I was thinking today how everything seems to change when situations shift from the hypothetical to reality.  All of a sudden, your vision becomes much more clear — what you like, what you don’t, what’s a necessity, what’s negotiable.

It made me  begin to think about how that applies to so many things — not just huge life moments.  I mean, a lot of times I try to walk a very fine line — especially at work, but also in other aspects of life.  Trying to hear all sides of an issue before making a decision, etc.  Once, I did vehemently disagree with a decision made about our menu, and I pulled all sorts of reports to support my cause.  I won.  But most of the time, I like to be as flexible as possible, because there are too many changes to get too attached (especially in the restaurant biz),

The hubs and I were laughing about it as we scrolled through postings on our iPads.  Which things we could live with — and which things we couldn’t.  It’s funny when you begin to contemplate making a huge life decision — which things  become legitimately important.

I hope — when this newest adventure reaches its inevitable conclusion — that we can look around and feel completely comfortable with the choices we made.  And completely at peace with the compromises.

Growing up is hard.