Away We Go...

Well, where would we go?
I don't know.
We could go anywhere we want.
Anywhere, anywhere?
Yeah.



Just a fun little tidbit from my favorite movie, Away We Go. Now I'm sure you're staring at your monitor/laptop screen/smart phone/chiseled stone/cave wall and thinking,
what the heck is Away We Go? I've never seen it... heck, I'm reading blogs off a cave wall... 



Let me give you a brief synopsis, John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph are a 30-some-year-old couple who get pregnant and decide (after his parents decide to move to another country for 2 years) that they want to pick up and move somewhere. Anywhere. This movie speaks to me, I swear. I've seen it like 5+ times and I've basically showed the movie to everyone I know.


So Roger Ebert, I mean Kayle, why does this movie speak to you? 


Well, I just absolutely love how real their relationship is. There's no need for guessing how the other one feels because they talk about everything and when she's upset he doesn't tell her "honey, it's going to be okay", he makes jokes - which is just so Dan. I don't always appreciate it in the moment, but those are the times that I look back on and literally laugh out loud when I'm driving or sitting in my office. 
There's nothing better than a man that can make ya laugh.


Of course the most obvious reason this movie speaks to me is because they just decide that they're going to leave. They're going to move wherever they want. In the movie, she refers to them as being "untethered" which is such an interesting word to use. I want to be untethered. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love my family and I know I'll miss not seeing them everyday but technology makes it so easy to get over that. We live in a country where we can live where we want, work where we want, go to school or not go to school for what we want, and be in a relationship with whoever we want. 
So why in the world would I choose to stay in Cleveland, Ohio? I want an adventure.


I think it's pretty obvious that I'm getting anxious {Hurry up, August!} for our summer trip to Raleigh. I hope it's everything that we've been praying/hoping for and much more.
Now go out and rent Away We Go, my little cave dwellers! 

The times they are a-changing.

Just had to share this song with you guys because it's stuck in my head and the only way to get it out of my head is to get it stuck in yours.

SO, I feel like I talk about my work all the time, but I can't help it. This life is like a whole new life for me. It's like everything that we've ever worked for, studied for and stressed over all accumulated to this point in life. It's exhausting and scary, but I think the biggest negative emotion I'm feeling about being a working woman would be my struggle to find people who can relate to these feelings and changes in my life. 

(NOTE: There are positive aspects, too. I love human resources, I love my supervisor and I love not having homework. A LOT.)

Because I graduated relatively early compared to some of my friends it's just been hard to talk to them about my life now. They may not understand how I'm so tired when I'm not in school and working, I'm just working. Well, actually, sometimes I can't understand that myself. 

{Getting to the point of my story here.}

I finally got a chance to connect with one of my closest friends the other night. She's a married, working-woman so it's hard for us to coordinate our schedules sometimes. I had such a great time with her, but most importantly, SHE GETS IT. Granted, I may not be married so there are aspects of her life that I don't fully related to, but I felt like everything I was expressing made so much sense to her. It was a breath of fresh air to know that I'm not alone in feeling exhausted and worn out and all around unmotivated after work. 

It makes me a little nervous to work this way because I don't know how I could keep up an apartment or house. It just could not happen. 


On a super happy note, I'm going out with Dan to buy a bluray player, some makeup at Ulta, Away We Go (my favorite movie - on sale at Five Below), and Chick-fil-A! Eek!


Happy Saturday.