You know when you're young you look into the future wondering what's going to happen, where you're going to go, what you'll do, who you'll meet? It's like adventure is just waiting for you because you have so many huge events and moments to experience. You can go anywhere, you can do anything.
Sometimes the adventure goes slower than you anticipated. Like the summer I got stuck being a hotel maid because I couldn't find a decent job. Or that Astronomy class that was close to putting me in a coma, except that it counted as a physical science credit which I needed and really have no aptitude for understanding rocks. Or the time I was on strict, don't even sit up, bedrest for almost 3 months.
And sometimes the adventure seems to be heading in the wrong direction. Or maybe you thought it was going ok and then it suddenly changes and you're doing something that was never in the master plan.
But it's still there. It's still adventure.
You go to college. You get married. You move to different places. You have all of your kids.
Then what?
What adventures are left?
Some people call parenting an adventure. I don't really agree. Because you can't call up your relatives and say, "My two year old just flooded our kitchen, body slammed his sister, and oh yeah, he can successfully label the private areas of his body!!" WHOOOOOOOO." It's not like when you called and said, "I'm getting married!" or "We're pregnant....again!!"
I feel like I've hit the cruise control part of life. Every day is like the one before. No sleep, kids, work, laundry, kids, work, late to bed, no sleep; and then let's do it again. And again. And again. Sure the kids get older, we do different things. Some days are more full than others. Once in a while I get a 9 minute nap on the couch before someone screams and/or pokes me awake. On rare occassions I get out of my house to watch a movie.
But there's nothing big to look forward to anymore. No life changing events. No more babies to have, Husband and I know each other well enough that we're boring, we probably won't even move out of this stinking city. Nothing big. Nothing exciting. No more adventures.
So now I just cruise through the next five decades and then what? Is there nothing but mundane-ness left?
Can I go back? I miss adventure.
Sometimes the adventure goes slower than you anticipated. Like the summer I got stuck being a hotel maid because I couldn't find a decent job. Or that Astronomy class that was close to putting me in a coma, except that it counted as a physical science credit which I needed and really have no aptitude for understanding rocks. Or the time I was on strict, don't even sit up, bedrest for almost 3 months.
And sometimes the adventure seems to be heading in the wrong direction. Or maybe you thought it was going ok and then it suddenly changes and you're doing something that was never in the master plan.
But it's still there. It's still adventure.
You go to college. You get married. You move to different places. You have all of your kids.
Then what?
What adventures are left?
Some people call parenting an adventure. I don't really agree. Because you can't call up your relatives and say, "My two year old just flooded our kitchen, body slammed his sister, and oh yeah, he can successfully label the private areas of his body!!" WHOOOOOOOO." It's not like when you called and said, "I'm getting married!" or "We're pregnant....again!!"
I feel like I've hit the cruise control part of life. Every day is like the one before. No sleep, kids, work, laundry, kids, work, late to bed, no sleep; and then let's do it again. And again. And again. Sure the kids get older, we do different things. Some days are more full than others. Once in a while I get a 9 minute nap on the couch before someone screams and/or pokes me awake. On rare occassions I get out of my house to watch a movie.
But there's nothing big to look forward to anymore. No life changing events. No more babies to have, Husband and I know each other well enough that we're boring, we probably won't even move out of this stinking city. Nothing big. Nothing exciting. No more adventures.
So now I just cruise through the next five decades and then what? Is there nothing but mundane-ness left?
Can I go back? I miss adventure.
Comments
Wish I had a solution for ya.
But really! You need to go take a class that interests you, either at the local community college, or a kitchen store where they offer cooking classes, or something that floats your boat..where ever it's offered-GO. DO IT!
Or take up an old hobby! I really love decorating or doing something nice in my home so if I'm feeling ick it helps me to paint (ok, I actually hate that part) but once that's done I love putting things back together and making it prettier than it was before.
Or you need to plan a girls weekend away every few months or something like that. You MUST have something to look forward to or life is just too blah!
But yes, this stage often does feel like the same day in and day out
I know EXACTLY what you're talking about.
Oh- and I was referred over here from Lisa's blog. I came to check out the preemie twin thing (I'm the Mom of boy/girl micro-preemies too) and see how they are doing. Then I got rather interested in your other posts. Hope it's okay for me to comment.