To be perfectly honest, I feel slightly overwhelmed by blogging right now. I feel like so much has happened in the past few weeks that I'm not really sure where to start. This is the real reason that I haven't posted in so long. It's in my nature to get totally overwhelmed by something and then--rather than being "adult" and tackling it head on--ignoring it until it bites me right in the arse. At this point, I usually tackle it, but sometimes I try to dance right around it.
Anecdote #1: Last summer my hubby went on a camping/hang gliding trip with one of his friends. When he returned, my hubby did an excellent job of cleaning up and putting away MOST of the camping gear. He neglected one thing, however: the cooler. That cooler sat on our patio for at least 6 months before either one of us would touch it. Now, I know I can get rather anal about things, so I tried to let that one go and figured he'd get to it when he'd get to it. That didn't work. Then, I tried to realize that it was bugging me far more than it was bugging him (like when the trash piles up for weeks & you think that the other person will get so irritated by it that they'll take it out, but they never do, so you just get more irritated?). I figured that if the spider-infested cooler on the patio bugged me so much, I should just clean it out myself and let the whole thing go. But then I'd say, "Yeah, right!" Well, instead of "dealing with" the situation, I set the cooler in a conveniently out-of-the-way spot on our patio so that I wouldn't have to stare at it all of the time. I just danced around the situation for awhile. That worked. For awhile.
One day, I felt especially motivated and figured, "What the heck! I'll friggin clean the cooler." So, I did.
Today, I figured, "What the heck! I'll finally blog!"
Anecdote #2: When I was in jr. high school, I kept a journal. I wrote in it every single day. It was amazingly theraputic and pretty fun. I enjoyed practicing my handwriting, gushing about the boys in my life, and complaining about my catty friends. When I got into high school, my daily journal entries became increasingly infrequent. Finally, I stopped keeping a journal altogether. Each time I wrote, I was so intimidated by explaining everything that had happened since I last wrote that I would just freeze up and quit. Well, I've learned from that lesson. No more.
Sorry, you might not get exciting news about everything that's happened since I last blogged. Here's a nutshell update:
- I'm done student teaching and looking for a teaching job. Hire me!
- I'm working at the dr's office again for the summer. Whoopee (said in a totally sarcastic tone).
- I went camping for a week in Indiana & Kentucky.
- I've learned that Sprite is an excellent mixer with Southern Comfort (thanks, Maggie).
Oh, and here are some pics from our camping trip. During the trip, we met up with some friends from Florida & visited the Creation Museum in Kentucky.
2 comments:
Lisa, I really thought you were dead. Thank God. We'll be able to see the fireworks tonight after all. Cute stories! And, you're welcome, you know me, I do what I can to help people out in the alcohol department.
Lisa, I really liked your pics from your trip. Looks like a lot of fun. It was fun to hear your updates even when I see you like every week.
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