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Looking for some advice/vent
If you've been in a place in your life where you just feel bored with everything, what are somethings you've done to fix it or at least improve it?
I feel like ever since we moved down here 2 years ago, all we've done is work to pay our bills. We hardly ever do anything unless in involves my ILs and it just plain sucks. Another factor is since I've been in school full-time (while working full-time) just about our entire relationship so I'm just now trying to figure out what to do with life now that I don't have school work. My dream has always been to see the world and the only thing we've done since moving is go to Corpus once. Since moving our budget is much tighter than it has ever been and its really getting me down lately. I'm currently looking for things we can cut and also try and transition to eating at home more to try and fix that area. Any advice you guys can give would be greatly appreciated!
/vent
I may DD because I don't want to leave all this info out there 
Re: Looking for some advice/vent
Just some ideas:
Volunteering at a charity that the cause is close to your heart,
Going to a gym
Do cooking dates, where you and H try to make fancy food at home
Find another couple (from work or church) that are close to your age group to go to dinner, free concerts, ... (there are a lot of free activities in Austin if you search a little bit)
((Hugs)) I feel your pain. We've been through some tight times, especially when I first graduated and DH was still in school. We'd just moved to Dallas and didn't know anyone. It was soo hard after living in San Marcos with tons of friends and tons of activities. That was a really tough time for me.
Actually, I kind of feel the same as you do right now. I won't go into it all but I'm bored with life, too. This coming from the person who just bought her first house and started online grad classes. But it's not the same...I want something fun like a vacation.
You mentioned trying to eat at home more. Do you like to cook? Do you know how? (I don't mean that in a mean way...some people just don't.) I love to cook (actually...it's one of the things I teach). My SIL is staying with us and we keep talking about me teaching her how to cook. Maybe we could do some nights where we get together and cook something. That would get you out of the house and maybe get you a little more excited about eating at home.
Sorry that's so long and rambling!
I actually enjoy cooking - its the cleaning up afterwards I hate
. My biggest problem is coming up with ideas of things to cook. I would completely be up for getting together and cooking! And it would be nice to get out of the house. Let me know when you would like to get together! I think it would be a lot of fun.
Like PPs said - if you're interested in volunteering and/or networking, there are many groups of young professional volunteers out there! Check out Young Women's Alliance. I joined this after I got married b/c I was bored too!
For our free time, I made a list of closeby things I wanted to do with DH, and we leave this on our fridge and cross them off once we do them. Things like barton springs, hamilton pool, wine tastings, camping at certain places, cooking class, etc. Some require advanced planning, and some do not. I built my list off of going to B&N and looking through one of those Austin guide books and jotting stuff down, as well as looking through a few Austin blogs.
I figured out that we default to the couch and TV if we dont have ideas and things to do.
Ditto the cooking thing. For a while I got in a cooking rut, so I started us on The Great Pizza Experiment. I found tons of different pizza dough recipes and we tried them all with different combination of toppings. It was a blast and I learned how to make deep dish, thin crust, and all sorts of regular pizza crusts. We haven't ordered from Papa Johns in months. Also, it's a pretty darn cheap meal.
Meetup.com has some interesting groups on it, several for couples. We've been to a few meetups through there and several have been fun.
Volunteering has also been great for me. I go in for a couple of hours every week and it's always nice to see the people I "work" with. It gives me something to look forward to each week.
Can I invite myself to your walks?
My friend and her DH love these "dinner date" cookbooks. They basically set it up such that each person has to do part of the meal in order for it to all come together. I tried to talk DH into something like this before we had kids and he just wasn't that into cooking. Now there'd be no chance anyway unless we waited until 7:30-8 to start cooking together every night. Anyway, thought I would suggest.
Dinner Dates: A Cookbook for Couples Cooking Together
The Date Night Cookbook: 25 Easy-to-Cook Menus for the Busy Couple
thanks, rosie! these sound fun, although I'll probably get the eye-roll from MH.
they're in my amazon cart, we'll see if I pull the trigger and order them.
Great idea Rosie! I may be in the same boat as ssinca, but I'll have to give it a shot and see where it gets me
Thanks!
balihaigirl just posted this on the babies board. If you have a student (.edu) email address you can get Amazon Prime for free for a year.
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