Coming together. . .
December 30, 2008
***This one cracks me up. . . and is unfinished. . . and will remain that way because I can no longer be so positive about these people! Ha!***
For the past 6 months, I’ve mostly led two separate lives.
1. Single Mom of 2
2. Badass Social Networking Princess
Most of the time, I’m Mom. Every Wednesday, and every other weekend, I get to play Princess.
For the first time this weekend, I finally got over my fear of my children behaving badly enough to completely alienate all of my friends. . . and I dragged them along to a big crawfish dinner with dozens of friends Saturday night. Not only did we all survive, but the kids like crawfish. Ugh!
Because I’m pretty much a poster child for Doesn’t Stop Once Started, I also hauled the kids to a BBQ Sunday. . . which, again, turned out just fine!
Mine were the only kids at either event, and I expected, a little bit, to be extremely uncomfortable and awkward. But, as repeatedly mentioned before, my friends rock. Not only were we completely unawkward, we all had a blast. And, for the first time since I got the kids, I didn’t feel locked away from society on my kid weekend.
I also felt like my friends got to see a little more accurate account of who I am. Because I don’t typically take the kids along for social adventures, most of my friends just haven’t seen me as a mom, and probably have a pretty hard time imagining it.
When this whole thing started, I knew it would be a challenge to transition from the crazy, carefree life I had to the new responsible for 2 kids life. . . and I knew it would be difficult to get my friends to wrap their heads around the change. What I did not know is that I would accidentally fall into a new circle of friends who never knew me before, and who are available for my crazy, non-kid party times. . . but who also know me as a mom and are wholeheartedly supportive of me in it.
It makes little sense that my social life has been cut by 75% but has been so much more rewarding ever. But, like all things in life, I suspect this is another example of how the universe conspires to
Posted in Dating & Related Drama | 2 Comments »
December 30, 2008 at 3:28 pm
who keeps who out of trouble, the children for you, or you for the children, that is the question? i have no doubt that you have installed the good public behavior gene in the little ones.
January 2, 2009 at 10:29 am
It sounds to me that you have learned that your life doesn’t have to end just because you now have children. I wish I would have learned that nearly 8 years ago when children began populating my household.
With you as a role model, I have no doubt that your children are well behaved and most people are in awe at how well behaved!