what does adventure mean to you?
What I hear all the time: “My life is so boring compared to yours!” or “Well, we went and did X,Y,Z but that’s no where near as cool as what you probably did.”
I think that is just silly. No ones life is boring in my eyes. Funny enough, I am constantly thinking to myself, How did this amazingly smart, interesting, generous, accomplished person come into my life again? I might need to kick it up a notch to keep in that company!
“Adventure” means different things to different people. While my go to answer would usually be that I love traveling and road trips, I also know that I could (and have) made adventures out of watching paint dry, or seeing a snail walk across a sidewalk. Jet-setting or shmoozing with some big wigs at a fancy event, are not requirements for a good time or to be known to have an interesting life. The little things are an adventure, like time with people you love and a scoop of chocolate chip oatmeal cookie dough. (Thanks Stef!) Why shouldn’t we see as much excitement in the regularly scheduled and mundane activities as we do in the big fancy stuff?
This past weekend I posed the question: “What was your adventure this weekend?” The responses were a pleasant surprise:
*Nick said: Vereen Gardens; Calabash NC.
*Jen said: (A walk around) Church Street, Burlington, VT
*Abigail said: Bennington Free Library with a toddler.
*Danielle said: Good ol’ Bennington, Vt
*Bernice said: Falling in love with my husband, again and again…
*Craig said: Atlantic city with friends. Good times.
*Donna said: Politics~ Madison, WI
*Cathy said: Meeting my sons future in-laws!!! 🙂
*Tom said: Sitting in the car with my daughter for 45 minutes while my wife got a salon treatment. We told each other knock knock jokes.
*Sean said: Watching OSU men’s lacrosse in the ‘Shoe and doing yoga!
*Emma said: During my high school reunion with 2 old high school girlfriends I:
1.) Rode in a white stretch limo to an amazing Trey concert (we called a cab)
2.) Got a free round of beers by some jagoff cutting in line, “Um, since you want to cut you can also buy my girlfriends and I beers!” go me.
3.) Had a 3 hr breakfast with the best conversation ever.
4.) Shopped for jewelry.
5.) Got a massage in my hotel room.
6.) Had the best authentic Thai food.
7.) Got hit on by the guy in front of us in line for Thai.
8.) Had “that guy” invite us to “his” concert across the street after dinner to which I replied, “Sure, if you put us on the guest list.” go me again.
9.) Saw a great musician.
10.) Flirted. Got a signed copy of his album after the show.
11.) &$#&^@! and watched Justin Timberlake’s “Dick In A Box” video in a hotel bed with my hommies.
12.) Laughed till dawn.
13.) slept.
AMAZING weekend for this happily married mumma of 2.
*I say: Dinner with 2 friends I hadn’t seen together in months, dessert at home because bars were too loud and we are “old” now, and lots of chatter and laughter as we conked out on couches and floors, 12 year old sleep-over style.
Aren’t these great? No one said they hopped a private yacht to Bali or bought diamonds and jewels. It’s all time exploring, laughing with friends, exercising, yummy food, and knock knock jokes.
All of the above is what “adventure” is all about. It’s what Blue Lollipop Road is all about. Toss out the supposed “boring” and lets all keep adventuring.
Thanks for sharing everyone!
