I’m finding out quickly that blogging is not that easy. Prior to actually setting up the blog, I was composing blog posts in my head ALL the time. Then I set up the blog and proceeded to wait approximately a month before posting. And now it’s been about 3 weeks since my last real post.
So here’s the thing. I do have a full time job, which is staying at home to take care of my 3 kids. Oh yeah, and running a house. For instance, there was a sale at Target this week, so I went on a paper supply buying spree. We have enough TP and paper towels to last us – well, for a little while. Now I could get into how society doesn’t value it, that I’m wasting my Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, etc., but all I will say is that it really is a full time job. I can sit down to send off quick emails here and there throughout the day (and in fact, I find it keeps me a little more sane), but can’t sit down and actually blog. That involves Thinking and Concentration, and those things don’t happen in a house full of children. Lots of things don’t happen in a house full of children. Like having a few quiet minutes alone in the bathroom. The 2-year-old doesn’t like me to shut her out, so the door is often open. When it actually is shut, one or more children will come up to it and start a conversation. Me: “We can discuss this when I’m out of the bathroom!” Lots of things do happen in a house full of children, though. Like chasing a 4 1/2 year old little boy around the house to catch him and count off 10 kisses, and then having him return the favor. Like having a toddler who, when trying to teach her where the parts of her face are, decides the way to show me where her nose is is to poke her finger way up it. Or having a big girl who writes funny messages to herself on her white board.
But additionally, I have a part time job doing web design work from home. It involves me sitting in front of the computer in the evenings, starting from about 7:30 on. Not every evening, but with that and other activities away from home, most of my evenings are filled. By the time I’m finished working, I want nothing more than to veg out on the couch watching TV with Seth. And I think he would like me there, too. So blogging takes a back seat. But I’ll work on getting into a routine. I promise.
Now, there is a berry crisp calling my name, as well as a new episode of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern (though eating while watching that show is not entirely pleasant).
Future blog topics will include – pros and cons of getting married at age 20, pros and cons of having your first child at age 22, post-partum depression, funny things the kids say/do, funny things I say/do, life in rural Minnesota (not as bad as it sounds, due to the fact that Rochester is a highly intellectual community because of the Mayo Clinic and the large IBM presence)
