I’ve been having a really busy / crazy / hectic /stressful month at work and it’s been worse than ever this week .  As such, I simply could not bring myself to go to the gym and instead ate some hummus on a ciabatta roll (yum). But about five minutes after my gym class would have started I remembered that one roommate was in CA for the rest of the week and the other had to work late! So I was now bored, stressed and lonely and decided I needed a full on break from reality.

So I picked up the phone (that’s a very big step for me) and called around to see who was free. Initially no one was which was very sad and depressing.  But then someone’s plans opened up and I found myself on a 30 minute drive to see one of my favorite people of all time – my pal Athena.

It was such a nice break from reality to get out of the area, far away from work and the people I see every day, even the ones who bring a bit of light to an otherwise dismal period of my life.  It was just like completely getting away from my life for a few hours and was remarkably cathartic.  All it really consisted of was dinner at a local restaurant and a trip to Wal-Mart.

The trip back was unfortunately met with a sinking feeling in my stomach that signaled the return to reality, but the few glorious hours away from it made a world of difference.

May’s almost over….right?