THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WOOT WOOT!

I don't know if anyone has noticed but woot woot has replaced woohoo. So in an effort to keep with the times I am doing the same althought I am not 100% comfortable with this development. I feel like an owl who just won first prize at a barn dance.

I have noticed the events that get me excited seem to come in a cycle. When I was a child it was the small stuff like when HR Pufinstuf would come on television because I didn't get to see it very often. Even something as simple as a friend coming to play or tying my shoes would whip me into fits of joy.

In my teenage years it took a heck of a lot more umph. It would be things like new clothes, bigger price tags, walkmans, parties and concerts. Most days I would barely crack a smile let alone a cheer. It was all about material superfluous things. God I was a shallow teenager no matter how 'deep' and goth I pretended to be.

In my twenties it was about getting a good grade on a project, kissing that boy you always wanted to kiss, graduating college or even going home on weekends to party with my friends. There was alot of meaning behind this excitement because they had significance in my life.

Now, as a mother in my thirties, I find excitement in the simplest of things. Here is a quick list:

1. When I get a light period.
2. Getting my period at all!
3. Sleeping in on Sunday morning because Rhea doesn't have dance.
4. Someone else doing the laundry and nothing gets shrunk.
5. A hot cup of tea in the morning.
6. Having less mole hair today then the day before.
7. Watching ghost shows. Stop laughing!
8. Getting client approval on the first try - the rare WOOT
9. Not having to change the toilet paper roll because someone else did it. (still waiting for this woot)
10. Dreaming I am stranded on a dessert island with Colin Farrell, waking up briefly and still being able to go right back to the same place I left off in the dream.

I have another 10 list involving things with my kids but honestly I think all of us mom's get worked up about the littlest things when it comes to our children. Like when they smile at us for the first time, say the word 'mommy', go poo in the toilet instead of their pants, or fart bubbles in the tub and you both laugh until you cry...all that great stuff.

Some people equate finding joy in the smallest of life's pleasures as a gift that comes with age. But I think sometimes you just need to get excited about the silly stuff to have something to look forward to. It's an opportunity to celebrate even the smallest accomplishment. Let's face it, the big ones don't come along very often and if we spend our lives waiting for that big WOW we will find ourselves waiting most of the time. Yes there are bigger issues in our lives and we are all painfully aware of it. Yes we have stress and conflict and difficulties and turmoil. But to get through it I say we find a little woot woot everyday... even if it is just tub toots, it's still worth enjoying!