Things will slow down

I think one of the biggest lies we tell ourselves as adults is, “after this week things will slow down and I’ll be able to get this or that done.”

Nope, sorry, it doesn’t really work that way.

It started for us when we were in school and had a big paper due. “As soon as I have this paper done I can get caught up on TV.”

Then in college it was, “Boy, as soon as this test is over I can take a break and go out with my friends.”

Along comes parenthood and its, “Once he’s sleeping through the night things are going to get better.”

But wait, no, now there’s basketball camp, early practices, late practices, college tours, games, girlfriends…face it, its never ending.

Finally! He’s off to college and mom and dad can relax.

Actually, that’s not quite right. Now you have time to volunteer, run for office or start that business you’ve always dreamed of.

Let’s face it, life is never going to slow down and really, we should be thankful it doesn’t.

I imagine I would be horribly bored if I didn’t have 287,000 things on my plate at once. I’m not sure I would know what to do with myself! Honestly, its probably better that I don’t have any spare time because who knows what kind of mischief I could come up with?