I haven’t had a ton of time to write lengthy posts in the past week to ten days but there have been a lot of things that have popped into my head that I will share with you.
1. My children are screamers. For no good reason. Here is my Facebook post from a few days ago: “Just let me preface my upcoming status. I love my kids. I love being a mother. I feel blessed to have my children. Now…. if one of them screams any louder, I think I will leave them on the curb with a “free to a good home” sign hanging around their neck. Also, if one more person tells me “it’s just a phase”, I will karate chop them. Right in the face. When you have had incessant, for no good reason, screaming for an hour straight and you are still touting this journey as such a blessing and you wouldn’t have it any other way, then I might listen to you. Until then, leave me in my corner, rocking back and forth in the fetal position. Amen.”
2. I love social media. It’s probably a good thing too, since a lot of my job is centered around this ever changing world. But more importantly, social media has allowed my labor of love- this blog- to reach people all over the world. I have readers from Canada, Portugal and UK and I am pumped! This wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for the power of social media. I am grateful. So if you see me constantly looking at my phone (my husband says I’m obsessed), I’m not ignoring you, I’m trying to conquer the world. One blog post at a time.
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3. I was in Walmart (One word or two? Does it even matter? I’m too lazy to look it up.) yesterday and as I was running around the store, I stopped in my tracks as I passed the pajama section. There, on an end cap of an aisle, was some lingerie with Sesame Street characters on them. For adults, not children, obviously. Really? I don’t know about you or your spouse, but do you really want to be wearing that and have Cookie Monster or Big Bird staring you in the face? I’m thinking not. So wrong on sooooo many levels. “Like” if you agree (reference to #2 on this list).
4. I wish I didn’t have to dress for a monsoon to go outside of my house. All of you who live in the Northeast need no explanation of the first sentence. Maybe I would tolerate it more if those really cute rain boots didn’t strangle my calves EVERY time I put them on. Jerks.
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5. My baby girl graduates from Preschool tomorrow afternoon. I am so excited for her, but I am so emotional at the same time. To me this represents one step closer to her becoming this little free bird. She has been practicing the song they will sing and I tear up every time she looks me straight in the face and belts it out. She will rock it tomorrow. I bought her a new sundress to wear. I will buy flowers for her on my way to her school from the office. I will pray the entire time that I don’t breakdown like I am almost certain I will.
6. I was promoted this week. I will now be a Director and I am thrilled. I also feel incredibly guilty at the same time. I feel guilty because I work full-time and my kids go to daycare. The staff there are like family and it helps ease the pang, but it’s something that I deal with every day. The logical part of me says, “you are setting a great example for your children that they can do it all. They can have it all! They can be super heroes!”. The emotional part of me says, “what do you mean you can’t volunteer in the classroom? Why can’t you take your children to reading time at the library? Why can’t you conduct elaborate craft exercises at your kitchen table? You don’t bake weekly? Oh, ever?” I don’t think I will ever figure this one out.
7. Clinique skin products are pure gold. Enough said (and no, they are not paying me to say this, but if they wanted to I would be ok with that too).
8. I still can’t figure out Pinterest- which goes against the grain of #2 on this list.
9. I’m confused why people are so outraged about what the NSA has been doing. No political statement here, I’m just really confused as to why people never thought this was happening. BTW, when listening in on my cell phone- you will hear a lot of screaming coming from children. For no good reason. I’m surprised federal authorities haven’t shown up at my house yet.
10. Have I mentioned that my kids scream?
11. This post turned out to be longer than I anticipated.
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