Surviving the Domestic Jungle

I haven’t written anything in a while but I have been having fun fun fun! Last night we went to our friends house for dinner and had such a fantastic time. They made us duck and shrimp and  various veggies and then a delicious pumpkin pie. Now, I have only had duck twice in my life and it was both because they made it and I have to say I love it. I’ve heard that it is really gamey tasting but the way they cook it is just phenomenal. I ate a bunch of duck. Actually I ate a bunch of everything! It was just a really great evening. Good food, good friends, good time! Normally I would feel guilty because I over indulged but I have a theory that is completely based on scientific research. When you eat at someones else’s house, the calories do not count. Now, I don’t have evidence of this scientific research but I can promise you that it is true. Or at the very least what I tell myself is true!! Hey we all lie to ourselves every now and again and I think that is a pretty good little lie. All day I have had what I am calling a ‘duck hangover’ because I have been so lethargic and lazy and bed bound and loved every moment of it! I watched a movie and took and nap and finished it off with some pizza (those calories count) and because I didn’t take my walk last night, guilt was setting in. Right in my butt!! So I gathered up the girls and stepped out the door ready to walk my butt off and saw the black sky looming. I normally will just walk it anyway and this night was no different. The sky was a tad scarier than usual but I figured it would be ok. Since things have a tendency of happening when I reach the point that is the furthest from the house, that is when things got scary. The sky was getting creepier and creepier and then out of nowhere comes this gust of wind that stopped me mid stride. It also kicked up all the gross dirt off the street and deposited it right in my eyeballs! I mean this wind was ferocious! I was literally scared that a tornado had dropped out of the black sky and I immediately closed the top part of the stroller to protect my girls eyes and booked it home. They were pretty tense on the way back and I was too. Luckily it didn’t rain but the wind and the sky were enough to get me home in record time! Hopefully putting on that little burst of speed burnt off the little burst of eating from last night!!