Part of me thought I shouldn’t tell you….

But, then I thought about what it means to be “authentic,” and about how I want to be as authentic as possible in my life and in this blog. And, so…. I’m telling you….

I had a Starbucks chai today, Gorgeouses!

I c-c-c-couldn’t do it. Couldn’t quit today, as I said I would! Ugh, this shouldn’t be so dang difficult!

But, you see, as I heard today in my fave podcast (which was very obviously a propos), when you try to give something up, THE UNIVERSE TESTS YOU! And, man, did it test me today.

I was all set to teach yoga on a relatively empty stomach. But, then, I drove east when I was supposed to drive west. And, then, when I made a VERY ILLEGAL U-turn to go west again, my purse tipped over. When I went to put everything back (everything being a huge MESS of a lot of things — from diapers to teething toys, Mum Mum wrappers, and PINKBERRY), I started to freak out because WHERE WAS MY WALLET? Did I leave it in the post office? (I’d just done some biz there). It must be at the post office. But, wouldn’t they have run out after me waving my adorable Paul Frank alligator wallet?

My wallet’s disappeared. It’s disappeared. Into thin air. It’s gone. The universe swallowed it. And, now I have to replace all those CARDS that I shouldn’t be walking around with in the first place! How am I going to teach yoga in this tizzy? WEEP!

I B-lined it to the post office.

Was it there?

No.

The universe did. It swallow up wallet.

But, then…, universe spit it back out between my passenger seat and the car door where I found it.

OMIGOSH. YOGA!

And, now I NEE-HEE-HEE-HEEEEED a Starbucks. I have NO WILLPOWER left. I’m all over the place. I need to STOP THINKING ABOUT STARBUCKS and focus on YOGA. Only way to do that?

…’Nother B-line. To Starbucks. I DESERVE IT! BAAAHHH!

I got the dang drink. I chugged it. I went east instead of west. Again. But, I made it to the class right on time. With wallet, and FULL BLOATED Buddha belly in tow….

When I got home, I opened my journal to the list of diet goals I’d written last night. Yup, there was #1 NO CHAI TEA LATTE at the very top. I crossed it out.

I also just crossed out #2 NO EATING ALMOND BUTTER OUT OF THE JAR and #3 NO EATING AFTER DINNER EXCEPT FRUIT OR VEGETABLES — because, in the course of writing this post, I chowed down on almond butter out of the jar, and dinner was 2 hours ago….

BUT, I did manage to achieve my last goal on the list: #4 COOK THE KALE. I cooked the kale, and the kale was GOOD. Even the monkey loved it. Deets on my KALE CHIPS will be over at Cheaty Kitchen when I get around to it. Stay tuned for that!

And, have you seen this?

You should really see this….

He refuses to wear a bib. Whenever I put one on, he rips it off like he’s Superman…. So, I took off his adorable shirt when I brought out the berry dessert this evening. Which was a good thing because look:

Raspberry. Everywhere. And, yes, those eyes? They KILL ME! Swoon!

In other news, the monkey said “f*ck” today. IN ITS PROPER CONTEXT. She was fixing one of her toys and it slipped out of her hands and she said “f*ck.” She did NOT get that from me. COUGHjoshoCOUUUUGH!

Have a great weekend, Gorgeouses!
And, don’t forget to enter the CONAIR HAIR STRAIGHTENER CONTEST over at GOODIES!

Love! xo Haley-O

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