Someway, somehow, Spring Break is rapidly approaching. Eight entire days of nothing but beaches, sun, sand, drinks-- and bathing suits. Normally, there's a bit more time to mentally prepare before having to slip into a bathing suit, but this year, the days are escaping a little too quickly for my liking.
Last week as I was eating my weight in mac and cheese, or drinking my weight in Bud Lights/vodka sodas, my mind flashed to the bathing suit sitting in my closet, and the all too close date of when I'd have to put it on. Should I cut back on the chicken cutlets? Maybe limit my alcohol intake? Should I be on a spring break diet? And then, something fantastic happened. Just as quickly as that thought had entered my head, it disappeared, as if it never existed in the first place.
And then I started laughing to myself. Because the more I thought about it, the more I realized I'm going to enjoy this life (and my body!) while I have it. So there are quite a few things I'd rather do than go on a Victoria's Secret Angle-esque diet before spring break:
1. Finish another series on Netflix
2. Take a (much-needed) nap
3. Organize the mountains of clothes piling up in my closet
4. Accidentally like a picture of your ex-boyfriend's sister's best friend from four years ago
5. Wear nothing but crocs for the rest of my life
6. Look for all the bobby pins I've lost over the years
7. Wash my car by hand
9. Step on a Lego
10. Shave one eyebrow
11. Get my haircut by a toddler
12. Have a hangover for three weeks straight
13. Be trapped in my freshman philosophy class for an entire day
14. Dry shave my legs
15. Wear a groufit for the rest of my life
16. Be forced to use a dorm bathroom for the rest of my life
17. Do the cinnamon challenge once a week for the next year
18. Sit through an opera
19. Join Farmer's Only or Christian Mingle
20. Lose all of my phone contacts
21. Have someone countdown each minute until graduation
22. Listen to an entire playlist consisting of entirely of recordings of my own voice
23. Go on a juice cleanse
24. Drink nothing but Four Lokos every time I go out
25. Lose all of my leggings/yoga pants
26. Never use hot sauce again
27. Pierce my own ear
28. Drunk text every contact in my phone
29. Be a contestant on "The Bachelor"
30. Not go on spring break