Today my husband had this conversation:
Him: Well, I play soccer on Wednesdays and usually 3 hours of volleyball on Thursday, so I'm usually pretty sore and tired by the end of the week.
Friend (well, I should say, older acquaintance/coworker) : Whoa, your wife let's you do all that?
Him: Let's me? She plays with me every week at volleyball and always comes to watch my soccer games.
Friend: Wow, you guys need to have kids or something so you...
Him: ...Stop having fun?
Friend: Yeah, well, enjoy it while it lasts, pretty soon you are going to have kids, and then one of you will have to stay home, and the other will feel bad about being out, and then you'll just both stay home.
Why, yes, that does sound appealing. Why don't we start having those kids right now?
Was he seriously trying to criticize our life because we have time to enjoy ourselves and he doesn't? Or rather, he does, but his wife will make him feel guilty?
We have been married for less than a year. I think we'll have kids when we are ready, or apparently when we want to be boring and stay at home all the time. Thanks for the life advice though!
Saturday, June 2, 2012
The simple things
Part of living a balanced life is being able to appreciate the simple things of life. Finding things that you enjoy, no matter how simple (whatever that means to you- cheap, easy, not-fancy, not complicated).
Today, I went to our downtown Farmer's Market. Now, to those that put it in, this is no simple operation. It has over 260 vendors and spreads over 5 blocks or so. However, to me, it is something simple for me to attend, and I LOVED IT.
Downtown is only a few blocks from here, so a nice walk, especially on a nice day. I got down there and had about a hour to browse. The only thing I needed to buy was jelly, so I picked that up right away. The rest was just on me to see if I wanted anything! I really enjoyed watching the people, seeing all the produce, creative projects, and whatever else people were selling. I just wandered around, sipping coffee, trying samples, browsing through tables, dodging dogs. And at some point, I caught myself smiling. I thought how great it was that everyone was enjoying local producers, walking around outside. How simple. And yet, how rewarding.
Today, I went to our downtown Farmer's Market. Now, to those that put it in, this is no simple operation. It has over 260 vendors and spreads over 5 blocks or so. However, to me, it is something simple for me to attend, and I LOVED IT.
Downtown is only a few blocks from here, so a nice walk, especially on a nice day. I got down there and had about a hour to browse. The only thing I needed to buy was jelly, so I picked that up right away. The rest was just on me to see if I wanted anything! I really enjoyed watching the people, seeing all the produce, creative projects, and whatever else people were selling. I just wandered around, sipping coffee, trying samples, browsing through tables, dodging dogs. And at some point, I caught myself smiling. I thought how great it was that everyone was enjoying local producers, walking around outside. How simple. And yet, how rewarding.
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