The Best Part About 2016
Without a doubt, my favorite part about celebrating the new year is that The Bachelor is back on every Monday night. In case you don't know how I feel about the bachelor...
You know those moments when your laying in bed, trying to sleep, and your spouse won't quit bugging you? They tickle you and try to talk about things that could easily wait until morning and hog the bed and give you wet willies? No? Well Cam does; he knows this feeling all too well because I am, at times most of the time, the most annoying wife. I try to justify it by constantly telling him that I'm cute, but I'm starting to realize that saying I'm cute doesn't necessarily make it true.
ANYWAY, it was a few months ago and I was pretty down about our lives. I was sitting there, scrolling through my Instagram feed, and realized that it had been over a week since we had gotten out of the house to do anything other than take Herschel to the bathroom or run to QFC to get ingredients for dinner that I had forgotten. There is nothing like seeing beautiful people having babies or traveling the world to make you feel like you're not living up to your potential. Naturally I began to overreact and promptly told Cam that I wanted to try more things and see more places and "live authentically." To which he replied, "Okay then, what are you passionate about?"
It got me thinking, I mean, what am I passionate about?
Not cooking dinner. Sleeping in. Ordering chicken strips at every restaurant I go to. Pretending to be a sports fan to drive Cam crazy. Flip-flopping between wanting a baby and realizing that I'm still a baby. Dino Chicken Nuggets with BBQ sauce.
That was a tough moment of self-discovery; I am definitely the boring one in this relationship and really have no one to blame but my own lazy self. I decided to unfollow (most of) the Kardashian Instagram accounts and gave up on the dream of becoming a world-traveling flower child, but I still love that feeling of doing something and instantly being unbelievably excited about it.
You know, when your heart gets all excited and you know that your exactly where you are meant to be? Okay. Being real for a moment. I get this feeling every time a new season of the Bachelor begins again. The second that I hear Chris Harrison's voice narrating a clip of a bunch of emotionally unavailable yet gorgeous girls, I feel the butterflies begin to flutter and everything making me anxious in life melts away for the next few hours. That, my friends, is when I feel the happiest.
One by one the girls spill out of the limo with crazy props and terrible pick up lines and I automatically fall in love with or despise each and every one of them. I dedicate the next few months to getting to know them and supporting the bachelor as he sends off one heartbroken girl after another. We begin as strangers yet three months later I watch as he proposes to the girl of his dreams. It's a special and intimate moment for all involved for sure.
I know I sound crazy but unfortunately I'm not exaggerating. Last week was the first episode of Ben's season and I was on the edge of the couch during the entire rose ceremony; rooting for Red Velvet to just leave already and cringing as Lace called out Ben for not making eye contact with her. I cried a little when Olivia got the first impression rose and rolled my eyes as he let the twins stay (obviously that was ABC's decision - not his). I don't know what it is but the Bachelor is probably my favorite part of the entire new year.
Anyways, because I'm embarrassed to have an entire post just about the Bachelor, the other aspects of 2016 have been treating us pretty well. Cam and I have actually gone out for runs each night after work and I successfully meal-prepped the heck out of last week. We went ice skating at a local outdoor rink that Cam found and I've finally stopped pretending that I'm going to wake up early to go work out. ALSO 2 of my 7 New Years resolutions are still going strong so, alas, I'd say it's been a pretty successful year so far.
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