Metamorphosis Comedy

There are just days when I have to scratch my head and wonder how I ever got to this point, but then I get to thinking… why not? We all have those things in our heads that we want to do before we kick the bucket. My husband and I are no exception to that rule. As a matter of fact, we’ve begun to go over our bucket list and began working extremely hard at knocking off a few items on that list.

It all began, just recently, when my husband and I looked at each other and asked ourselves, “Who the hell are you?” Now you might think that is odd for folks who’ve shared the same bed and home for the past 30 years, but trust me, it happens. You see, we’ve reached the stage where our kids are not kids anymore. Our youngest still lives in our home, even though he’s now 26 years old. We expected that because of the learning disabilities he’s had to overcome since birth.

Recently, our son spent several weeks away from home, which gave us our closest experience to the “empty nest syndrome”. That’s when we finally had the opportunity to take a second gander our our counterpart and ask ourselves, who are you and what do I do with you? Yeah, interesting question!

To make things even more complicated, I began to show a side of myself that I’ve kept hidden for the duration of our marriage up to this point. Yeah, I let this side of me sneak out at parties or when I’ve had one or six too many, but otherwise, I kept her undercover. What could be so secret that I’d keep it hidden all of this time? Nothing really. I simply didn’t allow the funny side of me out to play as I should have.

If you read my other post titled “Comedy! What a Ride!”, it all becomes quite clear. You see, before February of this year, I was the last person you’d expect to explore the world of comedy. Yeah, that’s right. I was more serious and was the law and order type. Keep the ship sailing straight and keep all hands on deck and working as they should be.

Out of the blue and without warning, I decided my job at being captain and harbor master of my fleet was done and it was time for me let go of the apron strings. That meant I was free to be me. I let go and allowed my funny, happy-go-lucky self to cut loose and have a blast.

My husband didn’t know what to think of this strange woman he was now living with. She was laughing and playing. What he didn’t notice was that was the same woman he met 30 years ago. The romantic, silly heart he’d fallen in love with was back and he didn’t recognize her.

Although I was changing and for the better, I might add, my husband had no idea that I was even changing all that much. He was still trying to captain the ship that I had abandoned and didn’t notice that I was no longer on deck. For me, that ship had sailed and I was ready to embark on a new journey. I’d tried many times to grab his attention to no avail. It wasn’t until he saw that his ship was sailing away without me that he realized he might lose the best thing he ever had… us.

I opened up and poured my heart out to him how I felt it was time for us to embark on this new journey called comedy. It was a positive and energizing new way of thinking and living. After a few days of talking and showing him the spark that comedy lit in my heart and head, my husband came onboard. I was never so happy than to see my best buddy join me on this adventure.

I have to tell you that there’s nothing more eye opening or energizing as when you begin to knock off some of the bucket list and begin to live and play like a kid again. My husband’s face lit up like a child when we finally embarked on the one trip, which would forever change his way of thinking. It opened his eyes, heart and mind to what I was talking about.

I’m sure you asking yourself, “What in the hell was their first item on their bucket list?” Well, take a look and enjoy!

Mary & Del ride the SCREAM at Six Flags New England in Springfield, MA!