Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Beginning a blog...

So, at long last, I've rejoined the ranks of the blogosphere.  This is probably great and joyous news to all my avid fans out there (sorry, choked a little bit on that line of bologna), and there will most likely be great rejoicing in the streets (okay, so maybe that's only in my mind).  Either way, I'm baa-acck!!

I decided to start a blog for three basic reasons.  And yes, I'm going to tell you all three reasons today.  I know you're thrilled.

First, blogging seems to be a great way to vent.  I tend to get frustrated and irritated with life (I know, shocking), and without an outlet for said frustration and irritation, I tend to "bottle".  And as we all know, bottles only hold so much crap before the pressure becomes too much and they shatter, sending tiny pieces of sharp, glassy shrapnel in all directions, impaling and gashing and further wounding any and all who stand too near ground zero.  I tend to prefer NOT to be a human-emotion IED, so here's hoping the blog-venting will prevent future bottle explosions.

Second (like you needed anything else after the mental images provided above), I want to proudly scream to the world that I am a work-outside-the-home mom, and I do not care what you think of me for that decision.  I am so sick and tired of reading blogs and articles touting the SAHM.  I have nothing against any woman who chooses that path (because seriously, I couldn't do it), but don't try to tell me that your job is just as hard as mine, because I still have your job, too.  I was a SAHM for 5 weeks after V was born, and could not wait to get back to work.  But that's not because being a SAHM was so difficult.  I just enjoy getting to go to an office and do a professional job every day.  I don't like being home all the time.  It makes me stir crazy.  Plus, I do everything a SAHM does, but in less time.  I still grocery shop, cook, clean, bathe the kids, play with the kids, teach the kids, do everyone's laundry, pay all the bills, and so on and so forth.  I'm not trying to insult anyone here, and I'll for sure delve into this topic A LOT more here in the future.  Just don't judge me for my decision to leave my kids with someone else during the day.  I'm a proud working mother and have no plans to change that.

Third (if you're still reading after potentially feeling insulted by the previous reason), I've found that people tend to hold themselves more accountable when they announce their goals for others to hear/read.  I was inspired by an old high-school chum who posted her New Year's Resolutions in her blog, and decided to post some stuff of my own.  I personally don't believe in resolutions, because when you call something a "resolution", people expect you to fail.  I'm going to post my GOALS for 2012 here on my blog, where any and all readers can point out when I slip, and mock me if I fail.  I hate to be mocked, so just the thought that it could happen (and in print, no less) is a great motivator for me.  That blog will come tomorrow.  Be prepared to hold me to my words, dear reader! 

So that's it.  My three reasons for renewing my attempts at blogging.  I may add a fourth reason later (hey, it's my blog, I'll do what I want), and it may be to share chapters of my works-in-progress books with potential readers (working on three separate "urban fantasy" novels currently), just to see if they peak anyone's interest.  But that's not a for-sure thing yet.  Check back, I'll let you know (she said, dangling the cliffhanger like a carrot before a mule)...

::closing line will go here::  I'm working on some great, catch-phrasey "closing line" for the blog, but haven't found it yet.  I am currently accepting recommendations, in case you were wondering.  Until such time, peace out, live the dream, laterz, hasta la vista, much love, etc., etc., etc.

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