let's be real

so when i was brainstorming about my blog, i was thinking about what i truly wanted to put out there. what i wanted people to see and know about my life. i decided to come up with this monthly topic of "lets be real". this is the column that i feel is the most "relatable". these are the types of things that everyone does..i think.. i hope.. (shriek) but the type of stuff that no one actually talks about. so here you go. this is my weirdness in a blog. let's be real...

shoots with Chriselda are always a good time. she is super talented and really knows how to make a picture turn out well. which can be hard to do when this is the subject youre working with. (see picture below). lets be real, cute photos are super fun, but this is what the majority of a shoot actually looks like when im the subject. bless Chriselda. bless her a lot.

not long ago i went on a road trip with Chriselda. we wanted to make this trip as cheap as possible so we loaded a cooler full of sandwich stuff and had a basket full of snacks. i drink my water (which is almost never) out of a half gallon plastic carton. lets be real, it lasts me several days. thats how much i don't drink water. i know i know, a select few people on my life would kill me for admitting that publicly. but on this trip we had very long stretches of driving. the first was 9 1/2, the next was 2, the next 5, the next 2 and the last was 5 1/2. yes i ate terrible. yes i substituted my water with red bull and mountain dew. but lets be real, water isn't that great anyways, and they all have SOME amount of water in them. so same thing right?

another part of this road trip was how often we ate. i have never in my life had so many consecutive sandwiches. and sandwiches don't really fill you up all the way. so i found myself snacking. a lot. its fine. its all fine. one of my favorite things to snack on are fruit gummies. i may be 5 at heart but whatever. these serving sizes are made for children for sure. not grown adults. so when i want to snack, i don't just want one package. whats fulfilling about that? so i sat with the entire box of gummies in my lap while driving. lets be real. even the whole box wasn't enough.

the other day i put a load of laundry in the washer. so proud of myself for getting some laundry done on the time that i had free for the day. i soon got caught up in all my other daily tasks, that i forgot about it. a day later i realized i wanted to wear a certain pair of jeans.. could i find them? of course not. why? they were in the washer getting the gross old water smell. (yes, i know its mildew, but do we actually have to call it that?) so with a little hesitation and a lot of debating whether it actually smelt THAT bad. it did. i put another tide pod (God's gift to busy/lazy humans) and a little extra fabric smell booster. lol. and started the wash again. one load repeated, not that bad right? well i forgot about it again and had to do the entire process over again before i set a reminder on my phone to move the washer clothes to the dryer. yes i know i may be exceptionally lazy. but lets be real, we've all done it, right..?

another cleaning one on the way. unloading the dishwasher... yes its awful and tedious, but thankful that i dont have to hand wash my dishes. for. real. but what really makes it bad is when you pull out the dishes and the silverware, and you find those ugly water spots on the spoons. does anyone ACTUALLY run them under the sink with soap and make sure they are clean? hopefully not, because i know i don't. my dishrag does the job just fine to get them "clean". sorry if you've ever eaten at my house with my silverware. they went through a cycle at least. that's enough right?

food on another note.. do we even want to open the can of worms with expiration dates? i remember when i was younger and i would go to get some milk out of the refrigerator, if it was a day before or the day of expiration, i didn't touch it. my mom always told me that was printed just to be safe, so i made sure that i was extra safe. logical right? i don't know if i lost my logic or i now buy my own milk so things have definitely changed. smell the milk before you throw it out. pour some out and make sure its still a "good" consistency. background check complete, you can drink the "expired" milk. ok. i know that one may be gross, but lets be real. i don't drink milk with anything but oreos anyways.

I think this is enough of my gross/weird habits to share for now. if you want to leave a comment or maybe even email what your habits are, feel free. i would love to not feel like the only weirdo out there. click on the join my journey button and let's get to know each other. if this is your first time visiting my blog, i'm so happy to have kept you company for a portion of your day. i hope to come in contact with you some way or another.

all my best always

zoie