Choices

It's happening.

I'm going through "the change."

I suppose it was inevitable.

I know, I know....you are all thinking "she is a little young for this to be happening, isn't she?"

Well, to be honest...this isn't the first time.

Oh....wait.  I'm not going through that change.....yet.

Although I might as well just get that over with, since we are talking about it.

There really is no point in waiting around.

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Anyway, my tastes are changing.

Only right now....I have no idea what I actually like.

I sit in my car, and have no idea what to listen to.

I have a pile of CD's in my car, and have no desire to listen to any of them. (Yes, I am old school.  I don't have one single song downloaded onto my phone...nor do I have whatever cord I need to hook my phone up to my car stereo.  My kids think I'm a dinosaur.)

I probably would be much happier if I just listened to a good Pandora station, and found some new artists to explore.

Maybe I will try that one of these days.

Until then, I will just listen to the same old stuff I have, and be completely bored with it.

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Then there is all the stuff in my house.

Some of it I still love (since I just did some re-decorating last summer.)

For a long time, I was head over heels in love with shabby chic.

EVERYTHING had to be distressed, and pastel, and oh-so-chic.

My dream house would have been all white and shabby...with pops of pale pink and aqua.

Yeah....totally over the whole "everything has to be distressed" thing.

I have no idea what I like now.

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Onto my wardrobe.

I think I had a pretty specific style a couple of years ago.

I recall getting all dolled up everyday...straightening my hair, wearing cute jeans and boots, and looking pretty hip.

After about six months of that, I realized my hair was getting shorter (since I was gradually burning it off with that damn straightener) so I ended up  chopping it all off.

I guess the effort to look cute every day wore off as well....and now I am a colossal slob.

Two nights ago, the kids and I were getting ready to leave for musical rehearsal. I was walking to the car in my typical Sunday garb, and they both looked at me and said "Are you seriously wearing that?"

I replied "Well...yeah, why?"

Lexie told me I looked like a hobo...but if I didn't care, then she was fine with it.

(I had on baggy sweat pants and an oversized sweatshirt.  Okay....it wasn't my finest fashion moment...but I wasn't trying to impress anyone.  I guess the fact that the entire high school music department was going to be there perhaps called for something a little less pajama like?  I don't know.)

I put some jeans on.

Anyway....I really have gotten to the point where I could care less what I look like in most situations.

I am not trying to get a date.  I am not trying to impress anyone.

I AM enjoying being comfortable...and I like to put as little time and effort as possible into getting ready each day.

I guess that results in looking like a hobo.

So there you have it.

Perhaps...if this whole "eat healthy, and get my butt off the couch" thing results in weight loss, I will try a new look.

Maybe something like "slightly better than hobo."

As for what style of clothing I am into these days...I have no idea.

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A couple of years ago...when I decided to chop my hair off, so it would be healthy again...I figured it would be a good time for an actual "hairstyle."

(It was pretty cute...when I was thin.)

(Just a side note...if you have naturally curly hair...you are pretty much guaranteed that you will never have an actual "hairstyle." Ever.  You can have it cut any way you want...but it will always just be a big curly mess.)

I attempted to maintain this "hairstyle" for a couple of years....but have since decided to just grow the darn thing out again.

Because, obviously I have no idea what I want to do with it.

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In other words....I am just a big fat pile of indecisiveness these days.

I can't even decide if I want to read fiction or self-help.

Do I want a decorating magazine or cooking....or perhaps fitness?

Should I watch a movie....or a TV show?

Eggs...or yogurt with fruit?

If this keeps up much longer, I'm going to have to hire a personal decision maker!

The only thing I never have a problem deciding on is what to wear once I'm done for the day.

It's either the green and white reindeer pj pants (currently wearing)....or the blue christmas tree pair.  Whichever I see first....and are reasonably clean.

Then, a tank top or long sleeved t-shirt...depending upon the temperature.

In other words, once I get home and am done for the day,

I look good.

Not to mention festive....all year long.

Well, I do switch it up in the summer once it gets hot.

Otherwise, everything else in my life is a traumatic decision making nightmare.

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It's a miracle that I come up with anything to write about for this blog.

Especially considering that the possibilities are endless.

It's quite fortunate that I don't have to choose from a specific list of topics, and 99% of the time when I sit down to write, I have absolutely NO idea what on earth I'm going to pontificate about.

So, in reality, I don't have to make any decisions at all.

If only everything in life were that easy.

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I think I'm going to spend the day trying to figure out how to simplify my life, and narrow down my choices.

That is the problem in America.

We have way too many choices.

Look at any menu in any restaurant.

When we were in St. Lucia last summer, we ate at different restaurants each night, and we always had two options:

chicken or fish

Life was much simpler there.

That is what I need.

Chicken or fish.

There was octopus a couple of times....I stuck with the mahi mahi.

I think it's time to make life simple.

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