perspective

 day 10: Stop watching crap reality TV and change your perspective by taking in some art.

Well, all good in theory, and I DO have my TV off, even though I REEEAAAALY want to watch that episode of The Real Housewives that is in my DVR, but the art museum here is open from 10-5...what am I doing from 10-5?  Working.  Yeah, I would love to scamper off to a museum and chill a bit while looking at great art...

pause for a sec to look at one of my favorite pieces:

...but I can't, because baby girl needs shoes, and clothes, and a roof over her head, and food, and trips to Disney World, and I couldn't exactly provide all that if I were hanging out in museums instead of at my desk.  So what's a girl to do?  Nothing.  Nothing today anyway, but I think I have a plan for Saturday now.  The Pea and I are going to go to the museum, and I am going to challenge myself to follow her lead, and see it from HER perspective. 

I have a tendency of planning everything I do for the sake of efficiency.  If I go anywhere...the mall, Target, a museum, a theme park...I am essentially on a mission.  I hate backtracking, I always go counterclockwise, and I hussle, I move fast.  If she wants to backtrack, we will backtrack...if she wants to go clockwise, well then we will...and if she wants to stop to look at a tree and completely ignore the sculpture standing next to it, well then that is what we will do.  I will get out of my comfort zone of structure, I will NOT look at the map, I will bite my lip when I want to say "hurry up" and I will NOT get anxious when it becomes clear that we will not be seeing everything...I will enjoy the day, and just being there...I will, I really will *fingers crossed*...I sure hope they serve wine in the cafe.