I had an impromptu trip to T town yesterday with one of my besties–I’m thankful to have a few! From the moment we left town we laughed nonstop! I cried one when we talked about Jesus, a little quiet when we talked about the stages/friendships of our kids, but then we laughed, ate, laughed, ate some more, and continued to do both until we pulled in her drive at 10:30 p.m. and it was the best trip I’ve had in a really long time.
Sometimes I think we get caught up in the mundane tasks of livimg life and what that entails that we forget to laugh! We forget to take care of US! We forget to let loose and put other things aside for fear. Fear of what you ask? I don’t know, being judge if someone stops by? Our kids or spouses saying how we didn’t cook dinner? Fear of “I’m not there to do to it, whatever shall they do?” I mean seriously! I don’t like it when the dishes pile up (but they do)! I don’t like it when laundry piles up (but it does)! I don’t like it when the bathroom (especially) goes uncleaned (but it does)! And guess what?! Im human and I hate chores, so all of those things are going to happen anyway! So I took a prime opportunity to leave everything behind for the day, and it proved to be the best choice ever!
Of all the places we went our biggest laugh came from a worker at Dick’s sporting goods. Ryan has been wanting a new G Shock watch so we go in (with our masks on) and ask where the watches are! The man looks very confused and said, “ma’am you know this is a sporting good store, right?” I felt a little silly, but I thought he possibly didn’t understand me so I pointed to my wrist and said I was looking for the “watches”, ya know bc this particular brand is kind of a “sporty” type watch. In the end we just had to walk away because they didn’t have what I was looking for. And maybe you don’t hear the humor, but the guy was dead serious when he told me it was a sporting good store and they didn’t carry sporting good watches! I left a little confused, but it was the best laugh of the night! Maybe it’s because we were hungry, again, or maybe it was because that was our 3rd store, but it will forever be a memory embedded into my head! And those are the best!
I’m asking myself, and you, how many times do we skip these moments in life? How many times do we decline the invite because we think WE HAVE to put chores and other things OVER the opportunity times that will allow us to have fun! I almost did this time and I very quickly realized, never again! The dishes, the laundry, the dusting, the keeping kids in check…..it can all wait! It will ALL be there when I come back! The kids CAN MANAGE without me for a day!
Our mental health is SO IMPORTANT, and way too often we put it on the back burner! And we don’t put it there just to keep it warm, we turn the whole thing off! I honestly didn’t even know how much I needed that time with my Q! She is my go to girl, who knows me like a book, and we laughed until we cried SO MANY TIMES!!!
When the unplanned presents itself, consider going! Everything else will still be there when you get back! And it will be okay! When I got up this morning to find that my children did NOTaTHING, I heavily sighed and went back to my warm bed! Ha! And when I get energy, I’ll go back and pick up where I left off from the day before! And I’ll even do it with a smile! Why? Because taking the day off rejuvenated me in a way that made me realize, I need to take time for myself to laugh often! Everything else can wait!
Enjoy Every Moment 