So, it has been a lovely week since I had my last final at Brigham Young and everyone is wondering what I'm up to now. The answer is nothing really. Well, being a housewife but, it's rather boring being a housewife with no children. I cook (I homemade hamburger buns on Monday to go with some pulled pork) and clean (everything is now nice and pristine except for dishes which I surprisingly can't keep up with. There are only two people in this apartment; I shouldn't have to wash twice a day) and blog. It's been nice for this past week just to be able to get things done around the house but, I forsee in about 2 weeks me getting stir crazy. B tells me to just relax and that I've earned time to lay back but, I've never been good at relaxing.
Why I'm not good at kicking back and relaxing:
1) I blame my mother. Seriously, she's not good at relaxing either. She always has to be doing something. Visiting Hawaii? "Oh, we can lay on the beach for a couple hours but, we have to see this and this and go surfing!" My mom is awesome.
2) I have this incessant need to see everything (probably because of my mom, see above). Even places I've already seen. I spent a month in Moscow in 2013. Then in 2014 I went on a Study Abroad to Russia. We spent a week in Moscow at the end of a 2 month intensive program. My Professor told me I could do whatever because I'd seen Moscow. I probably should've just relaxed in the hotel and enjoyed wedding planning (this was about a month and a half before our wedding). But, because I'm me, I simply couldn't. I just basically ran around Moscow doing, I don't even remember what. I have the same problem here in Utah, I want to go to the Olympic park, the aquarium, the governor's mansion, ect. But, I have to refrain because a) I don't have the car and b) I want B to see those places too.
3) When I'm relaxing, I notice everything until it bores a hole in my head. 'Oh, I'm supposed to be chilling, but look, the bookshelf needs to be alphabetized.' But, really, does the bookshelf need to be alphabetized or do I really need to sort my nail polish from darkest to lightest? The answer is usually no.
4) Pinterest. Now, this seems like a relaxing past time for most people. Not for me though. I get on pinterest and realize I want to try this or that or anything really. Then I feel bad when I don't do it. Relaxing is not the time to feel guilty. Guilt is not a relaxing trait, which brings me to the final reason...
5) If I don't get things done while someone else is working, I feel guilty. I know I shouldn't, I really shouldn't. But when B is at work I have to get something done. He's working so hard for me, shouldn't I be working just as hard for him. To be honest I really need to work on this. I even feel guilty when he is drying the last of the dishes that I've just washed! We literally just did the same amount of work, his just took a tinsy bit longer.
So, there you have it. The reasons I'm bad at relaxing.
XOXO
Kels
P.S. I had a really weird dream where I was at Hogwarts and Dumbledore asked Wizard God to turn Bellatrix into a friendly mermaid and Wizard God said no and he turned her into a piranha instead...
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