What I “forgot”
One of my fellow bloggers – a good friend in real life that i actually miss meeting for a chat and a meal wrote a post called – What MrsB forgot. Her post inspired me to write my own post.
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| Me in 2004 |
She also was inspired to write the post because she is reading a book called “What Alice forgot” – a girl called Alice has slipped and and hit her head in her step-aerobics class and everyone’s telling her she’s misplaced the last ten years of her life.
I am not as old as her in reality but i thought it can be good therapy to write about it.
So here it goes…If i wake up tomorrow and thought it was 20th of November 2003 i would be really surprise…
- that i fell in love with an English guy and married him in less than two years;
- that i no longer work in Human Resources – i wanted a career in HR and got my first job in HR in 2003;
- that i ever left Romania and lived in London for almost 7 years;
- that i never got to be a manager and i am now 33 years old – the plan was to do that by the time i was 25;
- that i no longer keep in touch with most of my university colleagues when we were so close;
- that i no longer live in Bucharest;
- that i have two girls – i always wanted to have a boy and a girl and thought they will be after a twin pregnancy;
- that they are blond and have lighter eyes – green and blue;
- that i suffer of postnatal depression;
- that i moved back home and i live next to my mum and dad house for a while;
- that my husband is working away in UK and visiting us every 6 weeks;
- that i am not working and i am not planning to work for a couple of years now;
- that i am overweight and battling to lose the weight;
- that i like pink because of my daughter;
- that i enjoy baking and cooking – i actually finding it relaxing;
- that i no longer smoke 1 pack of cigarettes a day – still have a smoke every now and then but not the same;
- that if i drink a glass of beer i feel really tipsy;
- that my hair is no longer blond – i use to dye it now it is the natural colour brown;
- that i am blogging; and in a different language too;
- that i trust my friends online more than my family or my lifelong friends for emotional support;
- that i am not the person i was hoping i will be when i was 23 years old but i am still a happy mummy despite the downs from my life.
Things are not like i imagined and there are certainly things that i could improve about my life. I am hoping that soon i will be able to do so.
I am hoping that soon my depression will go away as i am sure this will make my family a lot happier.
For now i am living my days one day at the time , hoping that tomorrow will be better and enjoying the time i spend with my girls.
19 Comments
kimmer2111
Great post! Wow a lot has gone on in your life in 10 years!!
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romanianmum
yes. indeed. and now i wonder how my life will change in the next 10 years?
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oana79
Oh, lovely idea, mind if I do my own list and mention you as my inspiration?xx
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romanianmum
well the inspiration came from Mrs B over on mindovermatter blog so i guess if you mention us both should be ok 🙂 Looking forward to see what you wrote
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Mammasaurus
Lovely post – and how much does she look like you there?!
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romanianmum
thank you hon. oh yeh just realised that 🙂
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MrsB
I'm glad my post made you think about your own life and I'm sure you see after you wrote it all down that you've done a lot in the past 10 years and should very happy 🙂
Also, the PND WILL leave one day. Trust me 🙂 Just do as you said – take one day at a time, make good food choices and go for a walk in fresh air whenever you can 🙂
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romanianmum
i hope it will hon. i hope it will.
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Liz Burton
10 years is SUCH a long time. So much happens and our life changes unrecognisably especially after children.
Sending you a big squeezy hug. x
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Helen Neale
Hi my lovely – what a really nice idea to look back – and such a lot has happened to you in the last 10 years. An amazing and difficult time for you all at once. What beautful photos as well. xx
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romanianmum
Thank you lovely. A lot of good things and bad but the good took over .
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marisworld
What a great idea, I am older than you and have come to the conclusion that nothing ever goes to plan so it's best to accept the ups and the downs and make sure you always keep your family and top firends close to your heart because they make life worth it, the rest is nonsense xx
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romanianmum
Very wise words Mari. Thank you
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Cass@FrugalFamily
SO much happens in 10 years doesn't it?
Lovely post and I love your photo x
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romanianmum
Thank you so much Cass
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pinkoddy
It is amazing how things can change so much over time. What do you think things will be like 10 years into the future?
Great post, made me think too.
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romanianmum
I have no idea where I will be in 10 years…Romania, England or maybe even somewhere else? Who knows???
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Emma
Awww, lovely post, how things change.
I really hope your depression gets better for you very soon. xx
romanianmum
Thank you Emma. I also hope my depression will get better.
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