Acting your shoe size.

Hello old self! Maybe I was having a case of the weekly blues. Maybe it wasn't post-wedding blues like I thought. To be fair I did say it could have been my hypochondriac self speaking. Nonetheless I seem to be making a recovery. There is ONE thing that is bothering me though, where in the marriage/relationship clause does it say that you HAVE to act like an adult and be boring at all time? I feel like this post will be more of an extension to Reality Check. Or even something like a flip side to it.

Hear me out. I got to thinking about it last night. I have a family friend who has 4 kids. ALL GIRLS and her most recent child is only 3 years old. We won't mention her age but she just hit a major mark in years and she has to be the most outgoing mother I have ever met. There is not a single time in which I can recall her NOT having fun. She makes light of the small stuff and pushes through the mud. Admire is only a small word for how I feel about her.

Josh and I have our family tell us all of the time how adorable we are and how much fun we seem to always have. Now I can't exactly argue with them, because we do have some hilarious moments. (It helps to know what to do when you have little to no "fun" money) But, 2 years ago, I feel like we were somewhat more active and outgoing then we are now.

You know when you are growing up and you get your first job and use some of the money from your first paycheck to pay for a couple of bills? Ex; gas, cell..etc. There is that small tiny moment where you want to scream or cry because you realize that you are an adult/adolescent. It is a super exciting time and then your parents give you more freedom to roam around town and do adolescent things.

Well as the years go on you have to start buying toilet paper, soap, food etc. They not-so-fun/omfg annoying things.Somewhere, there was a transition. There was that step of going from adolescent to full blown adult. You HAVE to pay those bills because your parents refuse to pay for YOUR power in YOUR home.

Somewhere along the way, Josh and I have made that transition. We buy toilet paper now instead of CD's or shoes. We NEED to spend money on food instead of clothes.
Side Note: No you don't need money to have fun, but it helps that you have some to pay for gas to get you to "fun-land"
So, somehow we transitioned in to the responsible people who budget and do the daily annoyances with a smile on our face. We occasionally brag about buying something "extraordinary" and being "reckless" with our money.

Someone please tell me that this mundane lifestyle will eventually end. When are we allowed to start acting like kids again and staying up all night? I feel like an old married couple already! ha! We are getting in to a little nitch.

• wake up
• go to work
• come home
• exercise
• go out for a few minutes to visit family
• come home: bed by 9pm.

EWW! make it stop. We have to get our youth back. We aren't even thirty and we are acting like we are going on 50.
If my family friend can run around with a toddler and still go out more than us, there is something wrong with this picture. Who said we had to be adults just yet?

No one.

We have learned this week that we need to stop being old and start acting our age.
2years ago we were frolicking around town with the attitude of "I'll sleep when I'm dead"
and fast forward to a married couple ready to retire and start driving an RV.

The more I type the more annoyed I become. There was no clause in the marriage/relationship. I think people just lose touch with themselves over time. They become so developed in their partner that they forget about their friends. You only realize these things as you age and look back over time.

I'm not ready to look back and see pictures of me in a moo-moo unless it's some kind of prank.

Sincerely, lady with a cane
Nystrom