Moms are smart people...

This may seem like an odd post title for Father's Day. But I was thinking today about a conversation I had recently with my mom. We took a little road trip to Southern California to visit my grandparents and we were talking about being an adult. She told me she felt like she was pretending until she was almost 50. And that makes me feel better, in some ways, because I know that I am not the only one who feels like I am just playing at being a grown up - okay, paying all those bills today was definitely not pretend - and that others feel just as lost as me sometimes. But I do feel like I need to "play" better. So that remains my goal - be smarter with my money, work more diligently, keep my house clean(er), and do all the things that I should be doing even though I don't want to.

Cleanses, Busy Season & More Distractions

I work in the accounting world. So even though I don't do taxes (at least not in the traditional sense), I still get very busy during tax season. It's stressful. Pretty much everything else in life goes on the backburner. I'll see my family this weekend because it's hard to pass up a trip home when my grandparents are visiting and it's only an hour away. I've seen several friends in the last couple weekends, but it had admittedly been a month or two with at least a few of them. Dating... well, I try. But you can only cancel on people so many times because of work before you realize it's time to throw in the dating for another month or so. And yes, my apartment is a disaster, but we can't really blame busy season for that.

So where do cleanses fit in? Oh, you know, I decided to start a 10-day one yesterday. Why? Because I'm overweight and tired of it. Because I needed a jump start. And I'd heard good things. I'm not hungry, not so far. But I miss eating. The physical act. I can nibble on apples and cucumbers, but let's face it, that doesn't really do the trick. The weird thing is, even though I crave it, when I try to think about what I would eat if I could, nothing really sounds good. It doesn't sound satisfying. That's because I am actually full. Which I guess is a good thing. Oh, I'm also on my period so all in all I just have terrible timing.

Once again, posting as a distraction from the work there is to do and the apartment there is to clean. Those things will get done. But for the moment - I'll enjoy my face mask and do just a little more online window shopping.

Blogging as a Distraction

I should be studying. And working. And doing laundry. And working out. Instead I'm starting a blog. I think that's how these things usually start. Let's see if this one lasts...