I LOVE hanging out with my Arkansas family. I would move to Arkansas if Dave would allow it- I love it there. It is my home away from home. Plus I want to be permanently adopted by my aunt and uncle.
So Anna's team happened to be 1W-1L when I left for the day, with at least one more game to play. I got to watch them roll their eyes on the field during a loss and get lectured by the coach. So funny- I remember doing that. They are learning how to lose and still keep a focused attitude (not easy to teach!). But, as we all have learned at one time or another, if you keep your head in the right place, you just may turn your game around. Lose your focus, and you have lost the battle.
Of course in between games they were searching for different shaped rocks. How easily they can let things go! We all need to train and play in the moment and then move on just like our younger counterparts. I came home for "date night." It had an interesting start, as Dave had planned date night (a week ago when he was proving how romantic he can be) and then forgot we had it. I don't think you can teach an old dog new tricks, and I think I can count on my hands our "dates" in college. We ended up at Pete and Sams (always a good choice if you like to BYOW). So we end up talking about money- GREAT topic for date night as we are broke and mainly because I chose to go to college for 11 years with 3 degrees- 1 of which I use. And we will be in debt forever.
And I have this triathlon wish list- and it sounds reasonable to me. But again, I am the very educated debt creator and I don't have a leg to stand on. I want to race- go to the big races- get a coach- get race wheels- just the basic stuff, right? I promise to ride my bike forever! And Dave is just laughing in my face (but not a ha- ha laugh, but a dark, sinister, "no way in hell" laugh).
I bargain. I will start working extra shifts and take on a second job. I will use all of my fun money and will not ever stop at Chik-fil-A again. This is where Dave really chimed in. "If you spend any money on this stuff and I see junk food in the pantry I am throwing it out and you are in big trouble. You can't tell me you want all of this triathlon stuff and then eat crap." I agree, as I bring my glass of wine to my mouth- just a few more empty calories, please.
I do play powerball every week, so maybe my "disposable income" is right around the corner. I will pay off all of the student loans, buy Dave a new soccer bag and let him order as many satellite channels as he wants, and then sink the rest into all of my triathlon crap.
Date night ended with full tummies but nothing fulfilled on my wish list. So, the plotting continues....
6 comments:
I love that Dave will throw out any junk food he finds! I wish my husband did that instead of bringing home a dozen doughnuts... :) I told him this morning at Chick-Fil-A that those were the last hashbrowns he gets until after his marathon!
tell me the W in BYOW means whiskey.. oh and does it count if you have coupons for CFA?
Sounds like a great weekend :)
1. Those hashbrowns were likely the 'brain food' that made the difference in passing and failing my test. :-P 2. I love that I have my wife's last name in your list of other blogs. :-)
i just have to laugh about the 11 years in school thing and being broke....sounds so like me except i spent a couple more there, lol. and the irony of it all is that even if i were to work full time(and not GG) i would barely be able to support our family. sigh. but i did have fun in school and would probably go back in a heartbeat :)
so the moral of the story is: keep playing powerball!!!!
I completely commiserate! 8 years, 2 degrees (the more expensive of which I barely use), and insane monthly loan payments until I'm 60. My triathlon wishlist & wish-race-list go on and on... I'm with ya on the PowerBall! Good luck! :)
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