The Road Does Go Both Ways 🚗

Come, come sit with me, grab yourself a drink and pull up a chair... You all, I was travelling last week for work. Can I tell you? I learned a few things. Okay... a lot of things. 😂 Oh... before I go any further, the trip actually started with an upgrade on the plane. Now, that upgrade was... interesting, to say the least. 👀😂 Let's just say the lady sitting beside me gave me a travel story I'll never forget. I'll save the details for another blog because trust me... that one deserves a blog all on its own. 😂 Let's start with this... I was nervous. Like, really nervous. Would I get my point across? Would I talk too fast? Too slow? Would they like me? Even though I've talked to them for a long time, meeting people in person is different. A million thoughts were running through my head. The other thing was I had a lot of driving to do between meetings... so you guessed it... MORE thinking. Thank God I love music because, without it, me and my th...
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Things We Pretend We Don’t Do (But Absolutely Do) 😂

Come, come sit with me… grab your drink and pull up a chair.

Listen guys, I have had a tough week and I just wanted some laughter… so this blog is for pure fun. No lesson, no teaching… just fun! 😂

Girl… tell me why we all pretend we have our lives together when half the time we’re just out here surviving on snacks, tea, and delayed emotional reactions. 😭😂

Like…

Why do we:

  • Open the fridge 14 times like new food is going to magically appear?
  • Reheat our tea/coffee three times and still drink it cold?
  • Say “I’m going to bed early tonight” and suddenly it’s 11:47 PM and we’re watching cat and dog videos with voice overs like they’re full cinematic productions? 😂

And don’t even get me started on fake arguments in the shower.

Ohhhh in the shower?
I win EVERY argument. 😂

The comebacks are flawless.
The attitude?
Award-winning.

Then the real conversation happens and suddenly I forget my own name.

And another thing…

Why do we all suddenly become professional investigators when someone texts:

👉 “K.”

Excuse me?
Are you mad?
Are we fighting?
Did I miss something?
Should I apologize?
Should I move to another country? 😭😂

One letter can ruin a whole evening.

And grocery shopping?

Tell me WHY we walk in saying:

👉 “I’m only getting one thing.”

Then leave spending $125 and somehow still have nothing to eat.

HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN?! 😂

And don’t even get me started on books…

You tell yourself:

👉 “Okay, just one chapter before bed.”

Next thing you know it’s 1:08 AM, your eyes are burning, you have to work in the morning…
BUT there are only two chapters left and now you emotionally need to know what happens. 😂

And heaven forbid there’s a plot twist.

Now you’re sitting upright in bed looking personally betrayed by fictional people.

Also…
Why do we narrate our lives out loud when nobody is home?

“Okay Lisa, let’s get it together.”
“Now why did we do that?”
“Girl… absolutely not.”

Like I’m both the employee and the manager of my own chaos. 😂

Honestly, maybe none of us really have it together.

Maybe we’re all just tired adults trying our best, reheating tea, talking to ourselves, and emotionally recovering from text messages and fictional characters. 😭😂

And honestly?
That makes me feel a little better tonight.

✨ Whisper: Life feels lighter when we stop pretending and just laugh at ourselves for a minute.

If this made you laugh, roll your eyes, or say “girl, same”… then welcome. You are my kind of people. 😂

You can always come sit with me here at Love and Life with Lisa, where we talk about love, life, laughter, cooking, romance, and all the beautifully messy little moments in between.

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