Unemployed and Living With the Parents

I watched “Failure to Launch” yesterday, and aside from the realization that I may or may not be in love with Bradley Cooper (hint: I am), I also realized that I now live at home. Granted, I am just stopping through on the road to fulfilling my dreams and eternal happiness, but in the meantime, I am not a catch. Imaging I met you and the conversation went:

You: Hi. What do you do?
Me: Aspiring actress.
You: Cool. Where do you live.
Me: Uhhh...I'm in between places?

In the movie, Matthew McConaughey lives at home with his parents, but has this great job selling boats and his two best friends also live at home with their parents. Well, I’m watching this movie yesterday and I was thinking that it’s not so bad crashing with the folks. Let me tell you about my day today:

Woke up at 7am, took the puppies for a jog (Bear and Shadow)
Got home at 8am, took a nap
Woke back up at 11am
Did pilates for 30 minutes
Ate scrambled eggs and blueberries
Sat in a recliner and watched tennis
Made baked beans and peach cobbler (to accompany the meat that my dad was grilling)
Ate more than any human should ever consume
Sat in the recliner and watched more tv
Talked on the phone
G-chatted and blogged

Yeah, I know that you guys are thinking that that sounds like any Saturday, Sunday or holiday. But here’s the thing, I’m gonna do it again tomorrow and the next day. And believe it or not, I’m actually getting a little stir crazy!

I’ve been unemployed before, and I discovered later that I was the worst possible version of myself. Man o man was I bad! I would sleep until 3pm and the only reason I got out of bed was to watch Ellen. I promised myself that I would use this time to be productive and work on self improvement, like exercise and writing. So far so good! I know I’ve only been in Vegas for a few days, but I think I can keep this up.

It seems as though I got off topic somewhere in this blog. To make a long story short: living at home is pretty nice! There is a ton of food (fruit and veggies even), two puppies, a super comfortable bed, cable television and, AND I don’t pay for anything. People have been asking me when I will actually move to Los Angeles, to which I respond, “I don’t know.” That is the truth. Things at my parent’s house are free! Seriously though, if you get along with your parents, you should consider moving back in and living as a minimalist. Done and done. I think that what I just did was reassure myself that I am not a loser for living like this and one day I will meet a guy who will also not think I am a loser for living like this.....but will that make him a loser? Perhaps we discuss that later.