I’m sitting around my house today waiting for something to happen. I’m not sure what… the phone to ring, Isaac to create a disaster, Emma to cry dramatically for something, the rain to fall, the laundry to fold its self.
I should find something to do with myself. Start a project, finish a project, read my latest book (The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho). Perhaps I could think of something to shop for, plan for, prepare for. Maybe I could bake something yummy on this blustery day.
Nope.
Nothing.
Instead I’m writing a post about how bored I am. I have done this recently so maybe I’ll bore you but ya know what… maybe then you’ll have an idea of how bored I am.
I guess I need to adjust to the slower paced life of fall. I think it’s actually this whole preschool thing. It’s restricting my activities. Blah blah blah. My fun and exciting activity today, while Em was a preschool, was a trip to Costco where I spent way to much on freezer foods and Halloween candy. Oh fun… I usually wait until the last min to buy candy because then I don’t have to have it in my house, in my pantry, calling out my name…. “Manda… Manda… Come on, just take one to sweeten up your boring afternoon.”
So here is my question to you…. Do you find yourself looking forward to the next big thing… all the time? Do you look at the calendar and think, “Gosh, it’ll be so fun when such and such rolls around”? Do you think “As long as I can get to this date then I’ll be okay”?
I do…
My calendar is looking particularly blank this month.
I don’t really even like Halloween.
Or… are you content with the present? Do you like the quiet time at home with nothing to do? Are you glad you don’t have any errands to run? Do you enjoy every little moment with your kids? You adore them right now and wish they’d stay little forever.
Don’t get me wrong of course I love the kiddos but I can’t help looking to the future. I think “When the kids are bigger we can do this… certain activity… or they’ll entertain themselves better.”
So I guess my question is… What do you do to stay in the now? How do you keep your sanity on the slower days?
My name is Manda and I love creating 
Can I trade days with you? I’m feeling so overwhelmed, I would cherish a slow, boring day!
wes is out of town (again!) want to come play? We just got home from mall/oilchange/applebees/bank/target!! Come over and we can make choc popcorn and suckers!
I am so there right now, not because of the season though. We just moved and are staying temporarily in dinky little town far from almost everything. We do practically nothing and oh, we’re all slowly going crazy. We do try to go to the library every week, but oh man, their whole library could fit inside the picture book section of Provo’s, so it’s just not that enticing. There is a pretty decent park, surprisingly enough, only a block away, so we walk there frequently.
Completely and totally understand what you mean. Though October has proven to be my absolute BUSIEST month of the freakin year, and I didn’t even anticipate it. I wish I would have, I think I would take it a little easier, but as of now, I am just freaking out with all of it.
Enjoy your boring days… hopefully we can switch soon
Oh Manda, let me share… Hubby and I had babies (from other people) when we were really young (I was 16 and he was 17). When we got married, we had these two pretty grown kids.
Now, at 32, my son is about to be 16 and his son is 19 and we have a 3 year old and a 5 month old together. All this to say that it really feels like we have lived 2 different lives with 2 different families. We did all the “kid stuff” with our older kids and now we are doing all over again with the young kids.
I think the one good thing about it is that it give you hindsight vision. I realize now that time FLIES by. Before you know it, those kids will be in high school and way too busy to spend any time with you.
So, with my two little ones, I always stop myself from saying…”I can’t wait until…” this or that. It helps me to appreciate them NOW, because before you know it, they’ll be all grown and important and won’t have time for little ol’ me anymore.
Yesterday, not loving the kids (rather more like strongly disliking one…CONNOR!!!!) Terrible twos BITE. Making it through the day (without a melt-down) is a miracle. I blame it on the pregnancy hormones. Most the time I like my kids. Most the time I have something to do…even if it is watching “Cars” for the third time. I wish I had more time to Blog, but it seems the minute I get on the computer, some little hand is creeping up onto the keyboard trying to help.