The Bored Housewife: 52 Weeks To Learn 52 New Things!

This is ME..Woman and mUm!

Let me start by saying that, I love being a mUm, and more than I could ever have expected, these past three years of being a Stay-at Home mUm (SAHM) and watching Michael grow from a cooing hairless infant into an incredibly cheeky toddler, have been a beautiful yet chaotic concoction of wonderful, hair pulling, and, most of all, eye-opening moments.

Three years that I'd never, let me squeeze in a perhaps, change, in a million years.

But, before I became a mUm, I was a WOMAN, an individual person...sometimes I forget that!

I'm still a WOMAN...first, and a mUm second!  Of course, this doesn't mean that I want to stagger home every other morning (just once a week?), after a rockin' night on the shots and the dance floor, nor does it mean that I want to sit around in my 'daggies' every night watching cartoons, talking about children, and losing ME!

There has to be a beautiful balance...I'm still trying to find it!

I went from a perky 24/7 out-of-control flight attendant with no sleep and way too much partying, to a 24/7 in control corporate event planner, with little sleep and just enough partying, and, finally, to a 24/7 professional SAHM and housewife home economist, without sleep nor career, and NOWHERE near enough partying!   

Everything I never expected to experience or feel, is my life right now, and, honestly, as exciting as the Backyardigans, train sets and finger painting days are, I'm frustrated and flat out BORED!!!  

So, why don't I get off my a*s, quit my SAHM gig, get a job and quit complaining?

F*cking ridiculous, funny story about that.  Actually, back in June this year, I somehow managed to break through the Veterans preference picket line, and was offered a great GS job here at Rota Naval Station.  However, due to an erroneous grey area of bureaucracy surrounding my 'in process' US Citizenship, that great job was ripped out from under my feet...a week before I was due to start.

A few thousand dollars and a rushed embassy trip to Rome later, and I was sworn in as a gosh darn it, real life citizen of the U.S of A, yet now, of course that I'm 'technically' eligible, that pesky Veterans preference picket line is proving to be impenetrable, it seems!

So, this weekend, I had to make a choice to either...  

A:  Sit on my sulky a*s, make cupcakes, and complain for the next three years, to anyone who'll listen, about how hard it is to get a job here, while slowly losing my 'sparkle', and, eventually end up a withered, bitter, gossipy, and nosey old cow....that's a wee bit dramatic(?), but you get my point!

OR

B:  Suck it up and realize that, instead of harping on the fact that, I just may end up being a housewife and SAHM for the next three years (not that there's anything wrong with that), that I would use this 'lonnnnnnnng' time to enjoy this beautiful post card destination and SAHM lifestyle that some mUm's would give anything to have.  

Addendum 10/4:  I chose OPTION B, with a caveat!   Enjoy the time AND learn new things...in fact, (52) new things!

Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, October 4, every week for ONE year, I am going to challenge myself to learn something new, or do something that I've always wanted to do. Whether it's making play dough and baking bread, creating a stippling or cross stitch masterpiece, making a tutu, or simply learning the 'Duggie'...I'm going to do it, and, you bet your a*s I'm going to blog about it!  

I hope you can keep up...heck, I hope I can keep up!  

If you want to join me in this 'life changing, life learning experience', follow Crikey mUm on Facebook for the weekly challenge, and to share your photos and/or videos!

So, if you are also a SAHM or, anyone with a desire to learn or do (52) new things, then get off your a*s and jump on board!

Crikey!