Regrets/changes

My favourite shoes! Not a good picture but you get the idea! Not a clunky running shoe!! My new shoes that I'm trying to get used to....

First of I will tell you a bit about myself that some will know and some will not. (and some will see where Travis gets his difficultness from :D ).

From as far back as I can remember some things I hated as a child were: hats, boots, snowpants, gloves, playing sports, and rules in general. In the winter I never wore snowpants or boots. I was way to cool for that and just plain hated them. I was always the first kid in the school to wear shorts and my Levi jean coat as soon as there was any sign of spring coming. I also never wore running shoes either. I hated them and can't even remember what I wore in gym really. The closest I would get to running shoes were the little plain white cotton lace up shoes. With the shoe laces weaved. No bows! I thought running shoes were so clunky and ugly. When I did have to have them I remember telling my mom not to by expensive ones cause I would only wear them at gym when I had too. (I was a very difficult child that could not be swayed easily) I enjoyed rebelling against any rules especially at school, just because I hated doing what I was "supposed to do". If someone wanted me to try or do something it was guaranteed I wouldn't. You get the picture.

So the second part of this story is how I did not enjoy sports. Mainly at first cause I wasn't good at them and then once in high school the crowd I hung out with were not a group that were involved in any school team of any kind. The only team I belonged to were the smoking and skipping school kinda teams. Being on a sports team was the furthest thing from my mind. That's were all the preppy kids were and I made it clear that was not the crowd I was into.

Well all this was great until I got married, moved and grew up. Around this area baseball is the thing to do in the summer. So ya, too bad I've never played....and for trying something new, that doesn't happen very often. I've been asked for years now to play, but to be honest I've been pregnant, or nursing. Well this year I don't have that as an excuse. Especially when the games are after my kids bedtimes and generally Dan is home by dark. So my big dilemma....do I try to do something I always never wanted to do....and do I buy the forbidden running shoes! (I know this sounds crazy but I really don't like them. At least on my feet!) Today I went and looked. I picked a couple of mainly blue ones (white ones seem so bright and big.) I know crazy :) Well the store of course didn't have the ones I half liked in my size. So....next one that didn't look too big and clunky...I picked out a pair of grey/silver with pink on them. Now this is another strange thing because all through my childhood I hated pink. Couldn't stand it!! Let's just say that Kaitlin has rubbed onto me, and it was the next best shoe in my mind. No too white, not too clunky and I must say they are really comfortable! I've never had a NIKE shoe before...

So here I go, in my new shoes, playing ball....I would have never dreamed I would be doing this! Hopefully all goes well and I don't make a complete ass of myself. And I'm also hoping to show a certain boy in this house that it's ok to try something new, cause someday you might regret that you didn't.

Michelle