Happy Labor Day Weekend!I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend ... with friends, family, and some good food... BBQ style! Who doesn't love some good grilled steak tips, burgers, and hot dogs?! I, for one, start forgetting how much I've eaten and what I've sipped (okay, gulped!) over the past couple hours! Did I mention the quintessential side dish of potato salad ? So much for my Weight Watchers Points Plus program... Ooops! I can start them over again tomorrow morning. I keep saying that every morning... is this why my jean size keeps getting bumped up a number every few months?!
Oh well, it's holiday after all... good times with the people you care about... (or for some of us... pretend to anyhow!) So no recipe today... just enjoying the weekend with ready-made delights! Over the years, whenever it's a celebration of feasting, I always make sure to dress comfortably. Hence the photograph of my beat-up, perfectly deconstructed jeans... It's that one pair in your closet that gets the most... well LOVE! You know the ones... soft and comfortable as any pair of sweatpants, and perfect even if you ate more than anticipated over the holiday! I paid short money on these, a guilty pleasure indeed as I found them in the junior's department at the TJ Maxx (for the minimum!) Even though shopping in the junior's department should have stopped in my early 20's at latest, I think it's just that my body type seems to wear these clothes a bit better. Maybe because I'm so short... like barely 5'1" ... or maybe it's also a combination of nostalgia and feeling Forever 21 (another guilty-pleasure store!) A lot has changed, but then I feel the same... the same way I felt when I was 23. I still feel like a kid excited to explore the world and I know for certain, wherever I end up, these jeans will go with me! The perfect pair that never disappoints ... never makes you feel like Orca... and just makes you feel fabulous from the moment you take them out of the dryer for the umpteenth time...
Speaking of holiday and enjoying it... I was on the phone with one of my dear friends from med school who is on rotations currently. She was telling me, "Enjoy while you can... you'll understand when you get here" ... Ummm, should I be scared already?!?! Trading in my black suits and stilettos for scrubs and sneakers a few years back sounded like a good idea at the time anyway...hmmm. I have been putting off starting right after Step 1 because of my MBA cours(es), (starting to) study for Step 2CK, and having to relocate again to Chicago most likely (or Virginia, or Colorado), sheer exhaustion from Step 1, and recently having been told that one of her shifts was "8 days and 7 nights on"... I guess the good thing is that I am an insomniac, right? Maybe the long and odd hours is right up my alley... after all, always the Work Horse never the Show Horse:) "Where do you sleep?" I asked... "In the on-call room" she informed me. Which immediately started to conjure up episodes of Grey's Anatomy ... and would be walking in on an "occupied" room be my soon-to-be norm?! The good thing is that my uniform, scrubs, pretty much feels like pajamas to me. So at least my attire will be comfortable wherever and whenever they decide to give me a break;) I told her I had gained 10 pounds since I came home... she told me to not worry because she lost 15 pounds since she started her rotations. And with that... sign me up!!!
At any rate... I hope you are enjoying the holiday feasting... and always be comfortable while you're at it! Whether it's in a pair of espadrilles and a floral cotton dress, a button-down and a pair of khakis, or kickin' it (like me!) in a pair of well-loved pair of jeans and a tee, just ROCK IT!!! Happy Labor Day:) Gotta get back to the feeding...;)
XoX,
Marikym
