Grown Up Married Life vs. Young and Carefree/Crazy Love

Okay, so I know I've only been married for not even two years yet but I just realized something today. We are turning into a responsible, grown up, and slightly boring married couple. Our life has slowly, yet quickly become a worry-fest about everything (at least it has for me). After a busy day of rearranging my house, doing laundry, cleaning, shopping, and a quick walk to enjoy the Spring weather I realized that our life isn't quite as fun and carefree as it once was. 

I remember before Brandon and I got married that we didn't have to many worries, at least we didn't seem to care about them as much. We both didn't seem to worry about money, we didn't seem to be so consumed with work and were able to leave it worries at work. We took trips more often, didn't worry about the money because we didn't have a lot of bills and we really only had to provide for ourselves at the moment. We laughed more, and had more fun; there were even fewer serious grown-up, mature moments. We would play more with the dog. Over all it seems as if we enjoyed life more because it seemed there were less responsibilities. 

Now, this is how I see my life and what it's consumed with - laundry for 2, grocery shopping and keeping the fridge stocked so we don't spend more $$$ eating out (getting fat), work and its worries that I bring home, our back problems and the quality of our mattress, my recent spell with depression, making sure we do the deed enough to satisfy each other (lol...), finding happiness at our jobs, all the while accumulating more STUFF that we don't need, saving money for our future, not making stupid financial decisions, paying bills, car troubles, etc... I'm sure the list could go on!

Wow! That's a lot!!! It seems that majority of that wasn't present when we both were dating and dwelling in separate houses, bank accounts, and responsibilities. So now what? Well if we have kids I know it's only going to get busier, more and more worries, more and more STUFF, less and less free, fun time. 
However it's all about what you choose to do with your time and thoughts. I have to choose now to make time for fun, to enjoy these responsible grown up times, to leave those worries at home, to trust God in a completely new way. 

So to all you people out there who aren't married yet, please take my advice and enjoy these moments you have before you have to grow up. Yes, married life is wonderful, but it's not always rainbows and unicorns, it most definitely has its moments of storms and dragons. You're going to have to look harder and try harder to find the fun, carefree moments, try to keep dating your significant other. Everyone is different and you'll have your own version of grown up married life. 
I hope the best for you, God Bless!