Cook a Meal for Someone

I consider myself lucky in that my job has rather short workdays. I am typically home by 2pm, although there are some days that I go to my other job. Then again, that usually only happens about twice a week. Since I work short days, I am at home much more than Mark is. He goes to work at 930am and usually gets home around 8pm, depending on if he works overtime or not. Being that I am home and he is not, I cook dinner. The other night he walked in the door right as the timer went off. That has never happened before and may or may not ever happen again. I wouldn't call his job strenuous, but he is gone for a significant portion of the day. He also brings home more money than me. The least that I can do is make sure he has a meal waiting for him. Tonight is a little different, though. I have been home for about four hours. In that time, I have been working on a to do list which has gotten me to accomplish doing laundry, writing a couple of letters (including to my soldier!), figuring out finances, and almost finishing my taxes. What's left is blogging (which probably won't get finished tonight), painting a box (which is going to be pushed back as it's not a life or death thing), showering, dishes, painting my fingernails (since I did my toes yesterday), and cooking dinner. Ah, dinner. One of Mark's favorite dishes is meatloaf. It's on the menu for tonight. He's also been begging me to make tater tot casserole. I'm going to make that, too. His absolute favorite vegetable is peas. It's borderline an obsession. Peas will be joining the party. You see, tonight's dinner is all for him. I personally don't really care for tater tot casserole. But you know what else Mark loves? Besides me, that is. Leftovers! I won't elaborate  on this. Seriously, some of his eating habits would make a person nauseous. I also attempted to make fudge but that was a complete and epic failure. Long story short: I hope he enjoys dinner.