Stuff I'm NOT doing...

-  cutting my hair for a few more inches so I can knock "donate to Locks of Love" off of my bucket list. Not sure if I'll make it, as the urge to chop is pretty strong, but I'm getting really good at the rolled up ponytail I wear every day. I'm also growing out my bangs and remembering why I swore I'd never have bangs again...last time I had half grown-out bangs...

- painting our bedrooms. Despite having $100 in paint cluttering up the kitchen floor, I just can't seem to make time for this project, and I just don't really want to do it. Especially now that it's too cold to leave the windows open. Boo for lack of motivation.

- putting up holiday decorations. I didn't put up a single Halloween or Thanksgiving item. It was weird to have spent MONTHS in previous years on Halloween, and this year there was zero evidence in my house. I used to make whole photo albums of decor! In theory I'm going to try some Xmas goodies this year, but in reality - I guess we'll see.

- crossing stuff off my bucket list. I've hit a dry spell in my progression. Part of it is financial - a big part - seeing as stay at home momming doesn't really leave a lot of discretionary funds for travel, shopping, and babysitters, but part of it is just a differing of priorities right now. I may have to add some "with The Cupcake" things to my list, which are the more urgent goals in my life right now.

- roller skating. I miss it. I kept meaning to go and bring TC in her stroller (one of our area rinks allows it) but their open skate is always during naptime, and she's starting to be able to escape from her stroller too easily, I don't want to be caught on wheels chasing after her or trying to tackle her. So I guess now I wait for her to start skating too? :) Or maybe just for a babysitter?

- reading. I just finished "The Passage" and I can't decide if I liked it. I do enjoy myself some vampire literature, and post-apocalyptic stories, but it was so BLEAK. And every time I got into one storyline, it abandoned it for a new one. So I'm going to wait on the sequel, at least till the cheap paperback comes out. What should I read next? I need something fluffier.

Packing up the Circus...

Every once in a great while, I realize I am an adult. Such as last night, as I waffled on attending Circus class. I had this little voice in the back of my head saying I should probably go...

Then I realized, I'm an adult.

I don't have to go to circus class if I don't want to. :)

I have precious little free time, I already spend most of my day doing stuff I dislike (ahh, work). Circus class was fun for the first four weeks, when we were trying new things. That's what I signed up for - to take a turn at some new things, not to master them. Even the stuff I didn't like (core training, triple trap) were fun to just try once. Then in week 5 we started to repeat the things we did in the first half of the class - eh, no thanks. It was fun while it was exciting, but now I'm kind of over it.

And I much prefer skating.

It's still exercise, but there's music (not always MY preferred music, but still something), and movement, and it's self paced, low risk - I just enjoy it more.

So last night, hubby and I ditched circus class, and had a date at the roller rink I visited as a child.

It was pretty fun.

I still got some exercise, hubby got acclimated to wheels after about 20 years off, and we were introduced to this infamous "Justin Bieber" character (not impressed). We gave the dice game a good try, and I actually won a free pass playing "Red Light - Green Light." Then we blew all our hard work and calories burned on Wendy's Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers and a frosty. Delicious :)