An Exercise in Futility….

Life is good. Mom was in town visiting this weekend while husband was in Georgia playing rugby. We weren’t tourists as planned. Instead we went shopping on Saturday and yesterday hung around the house since Mom was hit by a cold.

In all, a quiet, relaxing weekend. I’m thankful for my wonderful family and fantastic life.

I feel old.

We met up with some of husband’s coworkers for drinks after they had dinner downtown last night. We arrived at the bar around 8:30 PM (look at us staying out late on a school night) and promptly ordered mojitos. While not the best tasting mojitos we’ve ever had, there was a great bit of liquor in them. I finished mine pretty quickly and another showed up in it’s place – one that I did not order. I wasn’t going to turn it down though. A shot was soon put in my hand and our friends showed up right after that. We went upstairs as the birthday girl’s ex was starting to DJ.

The tunes got cranked up. I had another drink and we laughed and danced for a couple of hours. Husband and I finally headed home and crawled into bed. Sleep came quickly and I felt like I had been hit by a truck when husband woke me up after his shower. Thank goodness it wasn’t my day to walk Lucky. I had two cups of coffee and a bagel with cream cheese, onion, and lox before I started to feel normal.

Tonight we’re going to the bar. I’m looking forward to it and also looking forward to our plans for tomorrow night. We’re going to stay home. A little Daily Show watching. Some True Blood. Frozen pizza perhaps? A touch of bourbon. Knitting or spinning for me and WoW or PS3 for husband.

We’re such nerds.

Leaves on cobbles, originally uploaded by straaddreamer.

A very wise man (his name was Gary) once pointed out to me that it is okay for one to slow down a bit this time of year. To pay attention to the weather and temperature change. To appreciate everything going on around me. To reflect on the gifts I have been given.

He’s right. But I just call it being lazy.
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With everything going on in the financial markets, it would be easy to get worked up about it. After all, I used to work in the investment world and I currently have a 401k invested in large cap domestic and global mutual funds. My current boss gives me an hourly update on the market at work everyday. I’ll admit to a little bit of nausea over the last week, but it’s because I’m old enough to understand the implications and how this filters down to Joe Sixpack down the street. At the end of the day, I have to stay optimistic. Life is too fleeting to be doom and gloom all of the time. Husband and I have good jobs, wonderful friends, supportive families, and a dog that thinks the sun rises and sets on our command.
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Our second spinning class is tonight. Beginning Wheel. I vacillate between really really really wanting a spinning wheel and then not because we don’t have the space. Tonight’s class and the one in two weeks won’t help that. Even so, I’ve been impressed with the amount of yarn I’ve spun with the drop spindle over the last week.