Hey, mamas! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and that your new year started off fabulous! Any new year’s resolutions? I’d love to hear about them and whether or not you’ve broken them already! I haven’t made one in years because I can never keep mine. But I was at least HOPING this year would start off great and just progress from there…alas, I was wrong.
Now, December ended great as we finally were able to trade in Ruby (my Jeep) for another car. We went in hoping for the Buick we were looking at but left with a newer Ford. Nothing will ever beat the Hyundai that we had (that I regret trading in). I suppose the Ford is closer than the Jeep was. We have had her for about a month now and I’m still kind of getting used to her. Any other moms get a new vehicle to try starting off the new year on good standing?
My daughter insisted we find a name for here ASAP. Finally, she came up with “Blue-bly.” I told her that it seems to be a bit hard to pronounce for some people. I told her we should find another name that would be easier and pretty. She then blurted ‘Sally!’ Surprised, I told her that was a great name. And so, meet our new Sally!
Now, we’ve already had a mishap with her. Coming out of the school parking lot, one of the other moms backed out of her spot right into us as we were leaving. I’m not sure what it is about the blue SUVs we tend to get, but we always seem to have someone back out of a spot as we drive by them and hit us. Happened right after we got the Hyundai and now the Ford. Very strange. Thankfully, it was a very minor scrape and nothing that needed reported. Just slightly irritating.
So! How about those resolutions? I may decide to come up with one. But I want to kind of keep it to myself until I can, hopefully, make progress. Then I can update you all on it later this year. Shh! I already have a small idea. 🙂
Unfortunately, our year didn’t really stay in great standing. Sad, right? It’s only the first month! Anyway, I’ll spare the details but it’s just turning into another crap year. I’m not giving up, though. Who knows? Maybe new opportunities will just pop up and I won’t have to stress over things I can’t control. I’m just tired of worrying all the time. But that’s mom life, right? Worry and stress. What happened to the great mom life things, though? Parks, cook-outs, camping, or even just having fun in the backyard! I want to enjoy my life again. I really do miss being a mom!
I miss the days when we could just be a family and enjoy our times together. Now it feels like we’re going through the motions. Work, pick up kids, dinner, bed, and repeat. Our kiddos are growing like weeds and we’re missing it all. They’re lacking the fun of a beautiful childhood, and we are lacking the enjoyment of watching them have fun. It just breaks my heart.
And with that, I tell you that I want my life back. I want the fun and the joy. I need things to change. The only way for that to happen is to take charge! We need plenty of rides in our new baby, Sally! 2024 HAS to be our year!
Anybody else? 🙂
