What the . . . You want me to do what?
It's Mom's turn to post, and I am happy to hand over the reins this Monday morning. I mentioned the difficulty of balance earlier this month with my The Delicate Balancing Act of Life post. Enjoy Mom's take on a similar idea.***There are some things I just won't do. I took one look at bungee jumping and knew I had too many things left on my bucket list. Trust me, I am never going to eat escargot no matter how much garlic butter you drizzle on it, period. I'm also not going to play chicken; why tear up a perfectly good car. And, I'm never, yes never, going to cliff dive off the Bridge at Seven Pools in Kipahulu. Nope, not for a billion dollars, not that anyone's offering.
However, I was startled the other day when a friend poised a question that elicited the response, "What the . . . You want me to do what?"The question: "Can you slow down?"What in the world did she mean by that? I AM slow. I mean I'm crawling. Well, maybe not today, or yesterday, but tomorrow I will show her a thing or two. Slow down? I'm all about relaxing, sunning−as soon as I clear a few things off my calendar, I'll be ready to party!I walked over to check on those party dates, and well . . . that's the deepest word I can come up with to own up to my crisis. Okay, I admit it, I am a little overbooked. Now it's only a temporary nuisance that I've created, you understand. I told my husband, "We're retired! We can do what we want to do, anytime we want to do it."He said, "Look at the damn calendar."He pointed out that of the 72 days of summer (June 21 to my cut-off of August 31), we have 15 days with nothing to do. What does the man want? He has 20% of the summer to plan. He should be a little more humbled by my efficiency. Alone, I realize I am too busy. Where's the whole business of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" these days?Gypsy Rose Lee spouted, "It's hard to face the problem when the problem is in your face." But I have to! So I think I will endorse another saying of Gypsy's, "If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly . . . very slowly." So I implemented a new strategy. I still book things, but I'll plan on everything taking twice as long. Perfect! From this day forward, I do declare to plan the fun before the maddening pace!Girls,That's all they really want Some fun When the working day is done Girls, they want to have fun Oh girls just want to have fun!
Do you need to schedule some fun?
However, I was startled the other day when a friend poised a question that elicited the response, "What the . . . You want me to do what?"The question: "Can you slow down?"What in the world did she mean by that? I AM slow. I mean I'm crawling. Well, maybe not today, or yesterday, but tomorrow I will show her a thing or two. Slow down? I'm all about relaxing, sunning−as soon as I clear a few things off my calendar, I'll be ready to party!I walked over to check on those party dates, and well . . . that's the deepest word I can come up with to own up to my crisis. Okay, I admit it, I am a little overbooked. Now it's only a temporary nuisance that I've created, you understand. I told my husband, "We're retired! We can do what we want to do, anytime we want to do it."He said, "Look at the damn calendar."He pointed out that of the 72 days of summer (June 21 to my cut-off of August 31), we have 15 days with nothing to do. What does the man want? He has 20% of the summer to plan. He should be a little more humbled by my efficiency. Alone, I realize I am too busy. Where's the whole business of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" these days?Gypsy Rose Lee spouted, "It's hard to face the problem when the problem is in your face." But I have to! So I think I will endorse another saying of Gypsy's, "If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly . . . very slowly." So I implemented a new strategy. I still book things, but I'll plan on everything taking twice as long. Perfect! From this day forward, I do declare to plan the fun before the maddening pace!Girls,That's all they really want Some fun When the working day is done Girls, they want to have fun Oh girls just want to have fun!Do you need to schedule some fun?
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