Then and Now

Then and now.........

Partying: Then, wake up at noon, start drinking at five, up till 3.
              Now, 2 beers feels like 10, in bed by ten up at 7am

Romance: Then, Dinner out, movie, making love all night long by candle light.
                Now, quick dinner in, toy story 2, making love for 20 minutes quietly no candles they draw too much attention hurry up and finish so there is time to sleep before kids get up.

Vacation: Then, one bag a long car ride, spend almost entire time in the room, with minimal clothing.
                Now, whole trunk and car filled to the roof (plus stuff strapped to the top), try not to spend much time in the room so kids don't make everyone crazy, multiple layers of clothes to avoid the awkward questions about anatomy.

Taking pictures: Then, everyone is of someone doing something crazy, while holding up drinks, and laughing like a hyena at every idiotic thing going on.
                          Now, all of them are of kids covered in some kind of food, or of them covering you in it. No drinks unless its in a sippy cup or is caffeinated.

Hangover: Then, didn't really know what one was.
                 Now, more than two drinks and you feel like you got hit by a train and thrown into a volcano

Going to the store: Then, go in get what you need and leave.
                             Now, go in wrestle kids into cart, chase the escapee down an aisle, trying to keep things we don't need out of the cart, hurrying up so the happy time doesn't turn into the screaming time. three trips to the bathroom, and still forget half of what you needed.

Stopping for gas: Then, pump gas, pay and leave.
                           Now, pay, take a list in of all the requests from the back seat, try not to take longer than 2minutes so no one thinks you left the kids in the car for too long and calls the cops, get out pump gas, then someone needs to use the bathroom and go back in and come back out and then hopefully leave.

 It's just kinda silly to think about the difference in the way the simple things even become a ten step process. Crack me up anymore to think that I used to be in and out of the store in half an hour.