"Life Changing Experience"

I hear that a lot these days, or variations thereon.

"Your life is gonna change." And then a few seconds too late, they add, "For the better... of course." And then they smirk and walk away.

I know kids will be a life changing experience. I was ten when my sister was born and I remember it well. Boy, did life change! I got moved out one bedroom into the spare room (about the same size but the original bedroom faced the backyard and they thought that it would be quieter for the sleeping baby... of course, except when everyone was playing and swimming in the pool! That summer sucked), weekends and traveling were crazy (Shannon did NOT like the carseat), and in general things were a lot more hectic.

However Kim and I have had quite a few years to get into a comfortable routine, especially in our current home where we have lived together for longer than anywhere else. I know life is going to be radically different but I don't appreciate it fully in my instinctual brain. Kim and I are both in for a culture shock next spring.