My first time…..
Okay, I’m new at this. I’ve read literally hundreds of blogs, but I’ve never written one. My partner has one, and she says it’s very theraputic to write. I mentioned once that I should do it……..it apparently relieves stress. And now, lo & behold, she set me up with this one! So, now I have my very own blog…. and I don’t know what to write about. How about I just ramble on about whatever pops into my head.
Most of the blogs I read are very mundane. Just regular events that happen to those people. Not too much happens to me that anyone would be interested in. My mundane events would put most people to sleep. I sleep, I get up, I go to work, I go home, eat supper and sleep again. During fall, winter & spring, we spend our evenings after work running our 9 year old around - Tae Kwon Do lessons, swimming lessons, baseball practices, games and weekend tournements. Sometimes I miss having time for ourselves. We call them “BJ” days - Before Jonathan. Life with a kid is totally different than life without one. Besides a kid, we also have 3 dogs. Between the boy and the dogs, we have no life anymore.
BJ & dogs, the 2 of us would pack up the car, and go drive. We’d pick a highway and go. We’d stop anywhere that interested us, and explore, take pictures or go fishing. We’d have a picnic lunch somewhere, and maybe make it back home after dark. It was fun, and it was the 2 of us. Now, even to go on a short excursion takes planning….arrange with Jaxx’s mom to watch the dogs, pack up the kid, the bug spray, the mosquito spray, toys & books to occupy him, rain gear, sun umbrellas, lawn chairs,blankets, first aid kit with bandages….you name it, we bring it! We are the perfect Boy scouts - we’re prepared for anything - - And that’s just to go to WalMarts to pick a perscription up!!!
I guess I just miss the fun in life. Now it’s all responsibilities, bills, parental issues, financial woes…nothing fun. I realize this is the price we pay for growing up, but somehow I never knew that growing up meant that you can’t have fun anymore.
This spring, we made the decision to sell the camper and the boat. I made a decsion that still I wanted to go camping this summer with JD even if it meant tenting. I grew up camping, and have many great memories of time spent at the beach, and I want to make some great memories for my son. My partner has never camped out. This poses a problem. But, I bought a new tent (one big enough to accomadate the family and the dogs) and I want to go to Watchorn Bay for a few days. But, this summer is going by so quickly, it’s already the middle of July. I wanted to do a trial run camping one weekend, but it seems it’s not meant to be. You see, we are still trying to sell our camper and our boat. Weekends are spent running out to my parents to show someone the trailer, or staying home doing household “projects”. There never seems to be an end to them, and personally, I think my partner LOOKS for some that have to be done because she doesn’t want to go camping. Whenever I bring it up, it gets knocked down - Primarily because of Beau, our oldest dog. He’s 15 +1/2 years old. Lately he has a slight limp. we don’t know if he’s hurt himself somehow, or if his arthritis is very bad. Either way, we can’t take him camping, and we can’t leave him at home because he cries all night if my partner isn’t home. So, another weekend doing another “project”.
I want to spend a weekend doing what others do, HAVING FUN….. Going to the beach, going to waterparks, having family get togethers, travelling & sightseeing.
I just feel like all the fun has been sucked out of my life. Being an adult sucks!
I guess I’d better stop writing. I’m depressing myself. Besides, it’s almost 4:00pm. Just about time to go home and do nothing.
More tomorrow if I can find this place again.
T.
