Over active brain?

Sometimes I have to remind myself not to over think things. People do things for a reason - and even once they are done - you can not go back and change them. There are no do-overs in life. Life is too fleeting to take time wondering what it is that YOU have done. Perhaps it is those around us who are harboring too many thoughts - so we re-think.

Maybe there is something to be said to being a simpleton. How do I get to that? To not think too much?

Morning Hold Out

I can recall being invited to elementary school sleep overs at a friend's house. The excitement and fun was great!  All until the morning. You see, I am a morning person. I get up fairly early every day. Ok, I'm not in the military so I'm not crazy - but you know like, 6:30 or 7:00 every morning without an alarm.

In the morning, I would lay there among the other girls - but not knowing if I should just get up and quietly do somethign (I think that is how I got sooo into magazines - because I could quietly look at them). I would lay there an stare at the ceiling wondering if I should get up and go sit in the kitchen with my friend's parents or just lay there until everyone else was up. Eventually I would hold out until the other girls woke up.

So I grew up, I've stayed my fair share on friend's couches.  That makes it easier to know when they are up - because I could just pretend I was asleep until they made noise and I would beautifully (almost as though it were some sort of coreography) stretch and appear to wake up right then. My own personal version of Sleeping Beauty (not necessarily with the handsome prince kiss to wake me up).

But there have been the few times that I have stayed in the "guest room". I would listen and listen for noise to see if the other person was awake. Going to the bathroom always seems to help (because then you can look around and see if they are awake or not).

There are still lessons that I have not learned as an adult - like what to do when you wake up early!  Does anyone else agonize about being the early guest or the one that sleeps way in? How do the rules change when you are at a guy's house? Do you sneak out? Do you do the sleeping beauty thing?

PenPal to TextPal to Caller?

I may have mentioned one or twenty times before that I am on some online dating sites. Working at home (for myself) does not really lend itself to being a great way to meet new people). 

so my question today is - why oh why do guys keep going and going with being someone's pen-pal but never call? I have been communicating with a couple guys that I'm really quite interested in meeting in person. They both have my number - which really has done nothing more than moving the back and forth pen-pal tendencies from the dating site to now being text friends. 

Seriously, I must be too old for this kind of dating or I don't really get it. When someone goes as far as giving  you their number and/or inviting you to be a friend on their facebook page...THEY ARE INTERSTED. I won't say no if they say do you want to meet for coffee or drinks or something? 

But still, I somehow think that it is in the hands of the guy to be the one that asks the girl out. I'm not sure what that stems from so...I guess I will have a few more text friends and add to my facebook friends numbers?

Do you know of others that have this same weird dichotomy? How to we (girls) help to push the guys to actually ASK? 

Crested Butte Family

Every family has a history, a place that they are from and a place where they have roots. My family (at least my dad's side) is from Crested Butte, Colorado. My dad vehemently lays claim to the ski area of Crested Butte being owned by his family. (Yes, there really is evidence that his stories are not just stories - they are truths! (His family was Malensek)

Every summer my immediate family (my dad, mom, kids, sister, brother in law, and nephews) make a trip to Crested Butte. I love this time with my family. We stayed at a condo/house which we have stayed in for several years now. (Why my parents don't just try to figure out how to purchase property up there I'm not sure). We were there for four nights. Each night the members of the family were set in teams. Each team was to make a meal for everyone. They were also in charge of cleaning up as well.

The other times were spent walking around town, Jeeping up steep areas (Hello Schofield pass and Pearl Pass) and I made my daughter take a small hike with me. Peyton was up for a longer hike to the top of Mt. Crested Butte - but the weather didn't cooperate. My dad only went with me and my kids once - after that he claimed it was his hip - or that he preferred going fishing. (My son happily obliged to spending time with Grampy to avoid hiking).

This year was the first day of my mom's retirement. I wonder what will happen with this tradition when my parents are no longer able to make the trip (I don't think the lack of WANT will ever be there). I wonder how this will change as they get older. I wonder if we will still go. I wonder if we will do less jeeping?

How have your family traditions/trips/events changed with the advent of changes from  your parents - retirement, loss, health?