Adventure.

i am linking up to another blog that i follow, called mommy words.  brittany, the faithful blogger, is hosting a series called, What's Your Word?

Each week, she will feature a word that other bloggers, vloggers, etc. can use to spark creativity in their own posts.  The series is to start on Monday, the 11th, and the first word is ADVENTURE...  

So here goes:

In my every day life, i enjoy all sorts of adventures several times a day.  It is an adventure to even walk into the grocery store with two kids, let alone spend an hour and a half there.  it's an adventure opening the refrigerator in the morning to decide what to make for breakfast, since M leaves little trinkets on the shelves now (this morning there was a pacifier and a star mask.)  it's an adventure to spend 24 hours a day, seven days a week, week after week, month after month with small people who need you for nearly every single function of their lives.

and today's featured adventure-  we ran.  i ran just about three whole miles through the streets of our neighborhood with the new (used) double-jogging stroller.  M stopped me about 432 times to ask me where we were going, when we'd get home, when she could run with me; or to tell me watch out for the red light, yellow light, green light, cars (that were four lanes away), etc.  the baby slept (thank GOD!) and we hit every single light, busy stop sign in town, so it was not a quick trip.  but, it was gorgeous out, so i didn't mind the hold ups.  

about 1.88 (okay, exactly 1.88) miles into our adventure, we stopped at the park, so M could run with me.  the kid was definitely programmed  for athletics in a way i could never dream to be.  in her skinny jeans and "ruby reds" (her hot pink patent leather shoes that she wears everywhere right now), she ran faster and steadier than i could ever hope to.  she ran and ran and ran.  then the baby woke up, and i knew our adventure would soon have to come to an end.  i wrangled up the runner and we headed home.  the last 1.2 miles home would have been quiet, since my little friend's voice relaxed all the way back, but i think that was just because the baby cried.  for the entire 1.2 miles home.  and that made for an entirely different kind of adventure, the kind that tests your sanity and stamina and many other things all at the same time.  but we made it.  all three of us came home in one piece.

so that was our big adventure today.  i'm sure we'll experience another one of another sort tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after. that's what our life is, many little adventures pooled together to create the stories of our lives.