I say this as I'm laying propped up against a pile of fluffy off-white pillows (because we don't do laundry nearly enough), dressed in frumpcore denim colored tights (which surprisingly, my husband has complimented like 3 times today) and a thin baby food covered Pink Floyd shirt. The little "Roku" symbol is dancing around on my TV, and I'm trying my hardest not to finish the 3 remaining episodes of New Girl on Netflix, because- once its over, its over. And I don't know about you, but I'll be devastated. Just like I am at the end of any season of anything that I finish. But how exciting is it when you get a new email saying that there is a new season of whatever it is- its like your birthday, right? A good birthday! The kind where you get to sleep in and have breakfast in bed and nobody asks you if you feel a year older, because coincidentally, I don't think anybody actually feels older on their birthday. People should stop asking that question.
Right so anyways. I'm bloggin'. Heck yeah!
Did I mention I currently have mono? Oh yeah, I do, because apparently that's a real thing. I'm 29 years old, I don't recall kissing anyone (because its called the kissing disease, ya know?) other than my husband (who is an excellent kisser- virtual fist bump, b), but- one day (the day after a colonoscopy, no less- I seriously have the best luck) I woke up with giant golf ball sized lumps on my neck, a bloody nose (for the first time in my life ever), and a fairly constant feeling of having a heart attack. So for the past 5 weeks, I've been sweating non stop, falling asleep while standing up, crying at anyone that asks me how I'm doing, and forcing myself to power through every day and every night like a total comatose-zombie-robot-lady.
...you know what I just did just now? I originally typed "comatose-zombie-robot-mom", but after re-reading it, went back and changed mom to lady. Know why? 'Cause this isn't a mom blog. Because I'm not just a mom. I'm a lady. An awesome wordist lady. I have knuckle tattoos, I'm tough, WHAT (ok but I'm not really that tough- and the knuckle tattoos really hurt).
So here I am, chillin' on what I like to call "Mono Island". My husband has the next 6 day off from work, so I can finally get some rest. And by rest, I mean... so that my husband can play a lot of Yahtzee with me, while I don't watch New Girl, because I will have already finished it (and mourned its end). But that's okay. Because I've still got a whole season of Army Wives, at least 3 Halloween movies (The Witches, Practical Magic, and Hocus Pocus), and maybe every Zac Efron film ever made, with the exception of those singy dancy Disney ones. But maybe not. We'll see just how bored I get.
Ok, but the purpose of this blog is to separate myself from my motherness. Not always, but- I just really need a place to not be Tia the mom, but Tia, the Tia. So when I'm here, that's who I am. Tia the Tia. Um, and Tia the mom, because that's not really something that I can ever get away from, nor do I want to, but-
Ok I can't stand it anymore, I have to see what happens between Nick and Jess. And isn't CiCi supposed to get married? If you need me, I'll be wiping up my no-more-New-Girl tears with my dirty pillowcase (hey b, can we change the sheets this weekend? I'll add that to my list on avocado) on Mono Island, wishing I had Charlie St. Cloud and whatever it is that Zac Efron's new movie is called on DVD, as well as every season of True Blood, because I suddenly have a Xanax induced desire to say "Sukeh" over and over again. #ThatTotallyJustHappened
Yay! Now, will you sing "Back in Black," please? You don't actually have to, because it's already playing in my head.
ReplyDeleteYou know I'll sing it! Loudly and obnoxiously. My life IS a musical, after all.
Deleteyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Im so happy you are back. Ive been hoping you would and kept you blog on my reader just in case. xxxxx
ReplyDeleteyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay thank you for all of your encouragement. I've missed writing, so much. It feels wonderful to have a place all of my own to speak my mind again.
Deletetwo weeks after moving in with my husband i got mono. the doctor said i had a uti, but i felt like i was dying. seriously, i couldn't make it to the shower and back to bed without laying in the floor for an hour. i only realized that i had had mono when my husband and cousin came down with it a few weeks later. i still have no clue where i picked it up.
ReplyDeleteglad you're back to blogging! hope you feel better soon!
Uuuuuuugh, its the worst!! I am a sweaty out of breath mess just walking from my bedroom into the bathroom. And if I have to pick up one of my children- forget it, I might as well be a corpse.
DeleteHow long did it take you before you became well??
I am seeing small improvements here and there. I've been told that it won't last forever, but its so hard to believe that when in this moment, here and now, I feel like I'm caught in a net made of heart attack.
Thank you for your wonderful comment on my first blog post! I'm so happy to have such a supportive reader <3
Yahoo you're back!
ReplyDeleteWheeee! Thank you for continuing to be so supportive, Rachel! I'm excited to see where I can let my writing take me.
DeleteNice to see you blogging again, lady! Hope you feel better soon!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Caitlin! For both reading my new blog, and for the get well wishes. I hope to be feeling better soon too. It will happen. It HAS to, haha.
DeleteYAY!!!!!! OMG I LOVE YOU AND I AM SO EXCITED YOU'RE BLOGGING AGAIN! I was really yelling, too.
ReplyDelete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wooty woot! Welcome back, woman! I've thought about your family a bunch over the last little while. I'm so glad you are back. :)
ReplyDeleteAnnie thank YOU for reading. And for keeping us in your thoughts <3 I'm so glad to be back as well. Writing is such a natural part of who I am. I definitely needed the break, but... having taken a year off, now I see that my heart aches for words.
DeleteYAY! So glad you're back!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you'll be doing ad swaps or will even want to, but if/when you do, I'd love to swap with you.
SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU WRITING AGAIN!
Holly my dear! Thank you!!
DeleteIs that something that I should do? I AM wondering how I might be able to get a larger readership. I don't want to be gimmicky or trick people into reading, I only want to share my writing with people who are truly interested. I forgot about blog buttons and all of those sorts of things, honestly. Maybe I should make one?
I am so excited to BE writing again!
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