New and Exciting

Today as I was driving down the road this morning, lovely ocean view to my left, I realized I was feeling bored. That of course was accompanied by guilt - after all, I did have the afore mentioned lovely ocean view. But I did feel bored, and immediately linked it to discontentment. Two years ago when I found out we were moving here, you would have thought I'd won three million dollars, I was so overjoyed. I fell on my knees and sobbed with joy - seriously. But by now the excitement has worn off. The drudgery of life sometimes gets to me, and I want something different. Today though, I chided myself for not being just plain grateful for my life exactly the way it is. This life, what I have now, is what I ALWAYS dreamed of. I never longed for anything more than a husband and kids, and being a homemaker. When I thought of it that way, I was filled with contentment for what I have, and it felt wonderful! What a joy to be my husband's support through all the ups, downs, and pay cuts at work right now. What a joy to be a stable at-home Mommy to my girls. So with that joy, I took the kids to the park first thing this morning, which was fun because it's not something we do every morning. There was an older man there with his grand-daughter. He informed me that his family was on their way back to Omaha - they were here for the AT&T golf tournament, where they hung out with Justin Timberlake and Jessica Beal. I think God must have been chuckling to give my day that interesting dimension. Isn't He funny like that? ;)