No..not really
(sorry juts being honest!)
The weather still SUCKS! You have never seen anything
like it. Can’t plan to go golf-or bike or miniputt as rains on and off throughout
the whole day unpredictable.
But..I have resigned myself to the weather. The longer bad
things happen to me the more I get accustomed to them it seems. The easier it
is. It is the initial shock of “oh my we have 24 days of crap weather” that
really gets to me
After I resign myself I am actually fairly peaceful . And
this blog does a lot for my venting abilities.
I got so many nice emails after my last blog. I think I
shocked a few people actually with my non rose colored class and my glass half
empty attitude. My aunt sent me suggestions to out on a family play, my sister
in law ides for contests for iMovie’s and cooking and suggested to the library
and rent a yoga video. My sweet niece reads my blog everyday (I love this!!!!!)
and I could feel that she was a little worried for me tooJ
All good ideas and thanks of all the loveJ))!!
The thing is it’s hard to explain that our passion? It’s
for Water. Jet skiing, sailing, kayaking, wakeboard, wakeskate, slalom, water singing,
kneeboard, tubing, boating, surfing, windsurf. Its kind like as if someone went
to NYC for three weeks to look at art and all museums were closed. Or to TangleWood
for music and all the musicians were sick, or to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and the
mountain had crumpled. All great ideas and alternatives (we are doing plenty to
keep busy and happy)…but just SUCKS that we can’t enjoy and any of our passions
this year.
But we are doing well of course. We are living together
and being together and just keeping it simple. We went bowling, and watch
movies, and make bucket lists and rented a jet ski in the cold and wore hats
and gloves and socks and Billyboots and had a great day. Tonight we are going
to do “la luge” in the rain done the Tremblant Mountain and eat fondue.
I wish we were not as outdoorsy as we are. We will need
to change that. We literally feel it is a
crime to stay inside in summer ever….we look at people funny who do. We
live (d) outdoors. Have to change that and get some serious new hobbies. I just
can’t seem to convert to the plays and contests as wonderful as I think those
ideas are!!!!
Anyways there is always a lesson to be learnt isn’t there
in life? These three complete weeks of rain and crap have taught me the
following:
1-l need to not separate life and vacation so much in my
head. One has to flow into the other.
2-I need to seriously seriously seriously take up a hobby
that I adore (besides reading and writing) that have nothing to do with weather
3-I need to listen to the angel (my Dad in a wetsuit in
the sky-whole other story) and garden???? OMFG!!
4-I need to learn from my husband’s example
5-I need to understand that the goal that was given to us
this summer on vacation is to rebuild, and live simply and normally. Everything
has a purpose.
6-Always book a vacation down south in the summer
7-Never take these weeks in July again
8-Never have sports like ours that are money pits and weather dependant
9-always have a backup plan
10-Continue to be a kind and loving wife and mother even
if your insides are screaming: “SHINE ON ME ALREADY”
11-Learn to be the type of person who likes family plays,
and craft contests (it’s never going to happen even if I try-same goes for
gardening)
12-Count my blessings that for this very moment in time. For right now and right here…that weather
is still my biggest obstacle.
13-Know that one day I will be thankful for these weeks
as have a lot of time to think and have decided on my next two books( and
keynote speeches). In 5-7 yrs I will be well known. Yup confidence never hurt
did it??
13-be thankful that the more negative, more dramatic and
more I swear on my blog? My worldwide blog audience grows and grows!!!!!
