In case some of you haven't noticed, the Olympics have started. I don't watch most of the events, just the swimming. I was a swimmer in high school. The best on the team. There was always chatter amongst my teammates about my olympic potential.
Just kidding...I wasn't very good! I FINALLY lettered my senior year, but only because my coach loved and pitied me, and she gave me like a million improvement points just so I could 'legitimately' earn my letter. I've never actually been good at any athletics. I never had any musical talents either. Never learned to play anything but the recorder in 5th grade.
Watching the olympics has got me to thinking...I have no specific talents that will lead me to greatness. I will never be the Tiger Woods of anything. At the ripe old age of 25, I have passed my prime. After all, if you want to really excel at anything these days, you have to start practicing as soon as your head rips through the birth canal.
I know I'm trying to be a great mom, and I graduated college, and yada yada yada, but I still can't help but feel that my fate is set. I will live and die an ordinary person. Not that I would ever want to be famous. For god sakes, I love being able to frolick around the backyard wearing nothing but stilletos without having to worry about somebody snapping a picture of my perfectly firm hiney. (Just kidding, I'm too tall for stilletos, I wear flip flops)
Anyways, what I'm trying to say is that I have finally gotten to that point that I never imagined I'd reach when I was a child. The point where I no longer feel like I have my 'whole life' ahead of me and I am sitting here lamenting on my blog about the wasted years. I always wished those people would stop snivveling and go do something. So I think that's what I should do...something.
I'll let you know when I figure out what that is. I've always wanted to learn how to play the piano. Or become a really great dancer. Or take cooking classes...
Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. -Antonio Smith
I love my life!!!
We live on an acre on the edge of a large city in the Southwest. My husband is a computer nerd and I stay home with our two boys. We were both raised in the big city and never learned any real-life skills until we stumbled upon this little plot of land five years ago. Ever since then, we have been on an accidental journey of learning to enjoy the simple things in life. We are weird!
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Conner
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2 comments:
You totally make me laugh! I hear you though... the older we get, the more "doors of opportunity" close behind us. I always kind of wanted to be a model in one of those glam magazines... now I have sun damage and cellulite. I guess as we get older, we realize that we are just human, you know? And it's ok to be human... for goodness sake, woman, you do the most important job in this world everyday. It's called Motherhood! And I must say, that your determination to be "green" and healthy, well... that is just amazing. You may not get recognized world-wide for it, but the people that know you and love you respect your greatly for it! Thanks for making the world a better place for our babies :)
Love ya!
Oh and picturing you naked in stilettos in the backyard?? LOL! :)
:) Thanks, Karin, you totally made me smile! You are such a good friend. I think you could be a model. You totally have that look and they can airbrush skin blemishes and cellulite! Although, once again...in the modeling world, I'm sure 25 is like old and washed up! Ha ha. So sad.
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