Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
What a weekend! My mom brought Jackson and Cooper up to Indy for a visit. With David gone all weekend on a camping trip, it was up to the girls to entertain the boys. We went to the zoo on Saturday. The weather was perfect and the zoo wasn’t overly crowded. I think the boys had a good time. The only unfortunate thing was the lions and tigers and bears (oh my!) “weren’t available” (according to the signs posted near the exhibits) due to repairs in the lion and tiger exhibits (although we never saw anyone in the cages). As for the bears, someone told us they had died. Oops. Despite mom and I hyping up seeing the lions and tigers and bears to Jackson and Cooper, they handled the disappointment well. We saw a really great dolphin show that Jackson just got a kick out of. And he touched a shark, which I think he was really excited about too. They also really liked the polar bear, penguins, and elephants. My favorite, of course, was the monkeys. I could have watched them all day (there were several itty bitty babies in one of the cages that were just hilarious to watch), but the boys have a pretty short attention span. Mom got quite a workout pushing around a double stroller up and down the hilly paths all around the zoo. And I got some muscle tone from lifting and holding Cooper up at every exhibit so he could see at the same level as Jackson. After a great weekend, Chase and I crashed on the couch for an afternoon of much needed rest and recuperation.
What a weekend! My mom brought Jackson and Cooper up to Indy for a visit. With David gone all weekend on a camping trip, it was up to the girls to entertain the boys. We went to the zoo on Saturday. The weather was perfect and the zoo wasn’t overly crowded. I think the boys had a good time. The only unfortunate thing was the lions and tigers and bears (oh my!) “weren’t available” (according to the signs posted near the exhibits) due to repairs in the lion and tiger exhibits (although we never saw anyone in the cages). As for the bears, someone told us they had died. Oops. Despite mom and I hyping up seeing the lions and tigers and bears to Jackson and Cooper, they handled the disappointment well. We saw a really great dolphin show that Jackson just got a kick out of. And he touched a shark, which I think he was really excited about too. They also really liked the polar bear, penguins, and elephants. My favorite, of course, was the monkeys. I could have watched them all day (there were several itty bitty babies in one of the cages that were just hilarious to watch), but the boys have a pretty short attention span. Mom got quite a workout pushing around a double stroller up and down the hilly paths all around the zoo. And I got some muscle tone from lifting and holding Cooper up at every exhibit so he could see at the same level as Jackson. After a great weekend, Chase and I crashed on the couch for an afternoon of much needed rest and recuperation.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
In my relatively short 26.75 years in this world, I’ve made an astounding observation: Life is nothing but a waiting game. Waiting for the weekend. Waiting for a job offer. Waiting for water to boil. Waiting to get married. Waiting to have kids. Waiting for class to be over.
Waiting for something new. Waiting for something more.
And it was after I realized I was just another player in the waiting game that I asked myself not what I’m waiting for but why. I can’t help but wonder if I’m missing out on living my life by waiting around for something else. Why am I passing the days, weeks, months, years only waiting for a future that may or may not work out as I plan/expect/want? I think I may be coasting through the everyday stuff just waiting for the future and forgetting to stop and smell the roses. Now, that’s not to say that I don’t enjoy my life; I definitely do! I have a beautiful family, fabulous friends, and the kind of life a lot of people don’t have. I’m happy and healthy and I am surrounded by people who love me. My point is: at some point I gave up really living my life in place of waiting to see what will happen.
So today I make a pledge: less waiting and more living. No more waiting around for next week, next month, next year; more enjoying the moments in my day that make me happy. No more waiting for a bigger and better job; more working toward being the best at the job I have. No more waiting to graduate; more enjoying learning new things and meeting challenges head on. Game over.
(Ahhh. I feel better already.)
Waiting for something new. Waiting for something more.
And it was after I realized I was just another player in the waiting game that I asked myself not what I’m waiting for but why. I can’t help but wonder if I’m missing out on living my life by waiting around for something else. Why am I passing the days, weeks, months, years only waiting for a future that may or may not work out as I plan/expect/want? I think I may be coasting through the everyday stuff just waiting for the future and forgetting to stop and smell the roses. Now, that’s not to say that I don’t enjoy my life; I definitely do! I have a beautiful family, fabulous friends, and the kind of life a lot of people don’t have. I’m happy and healthy and I am surrounded by people who love me. My point is: at some point I gave up really living my life in place of waiting to see what will happen.
So today I make a pledge: less waiting and more living. No more waiting around for next week, next month, next year; more enjoying the moments in my day that make me happy. No more waiting for a bigger and better job; more working toward being the best at the job I have. No more waiting to graduate; more enjoying learning new things and meeting challenges head on. Game over.
(Ahhh. I feel better already.)
In my relatively short 26.75 years in this world, I’ve made an astounding observation: Life is nothing but a waiting game. Waiting for the weekend. Waiting for a job offer. Waiting for water to boil. Waiting to get married. Waiting to have kids. Waiting for class to be over.
Waiting for something new. Waiting for something more.
And it was after I realized I was just another player in the waiting game that I asked myself not what I’m waiting for but why. I can’t help but wonder if I’m missing out on living my life by waiting around for something else. Why am I passing the days, weeks, months, years only waiting for a future that may or may not work out as I plan/expect/want? I think I may be coasting through the everyday stuff just waiting for the future and forgetting to stop and smell the roses. Now, that’s not to say that I don’t enjoy my life; I definitely do! I have a beautiful family, fabulous friends, and the kind of life a lot of people don’t have. I’m happy and healthy and I am surrounded by people who love me. My point is: at some point I gave up really living my life in place of waiting to see what will happen.
So today I make a pledge: less waiting and more living. No more waiting around for next week, next month, next year; more enjoying the moments in my day that make me happy. No more waiting for a bigger and better job; more working toward being the best at the job I have. No more waiting to graduate; more enjoying learning new things and meeting challenges head on. Game over.
(Ahhh. I feel better already.)
Waiting for something new. Waiting for something more.
And it was after I realized I was just another player in the waiting game that I asked myself not what I’m waiting for but why. I can’t help but wonder if I’m missing out on living my life by waiting around for something else. Why am I passing the days, weeks, months, years only waiting for a future that may or may not work out as I plan/expect/want? I think I may be coasting through the everyday stuff just waiting for the future and forgetting to stop and smell the roses. Now, that’s not to say that I don’t enjoy my life; I definitely do! I have a beautiful family, fabulous friends, and the kind of life a lot of people don’t have. I’m happy and healthy and I am surrounded by people who love me. My point is: at some point I gave up really living my life in place of waiting to see what will happen.
So today I make a pledge: less waiting and more living. No more waiting around for next week, next month, next year; more enjoying the moments in my day that make me happy. No more waiting for a bigger and better job; more working toward being the best at the job I have. No more waiting to graduate; more enjoying learning new things and meeting challenges head on. Game over.
(Ahhh. I feel better already.)
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