A Sign of Getting Old
Woman in the Middle | March 8, 2016I have noted among at least some of the folks I know who are older than me a lack of desire to leave home. I don’t mean to go to the grocery store. I mean to go away, spend the night someplace else, that sort of thing. Well, I must be getting old then. I have a conference to go to this week (which I think I already mentioned). It is in Long Beach, which is just far enough away to make it too far to come home at night. So I am leaving Hubby, the three cats, the dog, and the girls behind so I can learn lots of things about parks and recreation. If only I wasn’t dreading it so!
If it was a vacation with Hubby, I would be dancing out the door. But the idea of leaving everyone behind and going off on my own, well, that doesn’t have me dancing. I about had a panic attack the other day when I realized I might should leave some food behind for my family. Yes, they are all old enough to forage for themselves. But It would be kind of me, as the chief hunter and gatherer, to leave something behind for them to forage for.
Last night, I gathered the family around and we talked about who was going to do what for the pets. All that talk about medicine and what to do to minimize unfortunate incidents made me start thinking a bit more positively about the upcoming conference. A few days without animal excrement worries. Sounds pretty good to me!
I might take a computer or I might not. I am not sure I feel like dealing with that. If not, I may be absent for a few days from here. Don’t worry, I will be learning how to make the most of social media to promote a parks and recreation program. That is one of the talks I plan on going to. On Thursday night will be a fancy awards dinner. Who knows what I will wear to that! But our retiring general manager is getting an award and I want to be there.
Meanwhile, I am gathering together lots of reading material, in case I have an evening or two to relax in the hotel room. Heck, the hotel I am staying at has free breakfast. I love free breakfast! Hum, this whole conference thing is looking better and better!
Relax- enjoy – the family will survive and appreciate you more and you will be happy to get home and appreciate them even more too.
Relax- enjoy – the family will survive and appreciate you more and you will be happy to get home and appreciate them even more too.
Go have fun, for many of us no matter how old a children are we still worry about how they will fend for themselves it is just part of being a parent, ok more about being a mother as I know most fathers don’t stress out and worry about their adult children
I think it would be exciting to spend a week in Long Beach in a hotel and attend a conference. I like doing things like that. I hope you have fun in spite of all your worries.