Day 6: Chores are not always housework

Today I began hating the project. Nevermind that it is only day 6. First of all I wanted to sleep in and I couldn't because I had to get my one pair of jeans into the washing machine. I spent almost an hour just trying to decide what to wear. By the time I had showered and picked out a top my jeans were washed and dried. Boo hiss. I went through three shirts (one of which would have been a new addition or substitution to list) and watched 6 YouTube videos on how to tie scarves.

Note I said "Eff this" to wearing a scarf today.

I did gain a better appreciation for the size of my wardrobe as well as how untrue the statement "I have nothing to wear" is. Even with my limited options on articles of clothing, I had tons to wear. The problem was actually with too many options!!!! STILL!! Do I wear a scarf? Which one? How do I tie it? Does that look good with this shirt? Can I wear the hat and the scarf? The hat and a bracelet? Is this bracelet too fancy? Is this one the right color? Are glasses too much; should I wear contacts instead? Boots or sneaks? AHHHHHH!!!!

Too much effort, very little reward. It's like cleaning. Which I also did a little of today. Or like calling the doctor's office for the 3rd time in as many months to find out why Meijer's still does not have your prescription.

I got up at 2pm intending to run errands (I need gas and two of the lightbulbs in our main living area are burnt out) before leaving with Sarah for Dayton. I was finally ready to leave the house at 5pm. Sarah's plan was to leave at 4:45. Yeah. Stupid project.

However, I did get to spend a couple hours traveling with the bestie (even if I did sleep the whole way home...again) and a couple hours reading Stephen King's The Stand. Which, by the way, is horribly slow and so far very boring. And I'm on page 471. I had to break up the monotony by painting my nails, something that usually winds up on a to-do list I enjoy it so much. And of course we ended up at Applebees with the praise band, eating a giant chocolate chip cookie sundae that I should never have considered ordering. Dang past me for having to catch a whiff of chocolate as we came through the doors! I also have a grand new plan to use Applebees as part of my fundraising for Go trips since the group eats there every Monday anyway.

Note to self: research Applebees fundraising.

Can NOT wait to get back to New Orleans and Mamelodi. Today after my shower I thought my towel smelled like South Africa so I buried my nose in it. It didn't smell like anything. Except maybe shampoo. Clearly I'm going crazy.

Just now I also found this little facebook photography gem thanks to a comment left on it by the bebe seester's boyfriend. Here's the rest of the artist's work with that theme. Warning: some are a little disturbing, but the concept rocks. I'm not sure how well this link will work. Am I the only one who hates that you can link almost anything to your facebook page but linking anything from facebook to anywhere else is virutally impossible? (Probably, but it was worth the mini-rant.)