While the Parents are Away, the Girly Will Play

Moving back home after college was supposed to be a temporary thing, yet here I am almost 2 years later...still with mom and dad. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind living at home, saving money, and having meals cooked for me on a regular basis. But after living on my own for a while, it sure is difficult to balance the "doing my own thing" with the "living under the parents roof thing." My mom really is my best friend, I love our mother-daughter times (pedicures, shopping, and project runway marathons)! And my dad is hilarious, he's just a big kid in a 47-year-old's body, and I know I can talk to him about anything and everything. But sometimes, I just need some ME-time!

Wednesday my parents left for Florida, and won't be home until tomorrow. I wasn't too phased by it because I knew this was a busy busy weekend with track meets, so no big deal...not like I would have really seen my parents anyways or had time to plan things with friends. However, thanks to this LOVELY weather we've been having, our track meet was cancelled Friday. So I figured it was perfect for me to just have a short practice with the guys, then go home and relax and get a good nights sleep before our big meet Saturday (today). And what do you know! ...the big meet in Ottawa, that was going to take up my day from about 9am until about 8pm out in the cold, windy, grey weather was cancelled due to 40 mph winds and snow.

Now, I could have went home (after showing up at the school and telling the bus driver we didn't need her), crawled back in bed and slept for a few more hours, then gone shopping (spending too much money most likely), and made plans to go out for the night. But as I was driving home from my super long day (you know, about a total of 8 minutes at the school), I realized, you know what? Today is a perfect day for a ME-day.

So, I got in my very cozy pj's and slipper socks, caught up on a little bit of my DVR, did the big pile of laundry that I've been putting off, finished a few more pages of my scrapbook that I haven't even touched since last summer, managed to apply for 2 more job openings (in Colorado, woo hoo!), ventured out into the rain to drop off dry cleaning and to purchase the new Harry Potter DVD (yes, super important part of my day), painted my nails the most perfect shade of hot pink for the summer time, went grocery shopping, and decided to make myself an awesome feast.

**Note: 2 days ago I posted about trying the vegan lifestyle. Though, I did not clarify that I am easing my way into it. I'm just starting with some vegan-type dinners, seeing how I like it, and then continuing on (or not...)

So I made my first vegan dinner tonight. All for myself. I did, however, make sure that I had a nice glass of wine :)

...a very messy kitchen

...Mushroom Ragu pasta sauce almost done!

delish! :)(I was only able to eat about 1/8 of this huge bowl of pasta mushroom ragu, but it tasted so amazing! The parents have lunch and dinner for the next few days!)

To finish off the night...this is how I ended my "ME-day":



This ME-day was much needed. I accomplished so much that I haven't really had time for, pampered myself, and enjoyed some quiet in the house. Right about now, its almost 11pm on a Saturday night and I am perfectly ready to curl up in bed, in even cozier pj's than I've had on all day, and fall asleep watching some TV.

Yes, while the parents are away, I certainly know how to go crazy...and I've loved every second of it :)