the good rut

Have you seen the calendar? It’s half flipped through already. Which means it’s time to mark an end to whatever chapter you or your loved ones being formally educated are completing (there’s not a graduation ceremony for “School of Hard Knocks” is there?).

For our family, last year it was don’t-forget-the-hanky, kindergarten graduation. This year, the Kid is old enough to appreciate The Future and ready to declare herself a “Second Grader” with all its shining glory the moment that final buzzer rings in June.

While she merrily prances forward, my maternal body drags behind, clinging to any stray historical branch, tree root, or boulder I can get my arms around.

At the same time, my past self is all “What gives? You moved how many times? To how many states? Quit how many jobs?”

What gives, indeed.

All I can figure is I have gotten myself into a Good Rut. Don’t wreck it.

I went from a Change of Scenery every couple of years, to marriage, dog ownership, home ownership and motherhood. Yup, in that order. Change to me now is not good, practically unsettling.

Maybe birthing a child sparks some weird chemical reaction? I haven’t read the study, but I can confess that I am freakishly comforted when I am running with the dog and see the same, damn rubber band on the ground at the bottom of the hill.

I noticed it a few weeks ago. It is still there. Hallelujah.

I am a rubber band hoarder saver, so initially I had to fight the urge to snatch it up and keep it for myself. Never know when you might need a nice, fat rubber band!

But now I grin when I run past it. Hello, there, chum! How’s life on the road treatin’ ya today? No one better drive over you. What? You’ll bounce back? Touche, my friend! Rock on!

Okay, even though it makes me extremely uncomfortable, maybe we will allow our daughter to become a Second Grader in June, but all I can say is that rubber band better stay put.

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