I’ll have more free time in the evenings. I get home from work, occasionally I head to happy hour or book club, or perhaps go on a run. I make dinner, eat dinner. And it’s almost time for bed. I’ll read a book (although I’m also embarrassingly lagging in that department) or perhaps work on a blog post. And then it’s light out.
In the scheme of things, I don’t even have all that much on my plate. I’m not in school. I work very reasonable hours. I have no children to get in my hair. Yet I still feel like I’m drowning in an endless list of tasks! Riddle me this. How do most people find the time to get everything done?!
Clearly I’ve been a bit stressed out lately. Disarray makes me anxious. And you know what stress and anxiety make me want? Cookies. You know what else stress and anxiety make me want? To eat the entire batch of cookies, saying to myself each time “just a little piece”. Well that’s the great thing about this recipe: it will satisfy your sweet tooth without allowing you to stress eat your way through the entire batch.
Single-Serving Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies {Vegan}
- 2 T flour
- 1/16 tsp baking soda
- very scant 1/16 tsp salt
- 1.5 tbsp peanut butter
- 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1.5 tbsp agave or maple syrup
- 1 tsp applesauce
- 1 Hershey Kiss
Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Mix dry ingredients in a small bowl. Add and wet ingredients (peanut butter through apple sauce). Mix well. Spoon onto a greased cookie sheet. Flatten using a fork. This will make one very large cookie or two smaller cookies. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until golden (*For me this took 20 minutes. I have no idea why because my oven is usually very normal. If you try this recipe, please let me know how long it takes to bake!) Remove from oven and softly press Hershey kiss into center.
