Can anyone tell me? This shit is like 10 years old. Zombie!!!
Anyway, lots of changes going on in my life right now. Most i am not going to detail here other than to say it will be an interesting year. Some big things are on my horizons and it will be interesting to see how they turn out.
Speaking of interesting things and changes – my coworker Eric is now a dad. Want to congratulate him and his wife Jen on that. Now, i know my mom reads my site (probably one of the only readers ha!) and while i have not explicitly stated this in the past in such definitive terms i can say now that i have no plans of having a kid. I don’t think i’d be a great dad – little things just irritate me and i don’t even like kids. I can’t say that one day adoption wouldn’t be on the table, because i think there are lots of kids out there who were born “unwanted” and that really sucks. But, neither my wife or I want to go through this whole process. Just isn’t appealing to us at all. I think of us as being more courageous anyway – everyone has kids. Plus it is a pretty shitty world to bring a kid up in these days. I had it much better when i was growing up.
Plus x 2 i hate it when people act like you not wanting to have kids is somehow an indictment on you, or a shortcoming. That makes me laugh.
Maybe that is my warped thinking at work, oh well.
<We’re gonna have to move on, move on – Cranberries playing>
Did i mention i don’t want to be an accountant when i grow up? Or ever have to look at another excel spreadsheet? Thats all i do at work anymore. It is important work, but it just isn’t me.
Maybe i am a little weird saying this but, i miss hanging out with my sister in-law and her boyfriend back in Fort Collins. Maybe it is sappy ass Cranberries playing STILL in my headphones. I am also trying to like beer so next time i am there i can have more fun on the brewery bike tour.
<There is no other place i’d lay down my face – Cranberries singing>
Know what else i miss? Staying up all night. Sleeping till noon. The sound of a lawnmower outside my window and birds chirping on a sunday afternoon while i take a nap. BBQ Pizza from Pizza Hut or potato balls from Lucy Ho’s at lunch drenched in soy sauce and mingled with fried rice. Skateboarding in the driveway with childhood friends, or playing ghost in the graveyard in Ronnie’s backyard where i’d hide in the bushes near the pool.
I need a haircut but i am too lazy to call the stylist.
I also feel like going out to the store after work to buy a game for the Xbox 360 i never play anymore.
So, why am i listening to the Cranberries again? I guess it is good “write down random shit” music.
Well, naturally, a mother wants to become a grandparent one day. There is no use pretending it is not disappointing to me. However, it is better if you know you aren’t cut out to be a parent before having the child! At that point, it is too late. Children are not returnable like clothing that no longer fits you.
So, if this is the way you and Kelly feel, then it is your decision and your lives. It’s good also that you both agree on this. I am surprised and disappointed, but I will get over it.
I hate that song, and now you’ve stuck it in my head. How can a little woman with such short hair bray so annoyingly? It’s incongruous, and I demand you cease listening to it at once!
(I have nothing constructive to add.)
Well, i think you might have missed the point in my arguments here. When i say that not wanting to have kids DOES NOT MEAN you aren’t *cut out for it*. Isn’t it okay to just not want kids?
If i would be a poor dad it would only be because i don’t really want to have kids. I couldn’t even pretend to be a poor dad though because i have 3 kids already (2 dogs, cat)
I didn’t know your statements were “arguments”….you stated you and Kelly didn’t want to have children that you didn’t have the patience for them and you didn’t even like kids. All I have done is say that, naturally, I am disappointed. I had hoped that I would have biological grandchildren….but maybe that is not meant to be. Selfish on MY part…..probably.
However, I do have 2 stepchildren, so maybe I’ll be a grandmother one day anyway. I happen to think I would be a wonderful “granny”!
I never understood your taste in music…except U2…fruity music like your fruity drinks…have a Guiness and listen to The Who…and let your hair grow long…then have some kids.
signed,
Lionel the Lifechanger
Thank Goodness you’re back, Strada!!!! The voice of reason has returned! Missed ya, big guy!
It’s cliche but my 6month old son has been both the hardest thing and most rewwarding thing I have ever done. I was of the same mind as you b4, but if you ever do change your mind, or have a happy/unhappy accident…you won’t regret it…Plus, how cool would it be to have a dad who likes video games!