Just Another Day In.. Errrr Paradise?

Today was one of those days, you know the one when you just can't wait for it to end. The kind where  all you can imagine is a drink in one hand and the remote in the other. After working a 12 hour day it was all I could do to not run out of the office screaming "later suckers". Although in my moment of glory I did mumble some shit like "maybe I will see you tomorrow". Which now has literally made it impossible to take a sick day. When I was walking to the elevator I couldn't help but think, is this all that my life is? Work, home, work again, and the occasional girls night out with friends? What is it we are all working for anyways? Is there really something more to this life than any of us have figured out, and if so what is the secret to success?

As I head to my car and I meet up with some random workers from other offices in the building I work in and they all seem just as happy to escape the humdrum office we all occupy daily. I catch their comments, and laugh to myself as I am thinking what they are saying. I get to my car take a deep breath and head home. Not that home is an escape, trust me it is just like work. Come home cook dinner, play with the dogs, contemplate planting the garden, pay the bills, this so called sanctuary is anything but serene.

I walk in the door and the best greeting I get is from all my fur babies, four dogs can make any bad day seem like a distant memory. I open a bottle of wine, pour my first glass (got to keep it classy) it is only 6pm, no bottle chugging yet! I sip my glass and stare into the refrigerator hoping some miracle meal has prepared itself while I was slaving away at the office. Alas, this is not Cinderella, no little animals to help me with my chores. I start to grab the fixings for dinner and head to the stove. You know I have to be honest it was so much nicer in the store when I bought it, five burners, convectional oven, self cleaning... They forgot to mention I still have to do all the work. Tonights meal chili, seems simple enough. As the food is cooking, I decide to take a break... HA!

I head to the back yard and light up a smoke, yes I am trying to quit, but today is not that day. As I am sitting in the back with my cigarette and wine I decide to do the monthly budget... Ummm I may need a stronger drink for this one. I have noticed that no matter how many bills I pay, the balance never seems to go down in my debt. Time for another glass of wine... screw it where is the bottle? Dinner done, bottle of wine gone, debt... still there! It is this point I have come to the conclusion, maybe there is no secret to success, maybe we all will go through life trying to find a better way.. but for now, there is always tomorrow to ponder the meaning of my life. Today, I will just enjoy another day in this here paradise that is mine!

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