Bachelorette party reflections

The other night I went out like I haven’t gone out in years.

I joined a bunch of girlfriends for a bachelorette party. We went to the kind of place that gives you a paper bracelet for getting a table and stamps the inside of your wrist, that has a swing above the bar, that men try to hit on you until they realize they’re roughly a decade younger than you.

In all its trashy ridiculousness, we had fun.

The next morning I felt pretty miserable—not from a hangover (I had a cocktail at dinner but sipped water at the bar, thank goodness) but because I went to bed late, woke up in the middle of the night to get Peeper back to sleep and got up before dawn with a certain toddler who thought it’d be great timing to start her crib calisthenics routine.

Walking Finn and Peeper to the park that morning, I glanced down and noticed the stamp and bracelet. They seemed so incongruous to my reality as a mom that I had to laugh. Maybe my early-20s self would laugh that I get buzzed off one drink and can’t handle wearing heels for more than an hour and would rather hang out at the playground than barhop. But that’s where I am in my life, and I don’t mind. The view is pretty good from here.Ten Thousand Hour Mama

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  • September 26, 2014 at 11:50 am
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    Oh yes. The moments when you realize “how did I do that when I were younger” lol. The good ol’ days lol. Glad you had a good time!

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    • September 26, 2014 at 12:02 pm
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      Totally! And it made me even more grateful that I’m past the time in my life when a bar was someplace I might get a date. Blech!

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  • September 26, 2014 at 11:59 am
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    hah! i am not a parent yet, but i think this is hilarious because i’m a similar homebody! 🙂

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  • September 26, 2014 at 1:53 pm
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    I loved that you captured the photo with bracelet, stamp, baby and dog!

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