Excusercise

Some of my friends will tell you I like to use funny words. Sometimes they are actual words, like wonky, caddywhompus, and noodle. Some I make up. Excusercise is my new favorite made up word.

According to my inner-dictionary, excusercise is a combo of excuse and exercise, the practice of exercising your "excuse" muscles. And example of this would be: I know I should have celery and hummus, BUT the Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups are OK because dark chocolate has antioxidants and nuts are protein, so in a way, they're practically health food.

In my new career of SAHM-dom, I have excusercised so much I may have actually burned calories doing it. I would have vacuumed the rugs, but the laundry needed to be done. I would have folded the clothes, but I had to unload the dishwasher so I could get rid of the piles of dishes in my sink. I would have given the dog a bath, but S got ahold of my Sharpies so I had to scrub her down. I would have gone to yoga this morning, but I didn't get enough sleep last night. You get the picture. Luckily most of the excusercise has mostly to do with housework. I will gladly give up laundry and cleaning for some quality time with S. I have caught myself once or twice turning on Yo Gabba Gabba when I should have taken her to the park to play. (BUT, I was so tired because she woke up 17 times the night before!) See how good at excusercise I am?

Please pardon me as I get on my soapbox for a moment. It seems that the world is flexing its excusercise muscles lately. I would have read a book, but I just got my US Weekly and a Kardashian is on the cover. I would have watched the news, but I have Modern Family on the DVR. I would have volunteered for the bake sale, but I needed to go to Target. I have been guilty of all of these and then some. (See the example of the peanut butter cups above.)

Because it is the week before Thanksgiving. I'm really trying to put things into perspective. I am extremely blessed that my biggest problem right now is that I want more coffee, but I already brushed my teeth, and the coffee would taste funny. Three Thanksgivings ago, we had just gotten the call about the IVF failure. It was quite possibly the worst Thanksgiving of my life. This Thanksgiving, I will be spending it with my amazing hubby and the most precious little girl. I'm thankful for the roof over our heads, the food on our table, our family and friends, and the new Muppet Movie.

I am thankful for my blessings. And I'm thankful for the setbacks. The setbacks give you the perspective. And it's with that perspective that I'm going to try to stop sweating the small stuff and excusercising my way out of the things that matter. Although, I will never stop trying to excuse my way out of laundry. So now I am going to excuse myself from writing so I can go play with S.

Have a great weekend friends!