It’s been around three months since I last blogged. Did you miss me? Part of the reason I didn’t blog over the summer was cause it was summer. And if you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you know I traveled a lot over the summer. We were in our own home for maybe three weeks. Which means no cooking.

The bigger reason though, was that I applied for a job in May. A friend told me about an opening for a Tourism Director for our town. My resume was perfect for it, and it paid incredibly well. It was full time, though, so I was a little hesitant about applying for it, but two other friends applied too, and we were hoping they might let us job share. The main reason I applied though was I was told about the job right after I had a conversation with Michael.

The conversation involved Michael asking what I do to help out the house. Now, hold your gasps and cries of outrage, cause he was 100% right. I was barely cooking, and when I did cook he normally had to stop at grocery store on way home from work to get supplies. And of course, I barely clean. We only own a stick vacuum and our “mop” is a swifter. And I’ve started offering Averi a quarter to dust. 🙂 I wasn’t even getting the clothes washed, and Michael was having to help do that at night too.

I actually thought I had a solid reason for not doing the laundry though. I don’t like clothes sitting in the washing machine after they are done. I feel like I can see and smell mold if it’s longer then 30 minutes. And Michael doesn’t like it sitting in the dryer when done because wrinkles set in. And since I don’t iron, the less wrinkles the better. So I explained to Michael that I could only do laundry if I was home for a three hour block, and I never am during the day. Valid reason, obviously.

Except then Michael pointed out why I am not home for three hours at a time during the week. It’s because I’m kayaking with friends. Or going to my friend Angie for spa treatments. Or having lunch with friends. That is a totally valid point and I hate when he makes sense. In the words of Monica, “If you’re going to be rational about this, I can’t argue with you!”

So I didn’t argue. Cause again, he is right. As I told him, though, I haven’t changed. It’s just our circumstances have. When we first met we both worked full time and shared the house load. Then we had Averi and I was busy with her all day. And I had told Michael when we had her that I was a stay at home, not a housewife. There is a huge difference. But now Averi is in school seven hours a day. Making me more of a housewife then a stay at home. And I don’t want to be housewife (unless it’s of Beverly Hills. And I’m Lisa).

In the end I promised Michael that I would spend one day a week being productive – grocery shopping, doing laundry, etc. But I have a bad feeling that the one day would be a slippery slope and soon I would have to start being productive more then one day a week. So when faced with the choice of being a housewife or working full time, I opt for full time work.

After I turned in the resume though, I realized that having a blog that mocks Miami and my town probably won’t help me get a job as a Tourism Director for that town. So I put a hiatus on the blog. Sadly, though, I just got a letter saying that the position has been filled. They hired an advertising agency (without ever interviewing anyone!) to handle it. So while I still need to be a (not so real) housewife, the blog can begin again!

To that end I was highly productive this weekend. I did lots of laundry, paid bills, grocery shopped, made muffins and soup for Averi’s first week of school, and even cooked dinner last night. A Saturday night! I should get extra points for that. I’m practically Donna Reed.

A post that references Friends and Gilmore Girls? You are welcome! 🙂

So, back to dinner. I made Asian Burgers. This recipe has been floating in my folder for years, but for some reason I never buy ground pork so I’ve never made it. I actually had not only ground pork but burger buns, though, as I forget to cancel a Blue Apron order last week and they had pork burgers on the menu. But my version looked better then theirs did. 🙂

The original recipe called for fish sauce, which I didn’t have. But I decided it was better to leave it out because I figured I stood a better chance of getting Averi to eat it without. I also didn’t have the scallions it called for, so I substituted cabbage so it would still have the texture and crunch of something else.

The recipe also called for “spicy mayo”, but didn’t say what that was. So I kept the Asian theme going by mixing mayo with sriracha. It was a nice contrast to the freshness from the cilantro and lime. And the pork was really moist.

They were a great change from a regular burger, and have convinced me to keep ground pork on hand. Because I will be grocery shopping and have a stocked fridge.