Fajitas and Procrastination

Now that I have an apartment of my own, I realize how much my mom really cooked. Even if it was leftovers, there was always something in the fridge to eat. Earlier today, I looked in our refrigerator to find leftover pizza from two weeks ago, half a block of cheese, and some jalapenos from my mom's garden. I have a hungry boyfriend to feed, so I had to think of something. With a kitchen of my own I now feel like I should be morphing into some sort of culinary mastermind, but for college students anything above the cooking difficulty of ramen noodles should be considered impressive. Tonight I made some of my favorite fajitas.The marinade for the chicken requires a good bit of different seasonings, and I also got bell peppers and onions to saute. First I combined all the seasoning, which includes chili powder, oregano, paprika, garlic powder, cumin, red pepper flakes, lemon, and oil, and mixed it with the raw chicken strips. I then set it in the fridge for about an hour and a half.
While the chicken set in the marinade I started doing laundry, making iced tea, and cleaning the entire kitchen. But why go through so much trouble? Why did every dish have to be cleaned right then? I've thought about it and figured it out - it was because I had homework to do, and nothing makes me accomplish trivial things like procrastination of school. If I have homework to do, I will cook a delicious and complex meal (excluding the fajitas, but come on, I made the marinade) and clean my entire house. With the thought of 7 reading assignments in the back of my mind, I cleaned all the dishes, did two loads of laundry, watched an episode of South Park, and almost broke the washing machine. But most importantly, the fajitas were delicious. The marinade is mildly spicy and the peppers and onions give the fajitas a crunchy texture inside the soft tortillas - and of course, I coat mine entirely in hot salsa. Afterwards I of course cleaned up the whole kitchen because I still had reading assignments to do, but I think it was worth the meal.