Boring Ole Me.
It’s all over and I’m equal parts desperate to have my life get back to normal AND devastated that my life has to get back to normal. It reminds me of my family moon (we had E when we got married so we took a FAMILYmoon instead of a HONEYmoon) and how I was very sad to not be planning my wedding anymore. You spend a huge chunk of time and energy on one thing for so long, and then it’s over. And you find yourself going, Wait. Where am I? What am I doing? GIVE ME SOME HAIR TO FRENCH TWIST.
Luckily, Nikki was excited about my night off and my anxious hands and she let me french twist her hair last night. She’s cooperative like that. I can’t believe that I now know how to French twist. WHO AM I? I also learned to do wigs and style guy’s hair. And, of course, I learned to grease up and streak my own kid’s hair.
Don’t we all, at some point, have to learn to style our kids hair with grease and gray streaks? No? Oh. Just me then.
Either way…I have all of these hair skills now. And last year I learned how to do basic theater makeup. I’m becoming quite the backstage Jack of all Trades, aren’t I?
And now? I’m just back to being boring ole Kim.
::sigh::
It doesn’t help the withdrawals that I’m behind on my domestic life. I kept using the show as an excuse to put off everything from showering (WHAT?) to vacuuming or cleaning toilets. Now all of that TOTALLY AWESOME stuff is waiting for me instead of the excitement of backstage with a bunch of high school kids.
::SIGH::
Luckily…my kids are kinda cool. We got to play board games last night and Wes helped me cook dinner by being the first to use my new meat tenderizer. See? THAT’S excitement, right there. I BOUGHT MY FIRST MEAT TENDERIZER. Way more exciting than the theater. New kitchen tools!
So, life is back to normal. Except I’m totally an owner of a meat tenderizer now. Meaning my life is waaaay more exciting than it was before Beauty and the Beast. I mean…I can tenderize meat now! It’s a non-stop party over here.
Come on, Kim!
Don’t worry about the let-down feeling, it’ll pass quickly. I know what you mean though, I feel it everyime I finish a big project. I feel it’s my brain’s way of telling me I can handle more than just my ‘normal’ life and although it can make me restless, it also makes me feel that that drive is one of the best parts of life. You’re obviously meant for great things! It won’t be too long before you’re running around like a chicken with its head cut off (again) thinking about where your free time with the family ever went!
Mel – Thanks! And in reality? I’m completely happy with my calm life right now. Because the kids are enough to keep me busy. Especially now that my daughter wants me to do her hair every morning in a French Twist like I did for B&B! I’m suddenly running a salon post-breakfast every day!
Ju
I love that photo of you and E! And I am terribly envious of your French twist skills! It’s hard having that letdown after something so absorbing and fun, isn’t it? I feel that way after a holiday, or a fun weekend visiting my in-laws. Then I have to return to my ordinary life, and it’s nothing but work and figuring out what we’re all going to eat. Bleah. I try to plan for the next thing, and find something to look forward to. And I would TOTALLY go buy a meat tenderizer, but I already have one. Maybe cookie cutters instead.
Haha I was just cleaning out the cupboard yesterday, and I was thinking I should use it – now it’s like the universe is conspiring and I simply MUST tenderize some meat
You look pretty in the pic with E~~hope your pain is subsiding~~~tc!!! E looks so grown up now from when I stumbled onto your blog seaching for sth else ages ago ~~ xx