What type of writer are you?
If there was world enough and time, I would tell you a little bit of what I know, but these days, I just have to go with what is top of mind rather than any deep sense of knowing. My financial client left me but then boomeranged back when I was least expecting it, which caused my working world to go into overdrive – lickety split. Yesterday, I wrote four different reports on four different topics ranging from fraccing, Network Television, educating girls in Ghana, to Aikido lessons for the workplace. It’s a wonder I even have anything left to say after that. And yet, I do. Go figure.
So here’s how I carve up my life:
Mommy Blog
I had my come to Jesus with Tin and the food issues. Having learned that other parents have gone through similar, it’s back to rule enforcement and so we had a family meeting and outlined how we roll. Breakfast and dinner – either eat it or shut up. If you request something specifically and don’t eat it, you will be served it again, and again, and again, until you do.
Relationship Blog
I rated my desire for a partner on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being a crisis at a three. That means that it is not critical in my already full life and that if it happens it does, but I’m not stopping the clock waiting for it. It’s funny because this all came up with Tin (see Mommy Blog) who has been in love with a few girls lately, one he even gave a ring to – crazy! He has a crush on his counselor at camp. And he professed his love to his dear friend from Waldorf. He’s got so many love interests it is crazy. Last night, when I was headed out to a meeting, he said to the babysitter that I was “in love” and I was going to see my “love” and I just looked at him as if he were crazy. And he is.
Work Blog
I closed the door to something and thought I was caulking the sides of the frame when suddenly there was a knock, and lo and behold, I opened the door again. So here I am working on Media, working fraccing, working on racism, working on Aikido’s newsletter, working on educating girl’s in Africa, and so if anyone wants to know what it takes to keep up two blogs – ask me – or rather watch the tumbleweeds scrolling by when you click on either of my sites.
Gratitude Blog
I called Flower today to vent about a number of things and oh, I had a number of things that needed venting – a lot of what was happening is that the zipper on my past baggage, which is heavy and cumbersome, broke and everything was spewing out all over the wet sidewalk and I didn’t have time to spit, much less turn each page or photograph over and revisit, and I’m perplexed at why I thought all this stuff was my responsibility to pick up anyway. Instead, I kicked it all to the curb and didn’t even worry about a littering fine. I’m grateful for Flower – there when I needed to just be ungrateful for a few moments.
Opportunity Blog
I had spent a lot of time invested in this house in back of me, the one adjacent to my yard, that is burned out and has been derelict since I moved in. I have remodeled it, razed it, invested in it, flipped it, and pretty much have done so many things to the house that I’m exhausted and this was all just in my mind. I put in an offer on it and day before yesterday they came back to me with something firm and I decided I didn’t want it after all. I don’t want any stress or extra projects – I am resource challenged right now. So my friend is now going to buy it and she is going to remodel it into her house with her daughter and we are going to be neighbors! Yay! How exciting for her and for us.
I don’t even know where to begin on all the other stuff that has been swirling around my brain in the interstitial moments when I’m not hustling and hustling in my work and mommy life. It will come to me, I promise, but for now, don’t turn away just because I’m only giving you the surface stuff – I promise there is more to dredge up – light and dark.