"Julie Bove" > wrote:
> Ever since my daughter was born, I have been trying to get her to eat
> breakfast. But she just never wanted to. She does eat. Just not very
> much. For the longest time she would only eat baby carrots. After that
> it might be a piece of cheese or a pack of apples. Not unhealthy food.
> But if I did actually cook something, it would go uneaten and I would
> eventually get tossed out or maybe put in the freezer where she might
> find it and eat it for dinner if she didn't like what I was fixing.
>
> But I was explaining to her today that now that she has her own car, this
> will free up a lot more of my time to cook. And since I have been
> cleaning out things, I have some food that I am fixing to use up.
> Including some whole wheat pancake mix and some eggs. Plus that little
> bit of excess bacon that I still have.
>
> So imagine my surprise when she said to me, "Well, since you're still up
> when I get up... Why don't you make me breakfast?" I thought at first
> she was joking. So I said, "You mean like pancakes or something?" And
> her eyes lit up. Then I asked about eggs and bacon. And yes, she wants me to cook!
>
> Now this might be a one time thing. I do intend to make extra pancakes
> because I want to use up that mix and the eggs. The bacon is already
> cooked. Just needs heated up and she only likes hers heated a little bit.
>
> Now I just have to keep myself awake. Because of all the nonsense with
> the garage door, I only got perhaps 2 hours of sleep and those were
> broken up into bits and pieces. I am one of those people who does better
> to just stay up and get no sleep than to try to get up and do something
> like cooking at 5:30 a.m.

Better order up some meth, it'll be a long night!

But seriously, cracking some eggs isn't rocket science. Make your batter
before bed - after all it's better after it has stood a few hours. And
pancakes are pretty easy as long as you are patient with letting the pan
heat up.

I think you can sleep easy.