I am currently in Covington, Kentucky with Mom and Alyssa. We are staying with the Gergels until Monday and then taking Grandma home with us for about two weeks. Hurrah! Grandma is so entertaining now a days. Sadly, part of the reason why she is so entertaining is because her memory is so terrible. She doesn't even remember who I am half of the time. This morning she asked me if the Gergel's cat was my cat. I also had to bust her three times for eating the M&M's that we attempted to hide from her. Chocolate is definitely one of her weaknesses.
Alyssa sometimes says that when she gets old she is just going to be like whatever, I am eating whatever I want because I am old and I deserve it and it really doesn't matter anymore. I wonder what my philosophy is going to be when I am old. I recently read in a magazine that studies show that people who follow a vegetarian diet are more likely to live longer. The longest life expectancy is for pesco-vegetarians, who still eat fish, so it looks the odds are in my favor. I like to tell myself that it is one of my life goals to live a long, long time; as in over 100 years. However, I am not a fan of the idea of outliving several of my friends and family.
I love reading articles about very old people. The last Real Simple magazine had a section about people who where over 100 years old. There was a page dedicated to each person and included information such as the number of times they had been married, how many kids they had, their secret to living so long, etc. Each story was so interesting to read. My favorite was Harold, who had been married to his wife for some ridiculous amount of years, I want to say at least 60. He said how they still love to do all of these activities together, like go on walks and go to the theater. I am so impressed that so many of these 100+ aged people are still so active.
Honestly, I rarely think about getting old. Or about death. Or about my loves one dying. I figure when I'm 22 years old, and therefore have about 80 years left in my life (whoa!), it is not something that is worth thinking about.
This week has been extremely uneventful. My summer classes are over and I only had two days of work during the week. I don't really know how to enjoy having free time. Although I have started reading Eat, Pray, Love and am enjoying it, I always feel like I should be doing something more productive. I've baked smores brownies. I've crafted. I've organized. I've cleaned. I've taken some quality naps. I've gone on some random shopping trips. I wish I could just embrace having all of this free time but it just makes me anxious and confused and somewhat annoyed. Well, I suppose that I will go and read my book.
I have a bad habit when I go shopping. It doesn't matter if it is clothes shopping, grocery shopping, or random shopping at the mall or at Target. What I tend to do is take waaaay too long to make up my mind. First, I stand there in the aisle and examine all of the options. I stare each one down for a bit, pick up one, examine it, put it back, examine the next one, go back to the other one, compare and contrast all of the options, walk away, then often end up coming back. It's bad. Sometimes I even get as far as walking to the register and then I make a split second decision to go back and grab a different option. When I am picking out a new ice cream at the grocery store, it is inevitable that it is going to be a long and difficult decision to make. Do I want to go with the cheapest off brand or splurge a little bit and get the Edy's or Breyer's brand? Should I get chocolate chip or cookie dough or a fun new flavor or maybe even the new fro-yo one? I do love fro-yo but will dad like it too? I was at Walmart an hour or so ago to buy a pack of cotton v-neck t shirts. Simple enough right? Wrong. There was Fruit of the Loom and Hanes and three packs and five packs and tight fit and more. Uhg. Although having many options is nice, sometimes it makes shopping that much more complicated and stressful. I really must work on making up my mind quicker and sticking to my decision.
A lot of things about people.
I don't understand how people waste their mornings sleeping until noon.
I love getting a somewhat early start to the day and having lots of time in the morning to run, shower, eat, catch up on my social networks, and relax.
I don't understand how the majority of people love dogs, and how a lot have a strange and intense devotion to their dogs.
Personally, I find dogs to be rather annoying. They slobber all over you and bark obnoxiously at people and always want to be pet and played with and taken care of.
I don't understand how people don't freak out when they put off huge homework assignments, research papers, projects, etc. until the last few days or the night before.
I know that I am a little to the extreme end when it comes to getting things done way ahead of time, but what are they doing for weeks that they don't think to at least get a decent start on it? My guess is not much. They just don't want to do it earlier.
To each his own I suppose. I just could never live like that.
This picture is completely unrelated to the post but it is pretty awesome. However, I did cut up a watermelon yesterday. There isn't must more delicious or refreshing than watermelon in the summertime. yum yum yum.
