Bored?

I used to think housewives must get really bored with nothing to do but wipe noses and fold laundry.  I once almost panicked at the thought of such a fate, as I was spending some time with a friend who had gotten her master's degree only to turn mother and wife; I could almost feel her 'bower closing in about her, a hutch to trammel some wild thing in.'  But that was before I had kids and at the very start of my career.  Then I had a career and a kid.  Then just a kid.  Now I wonder how I ever thought a career was what life was all about.  My problem was I wasn't looking at a stay at home mom as a talented, useful person; I saw the laundry and the baby and assumed that was all there was to the story.

I was reflecting the other day on a 'typical' day around here: get husband's car unstuck from snow bank, pull a calf, pretend we're in a Star Wars movie, go get groceries...and that's just before lunch, nope, life is anything but dull!  Actually I've had far longer and more boring days at work than I've ever had at home.  As G.K. Chesterton says, 'an adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered,' so whether you're at home or abroad, go have an adventure or two and enjoy your day!