The Ship is Sinking
- April 16th, 2008 3:11 pm
Today, I sat down intent to write an entry. I had a few different things I wanted to blog about, but when I sat down and began typing it all ran together in a manner similar to discount buffet food all piled on one plate. None of it tasted good, so to speak, and it all seemed at least second or third rate. Not that anything or everything I crank out of here is first rate, but when I reread something and it automatically sounds like crap to me, I hit the Save button and save it for a day when I can attempt to make a mountain out of a molehill.
The truth is my life is busy lately. Really, it’s busy all of the time.
A busy life is nothing new to any of you. We’re all often being pulled in a blunder of directions. But the problem is that sometimes the pulling from multiple, distant directions becomes so strong, so rapid that while we desperately need to fall over from exhaustion and strife, we remain standing. Wobbling, but standing.
That’s me today, and that’s me lately.
Standing but wobbling. Slightly dizzy, yet still able to make out the goals in sight. An obvious suggestion to the madness is to eliminate some of projects in my life that are not necessary. One might argue that I should take a blog break.
But the thing is, what started out as a personal diary for me has now become a third arm. It’s just a functioning part of me. And I’m okay with that. While writing this, I stopped for a moment, preparing myself to analogize various parts of my blog with my hand, but I don’t even know how to do that right now. All I know is that I would equate a recent influx of email filled with either hateful words or unsolicited advice to my middle finger waving rapidly in the air. That is one relationship that is partially visible.
At some point, being bogged down a bajillion things is ridiculous. When I’ve lost my car keys for the fourth time of the day and find myself dropping the f-bomb like I’m getting paid for it, well, that’s when I usually call it a day. I used to handle stress a lot differently.
When I was in middle school, one of my best friends and I spent massive amounts of time writing really catty, yet hilarious poems about whatever or whomever was pissing us off. As angsty preteens, we had at least a 5-subject notebook full-until my mom confiscated it. Back then, finding words to rhyme with whore in order to complete a stanza usually took up a lot of my time. I wish I had time to write angst-filled poetry right now. Not that I would, but having the option would be nice.
If possible, I would probably massacre 80’s Lady with adjectives in a beautiful poem dedicated to the new level of idiot status she has managed to achieve. As of today, she is officially the bane of my existence.
In the next few weeks (when my time is once again plentiful) you can look forward to these things,
- An update about 80’s Lady latest antics
- A semi-new design
- Other things I haven’t thought of yet, but decided a third bullet would look nice and added it for fun.
Anything making you crazy or busy? An insane relative? A demanding job? Your next door neighbor that tends to go out to get the newspaper naked?
April 16th, 2008 @ 4:14 pm
Girl, I totally identify. I’m drowning over here, and I don’t even have kids to take care of! Don’t know how you keep it together!
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April 16th, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
Even when you say that you are having trouble putting it all together to say something, you still manage to make my day because you are awesome like that.
Loved the discount buffet metaphor – I do love me a buffet, but Tom used to insist we go to this place where there was a lot of a large number of things, but every one was mediocre at best. Ugh. I worried that my post today was like that but then decided I didn’t have time to care and just told people to go piss themselves if they didn’t like it because I got too busy to do anything about it and just hit go. Swearing at readers probably isn’t the best tactic, but I felt I was out of options
I can’t wait for the next 80’s Lady installment, but you do your thing.
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April 16th, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
I was feeling like how you described this past week…and the week before that…and the month before that …oh hell. Anyways…**hugs**. I just read back on 80s lady…and she sounds like a trip!
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April 16th, 2008 @ 4:49 pm
“Wobbling, but standing.”
That pretty much sums me up at the end of each day. I don’t even have kids. But I have my little empire of businesses and philanthropic work I try to squeeze into almost every waking minute of every day, 7 days a week.
Kudos to you for always making time to post for your readers. I love your posts. Yours is the only “for fun” blog I’ve subscribed to, all the rest are work related.
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April 16th, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
I wish I was busy.
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April 16th, 2008 @ 6:58 pm
Hang in there. Things might get hairy from time to time, but it reminds us all how truly capable you are.
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April 16th, 2008 @ 7:26 pm
I posted garbage like that on Monday. I wrote it and I was like what was that? But I posted it anyway.
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April 16th, 2008 @ 8:04 pm
I think I would thoroughly enjoy a naked neighbor grabbing his paper…gotta keep life interesting, right?
I think I’m making myself crazy. Can’t blame it on the kids or the hubby. I feel like I need to take a big step and I Don’t know how to do it. If only we had a book of instructions…I can follow instructions.
