The Down Sides

Turns out colorado can't cure all my ills. Damn. In general, though, there are many ills I don't mind as badly here. That's nice. But here is a list of what Colorado can't cure:

1. Getting bored at work. I love my job. It feels amazing to help people achieve their goal of getting a college degree. But sometimes I get bored and can't listen and can't care. Colorado might actually make this worse because very occasionally I might be tempted to craigslist for a bed or research winter coats during work. Yesterday there were a variety of things that were more interesting than work. Yoga, downloading a new eBook reader, attending a meeting about the swim team, taking Quinn on a mommy walk, more craigslist, more research.

2. Cramps. Colorado does not end menstrual cramps, stop your period from coming, or cure infertility. Damn. Colorado might actually make these things worse, too. Think about it. Camping with your period? Not cool. That is basically what I am doing as I sleep on the floor and live the hard life without an ottoman. It's rough. Plus, I want my last baby to come join us soon so we can be a full Colorado family. Also, a reason to get fat and try all the restaurants would be perfect right now. No such luck.

3. A Place to make a friend. I meet people all the time. But I have no place to "make a friend." I usually use my house. I invite people and host them and make them be my friend. My other approach for the homebody type friend is to knock on their door to say hi once a day until they just start yelling, "come in." Best friends. But I am a little scared to knock on doors still. I don't know who lives where. And I can't invite people here yet. My biggest fear is that my future best friend will want to get to know me on a crazy hard hike or even a small hike. Great in theory. Horrible in practice. I would be humiliated to hike with anyone but Tim. I'm slow. I huff and puff. And I get pretty grouchy. I don't want to seem like a wimp or an uncool non-hiker. But I'm pretty novice. I'll get judged.

4. Crying children. Colorado does not stop children from crying all day and driving me crazy. It does however make this a little better and give me more time to spend with my kids and teach them things. I'm figuring out who I want to be as a mom. That's nice. But why won't they stop crying?! Come on, Colorado!!