I house sat this weekend. Can you believe people trust me with their home and five pets? Me neither. They trust me with their kids a lot, too. I guess “fake it ‘till you make it” is working for me in the house/child/pet sitting world! (JOKE! I am very responsible when it comes to things that are important to other people). So I spent this weekend playing with three dogs, honing my Mario Bros skills, trying to make cats like me, hanging out in the hot tub – life is pretty good.

Except…

Except I swore to myself I would get ahead on my homework. Papers, blog posts, readings – I was just going to take some time to myself out here in the suburbs, no bicycle tempting me to go for a spin, no old town calling me, no household chores calling to me. I was going to spend some quality time with my school work.

But I forgot how awesome I am. Spending time with myself rocks! I pretty much didn’t get any studying or writing done – forget trying to get ahead. I forgot how nice it is to be in a house alone, how nice it is to raid somebody else’s kitchen, how silly three dogs can get, how awesome having a hot tub to yourself is, how stressful a cat who doesn’t take her Prozac is, how imperative it suddenly is to keep up with kardashians via (a slightly shameful) marathon. Mostly I guess I forgot how quickly time slips away when you think you have all the time in the world. So readers, I’d like to leave you with these words of wisdom:

Don’t take your time for granted.

Appreciate ‘me’ time when you get the chance to take it.

Forget about things you can’t undo.

An ice cream sundae in the hot tub is just as awesome as it sounds.