One of THOSE Days

Had a crappy day yesterday...

work - hate waiting on people.

kids - tired of same arguments just do your______, fill in blank with whatever, it is all the same.

husband - why the hell do we pay for a cell phone if you never answer it and don't use it to return calls?

car - backed my car into husband's car trying to get out of driveway resulting in scratches and dings for everybody!

sports - went to the sport I usually don't go to because I had to present something for work that if I didn't spend all day waiting on people I could have done earlier in the day and of course the sport I didn't go to that kid had an awesome practice, got to play a new position that he has the skills to do and I missed the whole damn thing!

project - worked on it all day (most of which was waiting for phone call) and then forgot the presentation at home and only realized after I was half way to my destination, had to turn around making me late for EVERYTHING!

dog - we have a very old dog that got overheated yesterday so I had to sit with him for 15 minutes while he licked ice cubes from my hand until he cooled down and his eyes stopped rolling into the back of his head. Scary.

bugs - daughter got her first bee sting, which I have an allergy to, which resulted in a late night trip to the drugstore and a $12 purchase of children's benadryl and a late evening watching her sting area and making sure her breathing remained unrestricted. More scary.

more bugs - hate ants. All of them. Hate that family leaves food out on counter even after I have told them 1000 times that we have ants and everything must be kept clean and put away.

house - damn disaster area, laundry pile has requested its own zip code.

blog - have spent the last 2 hours writing various forms of this blog only to have the computer dump all the work I had done. About to throw all electrical devices out the window.

SCREW THIS!

CRAWLING BACK INTO BED AND WATCHING MINDLESS CHICK FLICKS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

In the begining...

First off, thank God there is a spell check on this thing! While I enjoy writing and I often experience an euphoric state after my more passionate pontifications, most of the time the words I truly wanted to use are not contained in the piece because of my horrific inability to spell. This, I am sure is just the first of many of my faults I will reveal within this blog.

Second, why blog at all? It is my husband's fault. I love this man deeply, but alas, he is often at the center of my more hair brained ideas in one form or another. I have recently turned 40 and as many of us do, I am going through a bit of a crisis. Not the get a sports car or squeeze on the side crisis, but one of the "what the hell am I going to be when I grow up" variety. For the last 10 years I have been a mom. I wouldn't change that and being so has definitely played a role in shaping who I am but I am at the point that I am ready to be something more. Not sure what that more is, but I know there is a more.

So, during my latest tirade in the car as I am bitching about something or another and my absolute disgust in the lack of real information on the subject and that we should all know the truth about what really happens during whatever situation has stirred my constantly bubbling pot, my husband simply states, "why don't you write a book about it then". God how I hate when that man is right.

Although after a little thought and knowing my limited time resources, because did I mention that I am a mom? I decided that instead of delving into my great all American, I can't believe you didn't write this sooner, it changed my life novel, I will begin instead with a blog. Give this writing thing a test drive if you will. This is my midlife sports car and I am going to kick the tires a bit, take her for a spin and see how fast I can get this baby to go.

Thanks for coming on the test drive with me.