Meg This is Life

I Promise

I promise I’ll post a real post soon! I have a few Chicago pics to share - hopefully, I will get those up to tonight. But, it is a BIG week for me at work. I am in charge of our Christmas Parade that is this Friday, so about 95% of my attention is going to that. Its my 3rd parade for the City, so I think everything should go smoothly. Have a great Monday!

Strapped for Time

I’m a little strapped for time today, but thought I’d write a quick post. We had a great weekend with Anthony. He is so easy to be around. Love him. Lots. And lots. And lots. He left yesterday, and I skipped over to the Fairhope Pier after work to do a session with our friends, Gus & Emily Rios. Their little boy is 8 mos. You can check out some pictures here. After hanging out with them (and eating some very yummy sushi!), Mike & Daisy stopped by for some dessert. Mike’s parents live in town, and they pastor at my home church (for those who don’t know the back story). They are here for Thanksgiving and wanted to see Nik before he left. FIVE A.M. That is what time Nik left this morning. Its been a whirlwind day at the office as I put together as much as I can for the Christmas Parade before I leave for Chicago tomorrow. Tonight’s agenda: photo shoot, boot buying, packing, pilates, and some HGTV. I hope everyone has a super happy Thanksgiving! I’ll post some pics of Chicago when I get back!

SAHM: Stay at home mom.

I’m not going to lie. Somedays, I just really want to be a stay at home mom. I’m not really ready to be a SAHM with kids…so maybe I just want to be a SAHW: Stay at home wife. I’ve mentioned this before, but today I want to actually explore the idea.

I’m really not lazy. I promise. I am a hard worker and am usually pretty motivated. When I was younger, I always considered myself a career oriented girl. But, somedays, I just want to stay in PJ’s until 9:30, work out before lunch, take a long leisurely lunch, clean a little, cook a little, shop and drive around town without a single responsibility. Ok, ok. I would go crazy. We all need a little more to live for then that. It sounds glamorous for a second, but I think this list of evil would far outweigh the glamour:

1. I would bake. A lot. Then I would eat. A lot. And pretty soon, I’d probably be fat. I’d definitely be FAT.

2. I would shop. And spend. And it doesn’t really make sense to shop if I’m not even making any money, does it? So, at this point, I would be FAT AND BROKE.

3. I would get lazy. You know that laziness that snowballs? The kind where you feel sooo tired after laying around all day? I would get sucked into People’s Court, Oprah and One Life to Live. I would not be able to turn the TV off. And before you know it, it would be 5 pm and I would still be without a shower, brushed hair and a drop of makeup. So now, I would be FAT, BROKE, AND UGLY!

4. I would drive Nik crazy. My on-the-hour phone calls would quickly turn into every-10-minute phones calls: “Whatcha doing? When are you coming home? Can you stop by the store? Pick up Dinner? I’m not really in the mood to cook because I’ve baked all day…..” He would come home only after there was nothing else for him to possibly do out in the world that day. And he would have to come home to ME. And I would be FAT, BROKE, LAZY, UGLY and then, one day, he probably just wouldn’t come home at all. He might sneak back to the house during my afternoon nap and get all his things. I would never know. I’d be out cold. The house a mess. Me, a mess.

So, I guess the whole SAHW thing should probably wait until I could be an actual SAHM. When I will at least have some purpose, you know, like motherhood. Even then, I think I’d have to just be a part-time SAHM. I’d have to work part-time, or do photography, or go back to school or be crazy involved with Nik and the church or something!

It was a nice dream for a moment, though, huh?

Newport, RI - A perfect place to be a SAHW :)

Random Rambling

The server for my blog had a technical difficulty and my site was down for a couple of days. I apologize to all my daily readers. Hahaha. I’m just kidding. I told Nik that I had daily readers with a big smirk on my face (of course I was on the phone) and he was like “you’ve got to be kidding me!” Haha. Love it.

Nik’s been away the last few days and I’m ready for him to come home. I even got him a little surprise! It was nice to have some Megan time this week, but I’m ready to have him back. Life just isn’t the same without him….guess that’s why I married him.

So….like I was saying the other day, I had to run our youth group last night. It actually went quite well. Everything went smoothly and that’s all I can ask for. As far as my speaking - its always hard to tell when you are talking to a bunch of kiddos. I’m definitely not as entertaining as Nik. I talked about friendship and finding community and how we should spur each on. I believe in that.

We are going to Chicago for Thanksgiving! Nik’s brother, Derek, is graduating from Navy boot camp the day before Thanksgiving (and Chicago is where he is doing his training). So, I’ve started to look over my wardrobe to make sure I have what I need. I have a lot of stuff from Springfield days, but I hardly ever look in my “winter” closet, let alone wear anything out of it.  I did snag a super cute (and SUPER cheap) pair of boots at Target. I’m wearing them today, and I actually got made fun of - “Down here in Alabama, we aren’t used to seeing those things.” Haha. They are still fashionable, even if they aren’t practical, right? My brother’s girlfriend, Cynthia, sent this awesome scarf down with my parents the other week. I’m in love with it (although I’ve only been able to wear it for about 20 minutes). I like that Cynthia.

Courtesy of my iPhone :)

I look kind of serious in that photo. Haha.  Have a good day everybody!

PS: If you know Derek and want to send him a letter, his address is:

SR White, James
Ship 04, USS Arleigh Burke, Division 008
3600 Ohio St
Great Lakes, IL 60088-7103