I’m so bad at being an adult.
But… I’m super great at pretending to be a reasonable grown-up. I mean, seriously. I somehow pay my taxes and have car insurance… but I eat brownies for dinner and write a blog for a living. Most days I need adult supervision.
Grown-ups get in pickles. Sticky situations. I know. I’ve been in my fair share.. Luckily I know how to bake my way out. It’s a skill and a gift… and I’m sharing.
Note: perhaps the following examples are based on personal experiences. Perhaps.
Double Note: Hot Fudge Sundae Cupcakes are bomb.
What to bake for your parents when you stop by their house, unannounced, with a truckload of dirty laundry to wash in their machine: Oatmeal Chocolate Pecan Cookies.
You get away with such blatant laundry abuse because your mom used to do the same thing to her mother. Tell Mom it’s the circle of life if she tries to give you a hard time. Circle of Life…. there’s no fighting The Lion King.
What to bake for your brother when you forget his wife’s name: Dark Chocolate Brownies.
Actually… you should feel extra bad because his wife’s name is basically the same as your own mother’s name. How could you forget that!? Tacky.
What to bake after a night of drunk texting people you shouldn’t even be sober texting… and your mom: Brown Sugar Bacon Waffles.
I mean…. I’m just guessing here. It’s not like this has ever happened to me. Except that one time… and then maybe that other time too.
Ugh.
What to bake when you’re matched with your ex-boyfriends best friend on an Internet dating site.
Oh Lordy. You’re gonna need some Rice Pudding.
Pudding soothes the awkward.
To avoid writing out bills, I always find that whipping up some yeasted sweet bread fills up my time. You might consider it.
Pan Dulce. Time consuming and delicious.
But bills must be payed eventually. Adulthood is annoying like that.
Noreen
I have several of those “adult”-type things calling my name!! Ugh!! Makes me want to call for my Mommy!! Maybe I’ll just bake instead and continue to avoid.
Candice @ Notes from ABroad
I agree with everyone who says adulthood is over-rated.
I do like having brownies for breakfast though .. or drinking Coke instead of coffee on a hot morning. ( I grew up in the South, I am allowed !!) I also get to take my dog to lunch and have a Bloody Mary instead of eating. So I guess I will continue to do the Adult thing.
About your brother.. he married a girl with the same name as his mom ?
Why should you feel bad, you don’t call your mom by her first name do you? Unless his wife’s name is Mom, you are forgiven :D
Kim
Adulthood is highly overrated… dark chocolate brownies, oatmeal chocolate pecan cookies (and everything else on this page) on the other hand can never be overrated. Yum. Thanks for continuing to inspire us to indulge.
Sarah K. @ The Pajama Chef
Hahaha this cracks me up! Sometimes I wish I was a kid again. :) Boo on adulthood!
carolina
I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, it’s 10 pm here, and I’m having brownies for dinner right now!
Ethan
I heard of a “friend” who would visit his parents 400 miles away from where he was living and he’d sometimes (or always) put his dirty clothes in the trunk of the car just in case he had a moment or two to do some laundry. I mean, in my “friend’s” defence, the washer/dryer was right there and it didn’t need tokens!
joythebaker
it’s ok if you still do your laundry at your parents’ house. i do. duuuh. also. i have exactly zero intention of stopping.
Dajda
Perhaps I’ll print it out and keep it within instant reach, for emergency cases. :)
hannah {thepastrykook}
brownies! mmmm…
emily
super cute post. i love your humor, joy..and everything looks like it exactly fits the occasion. :-)
Gen
I agree that when you’re a grown up you can have brownies for breakfast AND dinner if you want to! And actually, I’d love to have ine of these cupcakes for dinner!
Nicole @ The Dirty Oven
Smile!!!
Margaret
Joy,
I go to your blog whenever I need a food-ogling fix or a down-to-earth reminder with a sense of humor that I am not the only one with foibles and flaws. I currently live in South Korea where ovens are a rarity, so I mostly just drool over the pictures and bookmark them for when I am back in the US with a proper oven. Your posting about being an adult made me think of this cartoon:
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-is-why-ill-never-be-adult.html
Keep up the good work!
Jessica
I love that cartoon (and blog in general). Allie somehow crawled into my brain.
diana
were you seriously matched with an ex-boyfriends best friend online? geeezzz. i would say ‘awkward’ for sure!