And another two weeks pass in a blink of an eye! It’s excitingly scary how fast time flies! With traveling to Maryland, then Connecticut, dig sitting (which is more time consuming than I was led to believe), birthdays and preparing for our trip in two days to Michigan… it just seems like we are getting pulled under with the riptide.
I made spaghetti and meatballs upon our return from the North – which was delicious! Threw in just enough Tobasco to take off a few hairs, which was just perfect! We were exhausted from that trip, so after spaghetti and meatballs came meatball subs! Then it was out to dinner with friends, deli meat, popcorn (yes, I know it’s not a meal), sushi and finally a salad! Man, even making that list was tricky… it’s sad how food is only a necessity at times… we are in a place where food and the preparation of food is supposed to be enjoyable! What happened?!
I was talking to my mom the other day about falling off the wagon and how hard it is to get back on it. And here is where my head starts screaming at me – what a whiney baby I sound like! What a pathetic crying waste am I! All I am doing is making excuses “Oh, I’m going out of town in a few days, I don’t have to go to the store” or “I shouldn’t run, I might be sore for the wedding” … bull. and. shit. I just need to get off it (it = my large over fed pampered butt) and just do the damn thing.
But honestly, how many things in life are exactly like this!? “I should really dust that shelf but, eh, I don’t feel like it” or “the dog doesn’t need to walk today, tomorrow it is” or “we could go to a yoga class, but then we’ll be sweaty.. let’s grab drinks instead” It’s such a lazy, complacent attitude and it makes me sick to think about it! I think about how lucky we are to even have the option – and how sick it is that we take advantage of it the way we do!
Remember when your parents said “Finish your dinner! There are starving people in Country XYZ!” …well its damn true! don’t. be. lazy.
Go to the market and cook your own damn meal! There are people who don’t have the luxury of purchasing healthy, fresh food; be it because of monetary restrictions, location restrictions or simply because it just isn’t an option. Take advantage of all of the wonderful care and hard work that our farmers have put in! Think about where that strawberry has come from to get to your table… I think it’s absolutely incredible.
Oh but I don’t have time! Really? Really? 24 whole hours and you can’t find the time? Perhaps we need to streamline the process… oh wait. It already is! Wake up 10 minutes earlier, watch 10 less minutes of TV, only put on one outfit in the morning (that’s more than 10 minutes saved for sure) …weird. All of a sudden 30 minutes appeared out of the air! If you want it, go get it J
Drink your 100-some-odd mL of water every day. How many commercials do we have to see about the lack of fresh water out there in the world?! Take advantage of this beautiful, serendipitous, available and abundant life!
Now I understand I’m being a bit preachy (a bit “heady” my mom would say) but it’s really more for me than anyone else… I need to make my grocery lists. I need to wake up earlier. I need to drink more water. I need to go on a damn run! You’re be the boss of what you need to do…
…But all after our trip to Michigan J
and the wheel keeps turning…
and the wheel keeps turning…
I’ll be back on the cooking train in a week! I swear!
