2016 (5)
“世界那么大,我想去看看”,这个flag是属于无牵无挂的年轻人,对于有家有口的中年人来说,想法是美好的,现实却是骨感的。家中的老人、孩子和猫,哪一个都离不开稳定的家庭环境和规律的生活。孩子每天得上学,一日三餐和接送都得按时按点;毛孩子们不能出门,房子里就是他们生活一辈子的地方,每天需要pet,到了饭口,三双卡兹兰大眼睛水汪汪地看着你,心都融化了,心里除了上班买菜以外简直哪也不想去了,出远门永远是家里最大的难题,而且三个猫咪都还年轻,如果按照正常寿命,应该还能再活个十几年没问题,毛孩子们用一生来陪伴人类,而我们只需在这二十年里尽量不出远门,所以远方的月亮再圆也不能去看。
此外家里还有两个八九十岁的老人,他们因腿脚不便基本不能出门,已经有点傻了的老头跟猫一样到了饭点就会准时到餐厅点卯,晚5分钟开饭,老头都会不习惯。我平时都是6点起来准备老公和孩子的中餐(老公上班比较早),7点半开始准备全家人早餐,老太太(婆婆)会准时在厨房等着帮忙,我要是6点起不来或7点半晚到一分钟,她老人家都会着急上火,担心儿子吃不上饭或孙子没营养,一年三百六十五天,天天如此。没有规律以及恣意的生活都是中老年家庭的大忌。自从老两口跟我们一起生活,就再没有邀请朋友到家吃饭happy,在家举办party更是不可能,因为怕影响老人家休息或打破他们的生活规律。年轻人可能会觉得这种生活方式死气沉沉,但它确实是有老人和宠物家庭的必备。
古语说忠孝不能两全,而我说孝和远方的诗也是鱼和熊掌不能兼得,作为赡养和陪伴老人的最后一代人,旅游和环游世界从来都不是我的梦想,也不在我的wish list里,把握现在,我只想好好把在家的这几十年过好过充实,因为它就是我的当下和幸福,展望未来,我会经常鼓励已经长大远行的女儿,“母读千卷书,儿行万里路吧!”
中年人的自律不是每天清晨起来跑步,而是忍受一日三餐四季平凡的生活,世界再大,我也不应该出去看,责任和义务更重要。而且现在打开电脑就能看到全世界,诗也未必远方才有,在家里、在身边、在生活的城市,在读的书里哪都有让人心醉的诗篇!
We don't often go on vacation and even more rarely go together because we have poultry in the backyard, six ducks and two geese. If we need to leave together, then we'd have to pay for the pet sitter. But we do go out separately in Spring and Summer in groups, to Florida, Vermont and Ohio. Three times a year, and at the same time every year, in February,June and July.
I do things like clockwork, following the same schedule strictly, depending on the days of the week and the months of the year. Going to another country or any other place is very undesirable for me and my family. My daughter doesn't want to go to Istanbul for a music camp even though she likes playing music. It would be way too far and too expensive, she said. Like father, like daughter.