Putting It Out There

So, you remember the theory Brent and I have about energy and life?  Well, one thing I didn't mention in my previous post is that we may have this tiny...ahem...addiction to that dynamic energy.  Maybe not exactly an addiction so much as a fear of the opposite - the routine, the contentedness, the stagnant.  Or...maybe its an addiction and we should just call it for what it is.

Our relationship was formed on adventure and change.  For the first 5 to 6 years of our life together, and several years each individually before that, Brent and I lived on a strict three month schedule.  Every three months, give or take a month or two, we moved on - to a new location (goodbye Idaho in the depths of winter, hello Cambodia's dry season), to a new job, to a new adventure.  As I've explained earlier, it was a self-perpetuating and fulfilling way to live.  We thrived on it, and we walked away from it with a concrete realization that by putting a little energy out into the world, by always keeping your doors open, by taking a bit of a risk, life can be full and interesting and maybe just a little bit thrilling.

Then things settled down for a few years until, of course, we had this little nagging idea that maybe we should adopt a couple of kids from Ethiopia.  Now there's some energy for you!  If you've been jonzing for a fix of knock-your-foundation-right-out-from-underneath-you energy, international adoption is a pretty sure source.  Nearly seven months later, the dust is starting to settle and we're starting to feel a bit of a rhythm to life again, a groove even.  At this point, many people would breathe a big sigh of relief and relish in their ability to weather the storm until calmer waters were on the horizon. Us?  We may just be starting to feel a wee bit antsy.

Pair this deeply ingrained philosophy on energy and life with our current situation and you will find a Dakota desperate to shake things up and Brent that is all ears.  So I might have just thrown a little energy out there into that big old universe.  Just a little.  Really.  I just to test the water a bit.  And maybe, just maybe, the universe has answered, like it has so many times before in a pretty big way.  There's some interesting ideas and propositions floating around here at the Perfect Space these days.  Maybe they'll materialize or maybe we'll just let them float on by content in the fact that we seem to be blessed with the curse of too many great choices in life.

Regardless of what, if anything, happens I find peace in the fairly recent realization that Ashagre and Elsa seem ready and willing to take on the next adventure.  This, understandably, isn't always the case for kids that have experienced so much transition in their short lives.  But, like I've said now many times before, if you can just remain open and throw yourself out there to the world, the world will pay you back in just the way its supposed to, in this case with a couple of open, adventurous kiddos.