Where has my head been

Where has my head been these past few weeks? I’ve been neglecting some serious blog posting, though it’s not for lack of excitement in other areas of my life. Or reality television. I can’t believe we have to watch Jade whine about her short hair for another whole week or more. For real, I could care less if she was given the boot early. This spring, I have no patience for the contestant you love to hate. What I love is to get my instant gratification and see their smug faces in the elevator heading down to the street. Trump feels me.

We’ve already written the corned beef and cabbage trip to death, yet I still feel like I haven’t told you about it. There are so many small details that fall through the cracks when you’re trying to catch all the highlights (if you can even call 3,500 words “highlights). Anyway, as I suspected the road trip did me good. I’m beginning to think the old saying about time passing faster the older you get is true. In college, the 3 hour trip from Tacoma to Portland seemed like a torturously long stretch of time, the 24 hour trip from Denver to Tacoma a massive undertaking. Not to mention family drives to Tulsa when I was a kid. But these four hours each way flew by. My mind wandered, radio stations crackled in and out, naps were taken in the back seat, gas stations were stopped at, and it all felt very good. Perhaps this has something to do with the excitement of highway driving when you live a subway-bound life. Or of highway driving and small town stopping when you live an apartment-bound life. It feels good to stretch my legs and let my mind and body go elsewhere. The next big competition is crab cakes in Baltimore at the end of next month. Krista will be in China and J has to teach, but I’m slowly rounding up some ladies who might need an April road trip.

I’m also on pins and needles about Zoe and Ultimate Blogger. We’ll know soon enough, but either way the game is over soon. I’m exhausted! Who knew not being a contestant could be stressful?

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