Awaking to Love and Real Life

I was asleep. The phone rang and because I knew royalty was on the other end, I awakened with a smile, stretched and answered "hello" in a sing song voice. That's the way every girl should wake up in the morning--- feeling like a princess. Honestly, I fully expected my ladies in waiting to enter the room, serve me breakfast in bed, run down my schedule of activities for the day and hold up outfits in front of me to choose from for each event.

As we talked, occasionally he'd laugh at some of the silly girlish things that dribble off my lips whenever I know I have his full attention and I'd fall a little more into a dream state. After hanging up, I had to shake myself back to reality, drag my ass out of bed and get ready for what? You guessed it-- WORK!

All throughout the day, I thought to myself--- Damn, the life of a princess has gotten kinda hard.

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Something Sweet and Soothing

Last weekend I got really depressed. I had a misunderstanding with someone which resulted in me having several severe anxiety attacks. I thought my heart was going to explode and the tears that I normally hold back in such instances couldn't be stopped. There was no one I could call or even wanted to call.

So, I did what comes natural to most women in my situation. I went downstairs to the kitchen and fixed myself a bowl of cookies & cream. As I consumed each spoonful, my physical therapy began. I closed my eyes and let the oreos and cream mix and melt on my tongue before swallowing the smooth delicious ingenious concoction. And like the ice cream, all of my anxiety seemed to melt away.

Anyone who says you can't find solutions to your problems by eating... well, they're right. However, I do know drowning myself in that bowl of cookies and cream made me feel a helluva lot better.

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