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<\/p>\nWe wait to be grown ups so we can do things we couldn’t do as kids.\u00a0 Or so we thought.<\/p>\n
We thought we would grow up and do anything we wanted, whenever we wanted.<\/p>\n
We thought we could eat cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner.\u00a0 Who would stop us?<\/p>\n
Buy all the candy we wanted and eat as much as we wanted.\u00a0 Because when ‘WE” had money, we could do what we wanted with it.\u00a0 Like buying the whole candy store.<\/p>\n
We thought we would stay up all night and sleep all day, watch as much tv as we wanted.<\/p>\n
We would grow up and make our OWN rules.<\/p>\n
And then – we grow up.<\/p>\n
And then we get hit with the reality of it.\u00a0 And it’s not nearly as much fun as we thought.\u00a0 Well, maybe just a different kind of fun.<\/p>\n
We get sensible, and responsible, practical and logical.\u00a0 We don’t do the things we swore we would do because we KNOW better.<\/p>\n
Doesn’t that suck sometimes? Do you ever have those days where you just want to stomp your feet and NOT do the adult stuff?<\/p>\n
Sit in your pj’s and not do ANYTHING that you are SUPPOSED to do as a stupid grownup.\u00a0 (smile)<\/p>\n
We’re told when we’re younger that we shouldn’t rush it.\u00a0 We should enjoy our time.\u00a0 We don’t fully believe it.\u00a0 We somehow think it will be different for US.<\/p>\n
Surprise.<\/p>\n
I was getting ready for work this morning, and I was just in a “mood” for no reason whatsoever.\u00a0 I was feeling mad about everything.\u00a0\u00a0 ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/10\/31f448ad-adlutl.jpg\")
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Up early.\u00a0 Getting my daughter to school.\u00a0 Which really just means waking up to make sure she’s up and out the door.\u00a0 I never have to actually “do” anything anymore.<\/p>\n
Exercise to feel good and attempt to lose some of these extra pounds that just keep showing up.\u00a0 Uninvited.\u00a0 Mad because I HAVE TO.\u00a0 Even if I should be thankful I GET to.<\/p>\n
Breakfast.\u00a0 Counting calories, and portions because, those extra pounds mentioned above.<\/p>\n
Planning the day.\u00a0 \u00a0The list of things to do.\u00a0 Planning dinner, throwing in laundry.\u00a0 It never, ever stops – the laundry.\u00a0 It just keeps showing up.\u00a0 People in our house keep wearing clothes and using towels, and it never, ever stops.<\/p>\n
This wasn’t part of the big “plan” I had in my head when I thought about being “grown up”.<\/p>\n
Bills to pay.\u00a0 Stretching the money in the bank.\u00a0 Feeling accomplished by using up leftovers in a creative way that nobody really wants to eat.<\/p>\n
Where’s the cake for breakfast?\u00a0 Cartoons all day?<\/p>\n
Can us adults get a time out?\u00a0 Just a random moment where we just call “time out” and we take a break from being responsible and adult-like.<\/p>\n
Sit in our blanket fort, colouring, eating too much candy.\u00a0 Pretending the outside world is gone and we don’t have to do the grown up things.<\/p>\n
Can someone make that happen?<\/p>\n
Once a week?\u00a0 Once a month?<\/p>\n
And during that time out we don’t SEE the dirty dishes in the sink, or the piles of laundry, or the dirty bathrooms that need cleaning, or the dust on the shelves.\u00a0 We don’t see the bills that need to be paid.<\/p>\n
Just one day.\u00a0 And we can shut our brains off so we don’t feel GUILTY about taking the time-out and leaving the rest of the family to fend for themselves and find the missing shoe, or figure out dinner.<\/p>\n
Just imagine.<\/p>\n
Blanket forts and Barbie dolls and the innocence of younger, more carefree days.<\/p>\n
Sounds good in theory, but if you’re anything like me, you’ll realize that all that stuff that makes you want to call a time-out in the first place are the very things you love and wouldn’t want to go without.<\/p>\n
Reach out anytime.<\/p>\n