i still have creed stuck in my head
As messed up as it is, vacation really stresses me out. Well, actually being on vacation is fine, but immediately before and after vacation is a really sucky time for me, I’ve found. Next week, we’re going on vacation with my dad. (One of the messed up “advantages” of a divorce is the multiple attempts at normal family activities.)
So, right now I’m dealing with both post and pre-vacation stress.
I worry about getting stuff done around my house and the various projects I had planned for this summer that I’m probably not going to get to. I worry about how I’m eating and the admittedly unhealthy goals I set for my 30th birthday. I REALLY worry about work and making sure I take care of everything there before taking off. And I’m just generally annoyed at the drama surrounding the vacation with my dad, which has opened up a ridiculous amount of issues with my family…over nothing, really.
It all makes me not want to go anywhere ever, which is messed up since I’m entitled to a break now and then. And I can’t help but feel like no one in my life gets just how much I need a break from everything. I need the people who care about me to be like, “Yes, Kelly, take some time. It’s totally fine and I promise that we will not make any attempts to make you feel bad about it or even give you an inkling that we are anything less than completely enthusiastic that you are taking some time off.”
Alright, I’m whining. I know this. I think I need more fiber, which explains this:
The stuff that looks like hamster food is Nature’s Path Smart Bran, featuring 13g of fiber per serving, and the container underneath has a few dollops of Stonyfield Farm Lowfat Vanilla yogurt. Alternative names for this meal are “Hippie Hippie Hippie Patchouli,” “Move, I Have to Poop,” or “I’m 90 God Damn Years Old.”
July 30th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
You could also call it “Colon Blow with Calcium”.
July 30th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Colon Blow with No Osteoporosis!
July 30th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Sounds like you may need this:
http://current.com/items/88941392_target_women_yogurt_edition
July 30th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
god, I love Sarah Haskins
July 30th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I suffer the *exact* same pre/post vacation stress. I’m a list maker, and it’s 3 days before we leave, and I’m like a neurotic mother hen, making lists, crossing them off, and stressing myself off by HAVING to clean the house COMPLETELY before we leave so it’s one thing I DON’T have to worry about when I get home, packing and re-packing… vacations do not rest me. Well, in a 7 day vacation, maybe 3 of them are non-stress for me. That’s about it.
July 30th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
I probably SHOULD make lists, because it might make the whole process that much smoother…but somehow I doubt it. I would just stress over making the list.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
so, hi. i just materialized out of nowhere. i stopped keeping up with livejournal round about last century, and then the other day, i was like, i wonder what ever happened to that kelly girl. when i sporadically and randomly check my friends page, i never see anything by her. she was kind of funny.
lo and behold, here you are. and still funny. maybe even funnier.
go go gadget RSS!
July 30th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
hey stranger! 🙂
July 31st, 2008 at 9:51 am
“Move, I have to poop.” Haaa.
Yes, I am no stranger to the enthusiastic self-fibering, although I prefer gagging down a glass of Benefiber-fortified water in the privacy of my own home, while a single tear of self-pity runs down my cheek.
And I HATE being made to feel guilty at work for TAKING THE VACATION DAYS I EARN.