Well hello there! – I am a 50+ mom of two kids and one husband; respectfully. I have been married to my husband for 20+ years (I think…..) Some years have been good and some not so good. Some years I wonder how we survived and others I think we are all just living in a dream.
Kids.. Of course. Daughter – 17 and a son who is 13. We were lucky enough to be the chosen ones to adopt these two. How we got there is a whole other story. Or a series of stories I guess.
We also have several pets in our house. We currently have two dogs. They are “ankle biters” but love to snuggle and are great emotional support animals (not the highly trained expensive kind. The “why are you crying while you watch another true crime documentary?”
My daughter (well my husband takes care of them 75% of the time) has two pink bellied turtles who reside in our home too; each housed in their own 100 gallon tanks. They managed to cause $35,000 in damages to our basement. Yep, two turtles did all that. Again, that’s another story.
I live in the midwest (The real midwest) – in which we question why we live in this area many days. For various reasons. I have lived in this part of the country for most of my life. .
I work full time and am lucky enough to be able to work from home 100% of the time. I have an amazing boss and company that I work for. Having the ability to be home makes our busy lives much easier to navigate. Especially due to my husband working out of town every day. I need to have the flexibility.
I wanted to start writing this blog because I think I am going crazy. I am truly trying to figure out if my life is really the way everyone else’s lives are or if my life is really that chaotic and screwed up. Do all families have turtles that cause $35,000 damage to their basement?
There are and have been in my past just too many days when I say to myself “WTF now?”. And the actual WTF is some messed up, would have never imagined situation you absolutely have no idea what to do. But, I did my best. I think.
In addition to questioning my decisions I also feel my frustrations growing. I am asking myself “DID I REALLY SIGN UP FOR THIS?” After my choices have been made.
So that’s it. That’s where I begin. Some days thinking about the absolute bonkers things I’ve been through. Hopefully I find out this “normal”. That all families go through unique situations. Hopefully I’m nobody special!
Did I Really Sign Up For This? 