I’m feeling a little dull at the moment. Not in the energy or vitality sense. I feel great energy wise. Just feeling a little white picket fence. A little white bread. A little defeated by I guess because this year it is ten years since I left high school. And I had big plans when I left. I was going to travel the world. Be fabulous, footloose and fancy free. I was going to own an international advertising and pr company. I was never, ever, getting married before the age of 30. I was never going to get put the weight back on that I had worked my ass off to loose in high school.
Actual events look more like this;
- I left school and moved out to the beautiful Sunshine Coast as planned. I lived in a restored van across the road from Alex Surf Club and worked on and off at the water slides. Blowing my whistle and frying up chips. I spent a lot of time tanning and hangin around. Perfect. Plan executed wonderfully. Yay me. Tick.
- I attend two years of university studying advertising and marketing. By attend I mean I sometimes printed the notes from the new fangled Intranet. Sometimes I’d go and perv on hot Mitch in my Economics tutorials. I also went to uni night at the pub. Very. Very important.
- I proceeded to have a breakdown of sorts. Cracked it. Tossed it all in. Packed my bags and moved west. Waaaay west. My Dad gave me the instructions not to bring home a cowboy. In fact his wise words were that you can’t by MYER quality at TARGET. Righto Daddyo. Got it. I packed everything I owned into my little Toyota Echo up to the eyeballs, literally. Captured the attention of the Gladstone Highway Patrol and off I went. Adventure calling.
- In Emerald I worked in bars, pubs and the golf club. I spent some time working in kitchens. I sleep a lot during the day and spent even more time lounging around the public pool. Plus I met and was engaged to my husband after knowing him for 6 weeks. Whoops. Obviously forgot that bit of advice. However all at home agree Hubby is definitely MYER quality. All in all I was in Emerald for 9 months. The heat frizzed my hair and wore out my patience, I was outta there. Hubby 2 be came with me. Thank god.
- Move back to home town.
- Probably stay in home town forever! Might however move to the beach.
And that brings you up to date. Ha! A very simplified version anyway. We have taken a few overseas holidays. We have had businesses. I never did finish my degree. We have loved and lost. We have lived and laughed and all that jazz. And it looks completely different to what I thought life would.
Has that happened to you? It’s not that the life I’m living is inferior to the life I planned. Just different.
Do I still want the things I wanted when I was in school. Yeah, some of them. I wouldn’t mind dropping the weight I’ve gained, that’s for damn sure. And now I want other things too. I guess that’s just the way the life goes. It changes, develops, you take a step or two forward and a couple back.
I just wish I was more interesting. You know. Exciting. Cutting edge. Rich & Famous…? Nah. Probably not famous. Rich definitely, but not famous. So I might just do something about that. Bringing the excitement back. I might just start that business. I might just book that trip.
What are you going to do next?
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