Most middle aged injury ever: I hurt my back KNITTING.

I used to mosh, man.

#meirl #middleage #genx

Oh man! 😓

“Overcoming The Friendship Recession”, Joe Previte (https://joeprevite.com/friendship-recession/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47453737

#Friends #Loneliness #Friendship #Life #MiddleAge #Initiative #SelfHelp #Advice

#sissybitch #kinkgw #trans #middleage #mixtishoo #bizarre #tatsLife #tr4mpst4mps

Eradication Horny Chill Pills

So, I’m a Year Into The Empty Nest…

For those who follow this blog, you know I’m more than a year into the empty nest. I discovered this short post I never published and thought I’d share it.

I drove by their high school today. It’s been a DECADE this month since my oldest (twins) graduated high school…

Six years since graduating university…

My ponytail scrunchies are no longer MIA. Scissors are in the junk drawer when I need them. Things are where they belong. The stairs are clear, no piles of laundry to take up.

Sigh…

Why is it unpopular to miss the full nest? Women generally rejoice when it empties, strongly nudging their last one out the door. I haven’t missed the side-eyes of those wondering why it’s been a harder transition for me.

I’ve worked full-time, part-time and stayed at home most while the kids lived under our roof. Hardest job? Home.

I didn’t get paid for those clean toilets and no one left a tip on the table for the food they scarfed down in 12 minutes. Colleagues weren’t milling about the house complimenting my colorful tee-shirt or black yoga pants, telling me I look pretty today.

Being in the full nest can be lonely. But it’s the fullest I’ve ever been.

So, I started doing things I didn’t have time for before.

I finally bought the heirloom quality, outrageously expensive workhorse pots and pans I always dreamed of – I cook far less and hardly use them.

I have way more time to go clothes shopping but it’s not as much fun without my (fashionista) oldest with me.

There are many aspects of empty-nesting I enjoy. Writing, reading, resting, more exercise. But I miss the kids. I miss each of them individually. I miss the collective family life under one roof. I miss the echoes of their voices, the home teeming with life on the daily.

But I can’t have the quiet reading, writing and resting with the former constant action of running to the supermarket because I was inexplicably out of ketchup again – even in the back-up pantry.

Then I needed to be on a ball diamond at 4pm, and a hockey rink at 10pm, followed by a quick house pick-up at midnight…and there’s no proper rest before the alarm goes off at 5:30am.

We kept this pace for years and the slowness is an adjustment. Good – but requires reorienting. Conforming. Turning.

Life is weird. I trust God has His purpose in all seasons. After all, He created our cycles of human existence: little ones, youth, mid-life, old.

Each life phase carries deep meaning, but that truth doesn’t make this time any less strange or uncomfortable.

Thank you for joining me on this final Monday in April. I wish you a safe, healthy and good week ahead!

Bird Images: Mine: Family5Power

me: but if I wear a tank top, I'll be showing my chubby arms

her: lol, girl nobody is gonna be looking at your *arms*!

Okay, fair point. 😆

#WomanInMiddleAge
#insecurities
#MiddleAge
#MiddleAgedHotness

Gen X is trying to come to grips with getting ‘old.’ It’s not going well.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/gen-x-handles-getting-older-ex1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gen-x-handles-getting-older-ex1

Gửi những người đang chông chênh ở ngưỡng tuổi 40-50: Đừng coi thường những cơn đau mỏi vai gáy hay nhịp tim đập nhanh bất thường!

Tuổi trung niên là giai đoạn bản lề. Bạn không còn ở cái tuổi bẻ gãy sừng trâu, nhưng cũng chưa già đến mức rệu rã. Đây là "thời điểm vàng" để thiết lập lại kỷ luật ăn uống và vận động. Khám phá ngay các bí quyết duy trì sức khỏe người trung niên để vững bước trên chặng đường dài phía trước nhé!
https://songdepkhoe.com/suc-khoe-nguoi-trung-nien.html
#MiddleAge #SucKhoeNguoiTrungNien #LifeStyle

Good Morning! Beige blessings be.

Today I think we might see about going out somewhere. Maybe to an English Heritage site nearby. It has a wonderful sense of peace and I feel like I need some of that right now. I will see how I feel in a little while.

I also need to do some laundry, and we need to do a food shop so I must think about what foods we need.

Maybe I will do some crocheting later too.

Honestly, I have no idea how you manage hearing about my high-octane rock and roll lifestyle each day!

#GoodMorning #BeigeBlessings #MiddleAge