shower snack

gretel likes to come visit me in the shower.

she was especially keen to visit when i let her taste the raspberry creamsicle that i had taken in there with me.

how does friday come so quickly?

highlights & things that happened this week...give or take a couple days:

1. giada, herself, responded to me on twitter!!!! i was so beyond excited. I LOVE HER.

2. my friend, kathleen, sent me the shirt i wanted for my birthday in the mail! you can see it here. it's so cute & soft!

3. i had lots of fun coffee dates with my little sister...one of which included multiple people coming up to us & telling us how much we look alike. we're always getting double takes...like people are trying to figure out if we're twin sisters with a really noticeable height difference or something.

4. i really enjoyed running through california adventure with my fiancé, trying to catch each other...basically taking advantage of our last couple years of being stroller-free before we have babies.

5. finished the fourth percy jackson book. in the bath tub. with a snack.

6. i added another embarrassing moment to my list of mortifying memories - dancing around south coast plaza and then FALLING like a total geek in front of all the people walking by. it hurt my pride and my knee.

7. i covered 3/4 of my full length mirror with a towel so that i couldn't critically examine my body every 3 seconds. it's helping.

8. the bachelorette.

9. peanut butter & jelly sandwiches.

10. found some new, fun people to follow on twitter...i'm so bad at finding new people to follow on there! i might need some recommendations...

11. and a few other things that i hope to share next week!

my blog plan for next week is to share some of the details of our wedding. really cool things are starting to happen! i hope you all have lovely weekends!

i'm getting a bit eccentric.

this eating in the bath tub/shower thing is getting a little out of control.

i do it so regularly now that we keep a little table next to the tub.

the other night, i ate my entire dinner in there.

also, i find it a little troubling that all i had for dinner that night was coke, terra blues potato chips, and roasted asparagus. (i'm not gonna lie...i didn't finish my asparagus & had a second round of chips.)

when you can't have a vacation

hmmm. i don't really have a whole lot to say right now, but i'd like to at least pop in. i've gotten a bit out of the habit of blogging.

a lot has been going on, but i think it would sound all "wah wah wah" to share it all with you.

lottttttts of stressful events happening over here. lots of money gone. lots of trips to the dmv and the doctor. lots of forms to fill out and more money to spend and more waiting and worrying. lots of getting pulled over for things like half of your left brake light is not lighting up and did you know the lights over your license plate are out? here. let me give you a ticket for that.

all this adds up to complete exhaustion and (more than) a hint of apathy.

i'm just trying to pull together some motivation to get things done when i'm having trouble caring about anything other than my need for a vacation.

since a vacation isn't a possibility right now, i'm learning a lot about the need to take little breaks and how to actually implement that into my life.

taking pictures of your extremely cute/devilishly handsome boyfriend in line at the dmv can be a break:

dressing up can be a break:

removing all makeup, taking the contacts out, & switching to glasses for an early evening walk can be a break:

snacks in the bath can be a break (btw, drinks in the shower are nice too):

i even put together a little diagram of "little breaks" i can take:

i'm trying to continue to add to my little picture. and i'm trying to be very intentional about my attitude and behaviour when i take a break - usually this means "no worrying about other things when you're on a break!"

what are some things you do to take little breaks? maybe i'll add them to my list.