a mom car

a friend told me today that i have a mom car.  (this from a woman driving a toyota celica). actually she told me that i have two mom cars - which i guess is true. we have a honda crv and a subraru outback.  no more bright red grand am or 5 speed protege - both with high performance racing tires.  i guess i never really thought about it (them) as reflections on my life status.  but they are.


this fall has suddenly found me in new relationship with others.  i have been the 'young person' for so long - the newly married, the new employee, the new parents - surrounded and supported by people in a different life stage, usually a step or two (or a whole lot more) ahead.  now when i look around i find myself firmly in the middle.  there have been an influx of young professionals - grad students, single or newly married, childless or brand new parents.  and i'm not the old lady but i'm in the next stage of life.  two steady jobs, two steady (and institute for highway safety top rated!) cars, two schedules with less flexibility - entertaining the notion of growing our family.


Sometimes its jarring to realize your perception of yourself is a little off.  despite what my brain tells me, i'm not mid (or late!) 20's anymore.  and i have a birthday coming up.


don't get me wrong, i'm very happy with my life (for the most part!) i feel more content, more stable and more personally fulfilled than at any other time i can remember.  


but i am the suburban working mom/wife.  

at least ains isn't playing soccer. 

yet.