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April 16th, 2008 @ 8:07 pm
Babe, I hear ya. And the emails, yeah, I get them too. Lots of hate, or whiny ‘why haven’t you visited me’ stuff.
I love blogging. I love meeting all these awesome new people but shit, sometimes it just gets all too freaking high school and I wonder if I need that crap in my life.
Take it at your own pace my lovely. And the haters? Hit delete. They are just wanting attention in their sad and sorry lives.
smootches
Kelley’s last blog post..Arsehats everywhere.
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April 16th, 2008 @ 9:03 pm
I soooo hear you.. there are not enough hours in the day to do it all.. It can drive you crazy..
Why would anyone send you hate mail.. I hate people that have nothing better to do than to try to make others feel bad.
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April 16th, 2008 @ 9:37 pm
I’m so tired I can’t think straight. I can’t wait to hear about 80s Lady.
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April 16th, 2008 @ 9:43 pm
Feeling very overwhelmed right now too. Our busy season at work is starting, my husband is very stressed out by school, the little princess is trying to crawl, etc etc. I am hanging in there. Wish you the best
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April 17th, 2008 @ 5:29 am
such a NORMALIZING post for me as you appear to do it all and get dinner on table
without breaking a sweat.
Im svitzing like a pig up in herre.
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April 17th, 2008 @ 8:34 am
I’m with you about one thing, at least. This blogging thing has become an integral part of me and my life. Good thing or bad thing? Who knows? Who cares? And why the f**k does it make any difference to anyone but me? (and you.)
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April 17th, 2008 @ 8:35 am
Crazy or busy, you ask? Um, twin 2-year-olds, husband adjusting to being a civilian and looking for work, sudden increase in responsibility at my own job, hour commute each way. Seriously, though, the biggest stressor in my life is that I don’t know how to be a mom, professional and wife at the same time. I forget the wife thing most days, and my husband feels neglected. I’m not even thinking about the fact that I should be taking care of my home. Don’t have the time!
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April 17th, 2008 @ 9:59 am
wait, you get hatemail?? who could hate you?
(first time commenting, btw, hi!)
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April 17th, 2008 @ 11:51 am
My blog/journal is part of me..but I don’t get hate mail but I guess I edit myself a bit.. My thought is do I have anything on there that would keep me out of public office…or embarrass my family if I get hit by a truck.. If it WOULD I don’t say it but end up leaving it as a comment on a friends blog if I have to…
I am REALLY busy..but since I’m so good at procrastinating I’m not doing much of anything.
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April 17th, 2008 @ 3:00 pm
I hear you. It’s going around…just tapped, sapped, fried. I had to break from blogging for a couple weeks. Anyway, know that you are brilliantly funny and wonderfully uncensored. ALWAYS REAL -if some peple can’t handle it, too double f-bomb bad!
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April 17th, 2008 @ 3:48 pm
Yay! I can’t wait for 80’s Lady stories! Those are awesome!
I am actually pretty busy at work lately (which is where I sometimes write my blogs…shhhhh!) and in 2 weeks I’m going on vacation so I’ve got lots of stuff to do before then!! Yikes!
Grey Street’s last blog post..This is NOT art.
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April 17th, 2008 @ 10:01 pm
Hatemail? From a blog? That’s just sad. Anyway, how about some of that poetry?
whore
bore
boar
more
soar
four
adore
lore
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April 18th, 2008 @ 9:00 am
Two big fund raising events at work will be largely unsuccessful because the financial community is not able to support them like they usually do. Somehow this will be my fault.
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April 18th, 2008 @ 9:10 am
No hate mail coming from me! I love your blog, but you have no obligation to entertain me daily. If you post, great! If not, I’ll check back another time. I regard your blog as any other gift: I am grateful for it, but have no reason to be upset if you don’t post.
There, since I regard your blog as a gift, consider this my thank-you note
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April 18th, 2008 @ 9:23 am
ROOFERS! oh my god why does it take a team of 12 more than a week to reroof my house! shoot me. please please please.
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April 18th, 2008 @ 10:16 am
Crazy making – waiting on a phone call from my company VP to find out if the interim position I was put in will be made permanent and if said position also comes with the permanent raise, or if I just have to do the work with none of the perks.
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April 18th, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
hi again,
you and i wrote about almost the same thing this week (my last two entries are about the extra pressures of late).
“but it came to pass. it didn’t come to stay.”
hope it all eases up for you very soon.
peace sister, kathleen
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April 22nd, 2008 @ 1:32 pm
Im so f’ing busy, I don’t know how or why Im typing this! I am a full time student & single working mom who can only go on dates after 8pm, and even then I get home way too late and have to wake up way too early and start all over again! Im losing my ever-living mind!
I feel your pain.
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