I am not a fan of doing adult things. I mean I do adult things everyday, I’m in my 30’s, have a full time job, a side hustle, married, have a daughter in school and a dog that likes to pretend that he can fit his entire body into a dog food bag and not die but I don’t like DOING the “ADULT”.

Since winter is upon us here in the Pacific North West I figured it might be a good idea to stock pile some comfort food for lunch. It was also brought to my attention that I actually rarely eat at work and for go most lunch breaks… to the point that my co-worker that I’ve known for almost two years thinks I don’t eat. Ever.

So I f*ing adulted.

I picked my daughter up from school after working a beautifully stressful 9.34 hour day and went to the grocery store.

Frozen Tortellini. Check.

Jar of Pesto, Chopped Olives, Shredded Parm? Check.

I also tossed a sixer of some probably too expensive cider into the basket and made the way to check out.

I am not 100% in social situations. My husband can tell you that I act “weird” when interacting with Fast Food Drive Thru Attendants. I am overly bubbly, I talk too loud and just look like a nutcase so you can imagine when I end up in the short line that I’m STOKED, quick in and out no fuss I just have to wait for this person in front of me to check out his 1,2,3… 5 items and we are OUT of here.

I hope you know where this is going…

To spare you the long of it, 15 minutes later, 18 coupons and a price change on a burnt rotisserie chicken I finally get to place my items on the belt.

The cashier is hating life, i’m hating life and my daughter has decided that every candy in the store is coming home with us because they are lonely.

Small talk happens and I ask her if she ever meal preps… “Lord NO, by the time I get home I’m lucky to throw something in the microwave and not fall asleep before its warm.”

I feel that comment on a very real level.

I gather my things and haul ass to the car. Park, struggle bus myself, bags and child into our top floor apartment and get her settled with a snack and some juice before turning on the stove to boil some water.

When you read blogs about how to meal prep they make everything sound so EASY.

“Just a pinch of salt in your water to make it take longer to boil. trust! its worth it!”

Is it worth it Susan? My stomach is making noises that would fit in well at a haunted house and the dog keeps looking at me like someone blew a dog whistle.

Boil water, Check.

Cook pasta, drain pasta, toss in jar of pesto, add chopped olives…. this is when i took a bite to sooth the beast within and realized I should have maybe added the olives in smaller amounts instead of tossing the baby out with the bathwater. Whatever, olives are tasty it’ll mellow out in the fridge.

STIR ALL THE THINGS! Add parm to taste. BAM I have adulted and made a weeks worth of lunch.

I did really well for the first few days but I forgot my Tupperware on Wednesday and it all went down hill from there. Thank you subway you provided me lunch on Wednesday and Thursday and I will be forever grateful! sidenote If you have never had a veggie patty on a spicy Italian, do it.

How do you meal prep? Tag me with your tips and tricks! @mlwcomedia

I’d love to hear from you and maybe we can f*ing adult together in the future.