What do March showers bring?

I've been neglectful of you little bloggy-poo!! And for that... I'm sorry.
I've actually been enjoying neglecting EVERYTHING....it's fun to neglect things sometimes....no offense.

Currently I am due for a dental appointment, a pap and pelvic (love those), the kids are due for their yearly appointments, the dog too....pretty much everyone I'm responsible for is due for the big "How ya doin" check-up and to be honest with you I am in no hurry to do any of it....because I'm feeling neglectful and I don't want to know 'How I'm doing' just at this moment!
Don't get me wrong I'm a responsible, loving parent and animal owner and will be taking care of it all....shortly.

I am also bombarded with parts of home that could really use a spring cleaning/de-cluttering...and that as well I am neglecting even though spring is almost a week old! Okay I don't actually feel so bad about that ;) I mean a week overdue is okay...most reputable institutions allow a weeks grace period! I however, have a sneaking suspicion that I won't get to it in the next week or so either.

I have decided to call my current attitude toward life 'Spring hibernation'....I realize that hibernation is usually considered a winter activity but I have never been one to follow the rules..or at least I believe they are MADE to be broken!

Yes, I have been enjoying being on a sort of semi-vacation in which I just make sure the basic 'Needs' are being met and I think that is OK! Sometimes you have to just take the down time when you can get it...the funny thing is that in neglecting certain things that need doing I have been incredibly productive in other areas, like surfing the Internet and photo shopping pictures of myself... I kid I kid...but the latter could actually really use doing!!!

But seriously, sometimes I find that I create a schedule for myself in which I get all the things that *I* feel need doing done each day and then one day, I have an eyebrow moment (you know one of those moments when you look at your eyebrows and think how weird it is that we all have these strips of hair that grow in the middle of our foreheads) and I start to ask myself "Why was it that I thought THESE were the things that I MUST get done everyday? What about all THIS stuff?" And then I just decide to do none of it because I'm too overwhelmed....so that's what I've been doing. None of it.

In other news of the world.

I've come to the conclusion that my metabolism is being a bitch! Or at least is just really moody right now....or has died!
She just seems to be laughing at me as I attempt to kick-start her by being anal (also known as BORING) about what I eat and trying to spice up my workout?!? Back when I was younger...like 35... I could do a week of good old fashioned sweaty workouts, be careful with what I ate and lose 3 pounds!! Well not anymore....I have been very consistent since January (except for a weeks vacation when I went balls to the wall with high end tequilas and ceviche till the cows came home) and it's pathetic how much my body wants to keep this damn weight I've managed to make too close of friends with over the past year, year and a half!! Well I say "Poop on you stinkin' extra pounds!"

I keep trying to motivate my metabolism by telling her "C'mon, we've done this before...we don't have NEARLY as much to lose as we did in the past...what's 15-20 pounds when we've tackled 100 before?!?!" But she refuses to listen and continues to mock me as I step on the scale and try on the jeans I like a whole lot when I DON'T have serious unsightly muffin-top...ick! I hate you muffin-top, even though you are actually the best part of the muffin!

In my most 'up' moments I tell myself that it's just gonna take a little longer, be patient.... and besides you're not so bad just as you are! However in my 'not so up' moments I question why I'm even trying and wonder why I don't just buy myself a collection of fat pants, tuck into a pint of Haagen-Dazs and accept that this geriatric metabolism is all I have to look forward to for the rest of my life!....At this very moment however I am feeling somewhat centered and positive so I'm giving my metabolism the benefit of the doubt and instead assuming that she is, as well, perhaps just feeling a little overwhelmed, perhaps choosing to neglect her duties and enjoying a little 'Spring Hibernation!'

After all, we could all use a little break every once in a while.

Peace,

-V