Ensuring great moments
By · Dec 18 2011We are in Utah. We are almost unpacked. The puppy and Cricket are in a power struggle for Alpha dog that is slightly hilarious.
But now, a story.
Friday night was the designated timeslot for the annual Christmas Extravaganza — the husband’s get together with his college friends. We ate at a steakhouse that was selected more for its inbetween locale than deliciousness. At least, I hope, otherwise I will have to have a serious talk to someone about the state of their tastebuds.
We were an hour late. I’m starting at the office — and at just the time I needed to leave to be on time, I got some valuable tech support. Plus, I got totally lost in the parking garage. Maze, I tell you.
Post dinner, we went up to the street to engage in some bowling. Upon getting the choice, I turned on the bumpers. I’m a horrible bowler, let’s be honest here. And while I try my hardest to not be competitive, getting gutter balls all night after a long day at work — and a long week of finishing grad school, moving three states and starting at the office — I just didn’t want a night of gutter balls.
Sure, I was the only person who did it. It seems I am always doing things differently — I also suggested we take advantage of only having four people in our lane and everyone sign up for two games, but the computer caught us.
It caused me thought. I realized that I do this often. If I can guarantee that I’m going to have a better time by paying slightly extra for better seats, or changing an activity to Saturday when I know I will be more rested, I do it. When we went to Disneyland a few weeks ago, we scheduled three days there — ensuring that we didn’t have to wake up early or stay there late if we didn’t want to. We were still able to see everything without stressing out.
It might cost more sometimes. It might mean that I do things after all the cool people are doing it. But you know? I think it contributes to happiness. Do you ever do weird things like that?
By the way, this whole realization contributes to a project I’m working on for 2012. I’m excited to share it!
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I’m the same way, even though I’m kind of a cheapskate. If you aren’t enjoying it, it’s kind of a waste of money. So yeah, sometimes it is better to pay extra if otherwise it means you’ll just be throwing money away.
My sister does this with clothes – she spends money on nice pieces that look great and last forever. Compared to me who only shops clearance/thrift stores then hates what she has! But I get her clothes when she’s sick of them so it works out.
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absolutely. you are an adult–you can do whatever you want, buy whatever you want…sometimes i order dessert first, order all ala carte, buy all my books instead of check them out from the library because i can:)
p.s. what steakhouse was it? badmouth away please so i stay away:)
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I believe it was called Porter Rockwell’s? It was in Lehi. The thick cut fries were good, but the steak? It was a good medium rare and still bad, so it wasn’t the chefs fault. Just the fault of a $10 steak.
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You are a smart one for spreading out your activities to make sure you don’t totally stress yourself out. I need to do that more often!
Congratulations, you’re sane! So many people stress themselves out with the small stuff and you’ve figured out how to find a balance between expense and experience, challenge and comfort. That’s pretty cool.
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