Actin' Up

Good morning, my Lovelies!

It's Friday and while in some ways this has been a craptastic week, I'm in a fairly decent mood this morning! Maybe I'm just looking forward to the weekend, but as of right now, my depression/anxiety & ADHD are not working against me! How about you? Are you ready for the weekend?

Do you ever just feel the need to let go? To just let go of all of your worries, responsibilities, and obligations? That's where I'm at today. I have this overwhelming need to just go somewhere for the night, get drunk off my ass, and forget everything that has been weighing on me.

I know there are some of you who think that at my age I shouldn't be doing or even thinking about doing something like that, but I really don't give a fuck. 

This is just one of the things that I enjoy about the girls' trip that my friends and I take to the Outerbanks. Bless them, they think like I do and look forward to the opportunity to just let go as much as I do. Jobs, families, and all the other things that cause us to be responsible adults 24/7 are thrown out the window and we just get to be ourselves, you know, those people who almost disappeared when we became wives/mothers.

I suppose there are two camps on the subject: Camp one says that when we grew up and took on the responsibilities of spouses, children, jobs, homes, etc., we chose to let go of a part of ourselves for the good of our families. While camp two might say that this part of ourselves was taken from us.

I kind of feel like I fall between those two: I gave up part, but some was taken, as well. Does that make sense? Like, I knew I was going to have to give up some things, but did it have to be everything?

Everything? Oh, but Shelly, you still go out with your friends occasionally! Yes, I do. And those dozen or so times a year that I get to go out with friends help keep me sane enough to keep me going. But it's those couple of times a year that I get the opportunity to get away that really keep me from completely losing my shit. (The OBX trip with the girls and my Writer's Weekend by myself.)

So, let me just say that if you happen upon us, whether it's on our trip, or just out to dinner one night and you see us acting a fool, please know that getting the chance to truly be ourselves is what's keeping us going. 

It's our opportunity to fill our buckets to overflowing so that we can continue giving ourselves to everyone else.

Until next time, and as always,



Much love and affection, from me to you!

Shelly (a/k/a Dawn Love)

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