Where does the time go?  It has been almost 10 months since I last posted here.  I have thought about writing many times and actually started a few times but never finished anything and never seemed to carve out time to do it.  For months now I have been constantly reminded of how time seems to escape me more and more as I get older. 

Life was simpler when I was kid.  I had time to do most of the things that I wanted to do and I did not have to think much about how that would impact others.  Now my life includes an amazing wife and two wonderful little children.  Throw in a full time job and now being a homeowner and those are things that take up a great deal of time.  How does one balance all that and just because life isn't "simple" does that mean it is bad?  While my life might have been simpler "back in the day" it was not complete. 

Getting married and starting my own family has made my life complete.  But wow does that completeness put a strain on ones ability to manage their time.  Should I mow the lawn or play with the kids?  Should I fix the crack in the shower or take Natalie out to ride her bike?  Should I take a few minutes for myself or spend time with Renee?  Should I go to bed because I am tired or stay up a little longer to finish the show we are watching?  Should I sit down and right on this blog or send an email to a friend I haven't in a hundred years or fix the front screen door that the kids broke?  Those kind of things happen more and more and finding a balance is not an easy thing.  The next thing you know it has been 3 weeks and the screen door still needs to be fixed or its been long enough that the lawn is overtaking the neighborhood, ok maybe not that bad.

No one is perfect at balancing their time and I don't always make the right choice.  I guess it has just become more and more apparent to me how quickly time passes.  I seem to remember hearing people say to me when I was a kid how fast time will go.  Of course those people saying it at the time were "old", now I guess I have become one of them.