I ran into my therapist yesterday at the public library.
I suppose this is not that surprising. It's a small town. Her kids went to the same elementary school as LG.
I've seen her from a distance a couple times at the grocery store, etc. But I really didn't have any choice yesterday but to walk up to her and say hi. He's cute! she said, about Tiny Boy, the subject of our many conversations from embryo-hood on. Enjoy!
Indeed.
Have I said I'm having something resembling a mid-life crisis? Like, what do you do after you got everything you ever wanted? Happiness is a strange place to be.
I suppose this is not that surprising. It's a small town. Her kids went to the same elementary school as LG.
I've seen her from a distance a couple times at the grocery store, etc. But I really didn't have any choice yesterday but to walk up to her and say hi. He's cute! she said, about Tiny Boy, the subject of our many conversations from embryo-hood on. Enjoy!
Indeed.
Have I said I'm having something resembling a mid-life crisis? Like, what do you do after you got everything you ever wanted? Happiness is a strange place to be.
Yep, I'm here, too. Employed. Two children. Great house. I feel like I need to invent crisis. ;)
ReplyDeleteTHREE books, BTW? Can I worship at your feet?
And yes, I hope we meet some day. Maybe you'll shoot me an email. I promise, I won't tell a soul.
(justinedothdotlevine, at gmail.)
Justine, it's really 1.5 books (one accepted, one pending revision) plus 1 circulating and 2 in various states of (in)completion.
ReplyDeleteWill do!
Oh yes, similar "mid life crisis" has been going on since I had boy #2 and got faculty job (all in one day...) 2 years ago. All The Things I wanted are here----now I feel like I'm obsessed with making them all "better" because I can't not keep striving upwards...
ReplyDeletetherapists are people too...and the frequent libraries :)
ReplyDeleteYes, how does one shift from trying to GET everything they want to simply HAVING everything they want. Please post when you've got that figured out. I feel like I'm going to need your wisdom on that.
Ana, yeah, I hear you.
ReplyDeleteAnd Augusta, I know :)
I think part of human nature is probably the state of desire...so it needs to shift somewhere once one is fulfilled...maybe... you're the life expert, not me!