We all go through moments where we “feel old.” We realize how old a certain song or movie is, we see a relative’s kids growing up, we want to be in our beds and done for the night by 9:00 PM, sometimes even earlier. You get what I mean.
Well I had one of those moments today. We have new neighbors across the street from us, a young couple. After going out this afternoon we saw a bunch of cars along the street and realized these neighbors were having a party.
As I had dinner (which was full of getting up and down frequently to get things for Bryce and the girls) I kept looking at the party in the neighbors’ backyard which I could see each time I got up. I saw them doing shots and playing some drinking games. I immediately was thinking oh great we have these young partiers living across from us old farts. (I jump to conclusions and am very judgmental.)
Then I realized I’m just getting old. My party and drinking days are long behind me. Chris and I went to parties as a young couple and used to do whatever whenever but that all changed once we had kids and that’s ok.
We weren’t rowdy young kids even if we may have stayed out late at a few parties or drank too much one party before Super Bowl Sunday where I spent the next day hungover on the couch and I recall a friend on the floor with an empty wine bottle at the end of that night but enough about that party and those days.
Times change, life changes and we don’t do what we used to. There are times I’m sometimes jealous of the carefree times these young neighbors or other friends are having but my life is full of my kids now who give me more joy than any drink or party can.
While I observed the party across the street I fluctuated between I’m so old and boring to I’m just older and my priorities have changed and that’s ok.
Even with kids, we need some breaks and carefree outings here and there but the out all night and hungover mornings are a thing of the past. And that’s ok.
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