Have you ever felt so incredibly busy that you just have no idea what's even going on in your own life? Yeah. That's me right now. How do I know this? My purse told me so.
My purse is like my sanctuary of crap. All of the crap that I need to survive on a day to day basis. Wallet, phone(s), meds, checkbook. How men only survive with their wallet, I will never know. Today, as I sat down with my husband to eat dinner at the airport (where he works - because let's face it, that's probably the most we'll see each other for a couple of days), I looked at my purse. It looks like a freakin' war-zone. There is crap in there from I-don't-know-when or I-don't-know-where. If you know me, you know that I am organized. I don't like junk. This upset me. But then, I realized that it is a direct reflection of my life as of late. I mean, I haven't even had time to throw away receipts from when I bought my precious puppy food 3 weeks ago. I have Old Navy SuperCash that expired BEFORE George banned me from there (my fault - I like to shop, I can't help it). It's THAT bad.
Work is demanding, pets are demanding, keeping my house clean is demanding (but really, that's the first thing to go after the purse) and I feel like there's no "Me-Time." Welcome to being a grown-up I guess.
Even when the world feels like it's revolving to fast for me to go with it's flow, I can't help but to be thankful for all of the things that keep me so busy. I'm thankful for my job - probably the best job and the best bosses that I could have hoped to land right out of college. I'm thankful for my pets - they keep me from being so lonely while I wait for George to get home every night. I'm thankful for my busy weekends - I like going out of town to see my long-distance friends and I like finally having weekends off with George. All of these things that are stressing me out are actually the things that make me happy. It's quite a twist when you think about it. It actually makes my brain hurt a little bit.
I guess the lesson in all this is that I need to slow down. If it doesn't get done today, that's okay. The world will not go down in flames because I forgot to go to the store to buy Old Spice body wash/shampoo (Whoops! Sorry, baby!). I need to sit here, clean my purse out and enjoy life as I live it because Lord knows I'll go crazy if my pocketbook gets this bad again!
PS - I'm terrible at this blogging thing. I know. I promise to try harder. :)
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