A stellar example of just how much I do not have my shit together

February 24, 2011 by ·

As mentioned, I’m travelling for work this week, as I did last week. Last week I went to Montreal, where it was very cold. I got there and realized I had forgotten a sweater and had only brought one glove. Brilliant, Robin. That’s helpful.

I felt silly, but it was fine.

This week I’m in lovely Toronto (where it’s warmer and there’s less snow than in my balmy west-coast home – go figure). I brought my gloves and my sweater, though I haven’t had to wear them.

What I didn’t bring was underwear.

Really, how does one forget to pack underwear? It’s the first thing I normally pack. It’s in my top drawer. I brought socks. I brought my sports bra (which I actually used – yay, me!). But underwear? Not so much.

After having a good laugh I texted my husband to tell him this (because, really, he needs more evidence of the fact that I’m crazy). He asked if I bought new ones or just planned to go commando. I’ll never tell. 😉 (But let’s just say I only realized my predicament when it was time to leave for the presentation I was scheduled to give.)

The old me would never have done this. The old me – the pre-baby, pre-PPD me – would have had a list. I guess they did remove my competence with the c-section, because I didn’t have a list.

I also don’t have any underwear.

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I’m an award-winning blogger

January 29, 2011 by ·

When I started this blog, I knew there was a blogosphere. I knew there were mommy bloggers and that some of those bloggers got awards for their blogs. But I thought they were all big awards. You know, maybe not the Oscars of Blogging but at least the Golden Globes. I didn’t know there were so many different awards – big ones and small ones and poignant ones and funny ones. Some that are given out once a year and some that are given out anytime, to anyone, on a pay-it-forward basis.

Now I know about these, and especially the last, because I got one. Yay!

The super-cute (and Canadian!) Leighann at The Endless Rant of a Multitasking Mumma presented this award to me on the 24th and it seriously made my day.

There are rules for this award, so in the spirit of playing along I’m going to reveal 7 things about myself and then pass the award on to 7 others. (I think sometimes people do 15 & 15 with this award but (a) I don’t know if I know 15 other bloggers yet and (b) I can probably barely think of 7 things about myself never mind 15 and (c) Leighann did 7 so I’m going to take that as permission to do 7 too. So there.)

  1. I don’t understand parsley. Truly. What’s the point?
  2. I can count on much less than one hand the number of cups of coffee I have consumed in my whole entire life.
  3. I have the first three seasons of The Big Bang Theory on my computer and have watched each episode about eleventy-million times.
  4. I’ve done two solo backpacking trips and I think those experiences are a large part of who I am today.
  5. One of those trips involved driving through the Australian outback with truckers. Just me and some truckers I hadn’t met before (but one of them was a friend of a friend, so it was okay).
  6. A lot of people I know think I don’t drink, but I actually just don’t drink much. I have no moral, philosophical or other objection to alcohol. The truth is I just don’t like it much, and as a result I really can’t hold my liquor. Talk about a cheap date. So I don’t really drink when I go out “for drinks” because I usually have my car with me and want to be able to get home. Leaving it somewhere and having to go back and pick it up is way more of a pain to me than it’s worth.
  7. I have a blog related to my work (sort of) but still used to think I wasn’t a blogger. Well I know I’m only about a month into this, but I am. I totally am. I’m loving this. I just had to find my muse, and it turns out mine is about about 3 feet tall.

And now to pay it forward. The Stylish Blogger Award goes to…

James at James & Jax because she seems lovely and is very honest.

Angie at On the rocks and straight up because I just really like her style.

Grace at Arms Wide Open because she’s in my PPD crowd and because she moved to Mexico. I know! Fascinating.

Susanne at Ghostwriter Mummy because though her heartbreak is different than mine, she’s gone through it (twice) and is doing what I’m doing – writing about it and building a community around it. Plus, she seems wicked smart.

Brandon at Brandon the Duncan. Yes, he’s a man. Yes, he will probably accept this award and not freak out because it’s girly. I know that because I found him through The Red Dress Club, a community of writers who are mostly (all?) women and that didn’t faze him one bit.

Sarah at Paul & Sarah because I’ve known Sarah for a long, long time (she’s an “Internet friend” I’ve actually met in person). She’s smart and strong and I love reading about her journey with her long-awaited son.

Carri at Adventures in Mommyhood because she’s just sassy. And if sassy doesn’t warrant an award, I don’t know what does.

Big thanks to Leighann for the award and all those above who inspire me with their words.

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For the Love of Blogging: Top Ten Tuesday

January 25, 2011 by ·

Miranda and Katie’s week of For the Love…of Blogging continues with today’s prompt to post the Top Ten reasons you love blogging. I’m noticing some similarities in the lists posted so far, which I think explains a lot about why these types of blogs have become such a big thing.

Here’s the Top 10 reasons I love blogging:

  1. It supports my inner writer. It gives me space to write. I write a bit for work, but this gives me a place where my writing is just for me.
  2. It supports my need for therapy. I jest, but only sort of. Okay, no. I’m actually not joking. Let’s just be honest here: I started this blog to work through my experience with postpartum depression and it really helps me with that.
  3. It supports others with PPD. Postpartum depression is not very well understood, and it’s not really talked about much. By writing about it I hope to help change that.
  4. It supports my inner nerd. There’s a small part of me that likes to play with technology. I haven’t done a whole lot with this blog yet, but I suspect I could easily get into it, lose track of time and discover that I haven’t showered or eaten for days and have lost my job. Looking forward to making it more mine over the coming months (at appropriate intervals).
  5. It supports my inner emotaphobe. Yes, I just made that word up. I’m one of the most emotional people I know. (Oy vey.) But aside from bursting into tears at very inopportune moments I actually find it hard to express my specific feelings to people face-to-face. I can do it way better in writing. I know not everyone cares what’s going on inside my head but any that do can get a glimpse through my blog.
  6. It supports my desire to time travel. Like a lot of people, I look forward to looking back over these entries and reflecting on how my experience and perspective has changed.
  7. It supports my inner extrovert. I love the community I’m finding through blogging. Mostly other moms, but people from all over the world who are living their life and using this medium to share pieces of it.
  8. It supports my inner introvert. I’m a weird combination – a sort of intro-extrovert, if you will. Blogging gives me alone time at the end of the day and I haven’t had enough of that in the last couple of years.
  9. It supports my inner secret agent. So far this blog isn’t general knowledge among people I know. I haven’t kept it a total secret – I’ve told some people and some people have found it on their own but part of me likes the fact that there’s a side to me not everyone knows about.
  10. It supports my inner narcissist. I love comments and pingbacks and retweets. Judge me if you will. 😉


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