Um, yeah. So, hi! Long time no blog. I didn’t die or anything dramatic like that. Just took a bit of a hiatus. I’m not entirely sure what prompted it. I took a bit of time off after my entry about getting older was quoted on another blog and picked apart by a bunch of strangers. But that was only supposed to be for a few days. Then I got really busy…taxes, business stuff, that sort of thing. But still….Quite a few times I added update blog to my to do list, but it just never seemed to get done. I pretty much just didn’t have anything to say, I guess. I still haven’t come up with anything to say. I even missed my one year bloggoversary. Which is a bummer, because I hate missing any opportunity to say WOOO HOOO! and have cake…even the fake bloggoversary kind. So is it too late for cake? Maybe I could celebrate my fourteen-month-a-versary.
We’ve got some pretty stressful things going on financially and I think I’ve hit some sort of early midlife crisis. If I got married early and had my kids early I can do that, right? You know…What does it all mean? What have I done with my life? Blah, blah, blah. So if guys buy sports cars and have affairs when they have their midlife crises, what do woman do? I’ve managed to gain enough weight to bump myself up a pants size, but no Ferrari.
Homeschooling is alright. The Boy starts meeting with a tutor tomorrow for his math lessons, since we tend to struggle and butt heads in that subject. The tutor is a man. I have never met him. This is a big deal considering my usual approach is pedophile until proven otherwise. That applies to all people, not just tutors. The Husband discouraged me against informing him that if he tried anything funny with The Boy, that I would castrate him myself with my car keys. Pssh. Fine. Sitting right outside the room and watching the whole session like a hawk will have to suffice….but the car keys? They stay within reach.
So, that is my last month in a nutshell. What have you all been up to?
15 responses so far ↓
1 Lance // Apr 3, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Not to worry. We had a party for you and ate cake. It was excellent. Sorry to didn’t make it. Happy Bloggoversary anyway.
2 Stacie // Apr 3, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Weird, I feel the same way about the Male Species. Not fair, I know. I cannot help it. Oh, and I have cake in the fridge from my now-six-year old’s birthday, and now I have a reason to eat a piece. Happy bloggoversary!
3 Earnest Iconoclast // Apr 3, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Welcome back.
Please don’t give the tutor a hard time. As a male teacher, he probably gets a lot of grief from people who are assuming he is a pedophile. It is actually EXTREMELY unlikely that he’s a pedophile. And it would be a shame to run another male out of teaching…
Of course, you should be cautious anytime your kids are in the care of a stranger and I encourage you to monitor things, especially in the beginning, so that you can see if they work well together or if the guy is competent, etc…
4 kristen // Apr 4, 2008 at 12:09 am
Missed you!
5 Kelley // Apr 4, 2008 at 12:17 am
Babe, seems you have the same luck as me. Make a simple remark and people go apeshit.
Complain about getting old? You are ageist.
Cautious about a man alone with your son? Sexist.
I am thinking a large glass of wine and tell em all to bugger off. But that is just me.
Midlife crisis for us chicks usually involves new clothes cause the old ones don’t fit. I think you need to take up the shoe habit.
And what have I been up to? Meh.
6 Blog Antagonist // Apr 4, 2008 at 12:51 pm
I read that exchange and I can’t say I blame you for withdrawing to lick your wounds a bit. I have to say that sometimes, I am a little intolerant of those younger than me, but now, I will try to be more understanding.
Glad to see you back!
7 Rafael // Apr 4, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Hi!
Well, I discovered this blog now, but I’m seeing it from the beginning and you’re going very well, I was seeing the blog of the boy, and, he’s not doing any more, it’s something or he stopped?
About the party, never is late for a party! About the Homeschooling, why do you don’t employ a woman teacher? They’re very cool (someone).
I’m waiting you’ll do this blog.
NOTE: I don’t write English very well , sorry.
8 Mands // Apr 4, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I wondered where you were…glad to see you put something up..even if it was full of ‘meh-ness’
Yes. It’s now a word. I have amazing coconut cake from my birthday in the fridge..I will have a piece for you before I throw it out.
As for an early mid-life crisis…I just entered my latter twenties..been married over four years..no kids yet and I have already had at least two that I know of. Ha.
So yeah..you can have your cake (and mid-life crisis) and eat it too.
9 Daisy // Apr 5, 2008 at 12:13 am
Love the picture!
My husband keeps saying he wants a convertible for his “midlife crisis.” He hasn’t bought one because he knows I’ll counter by buying myself a Harley. Oh, what a pair we’ll be!
10 s'mee // Apr 5, 2008 at 1:05 am
hehe, so much here that makes me smile.
First- awesome photo.
Second-imaginary blog people can be mean, so this is how I force myself to think of them, as imaginary. (yes, I’m six)
Third- I was hyper vigilant with my kids as well. Didn’t matter to me what gender they were I sat in a corner during tutorial sessions, piano, oboe, dance, whatever, didn’t matter to me, I refused to be absent the day all heck went wrong. (yes, I need therapy)
Fourth- happy blogaversay! I always forgt mine and then I am sad. Seriously, I have forgotten every single one.
Fifth- midlife for me? I wanted change, and lots of it. I wanted s*x, and lots of it, and there were times when I wouldn’t have cared if I went bankrupt, shopping and lots of it. Luckily that last one was a very short span of time. I don’t recommend it to anyone. Too much stuff-ack!
Sixth- I have been photographing a lot (A LOT) of wild flowers, and d-i-l just had our 1st girl grandbaby, so I’m happy!
11 christine // Apr 5, 2008 at 5:55 am
Good to see you are back! I think all of us go through those times we just don’t have much to say, or at least can’t get it from brain to keyboard.
As far as being picked apart by other bloggers, I’d ignore those old bitties. (just kidding! ) You’ve got a right to feel however you want about getting older, and I doubt that when they were our age they were all “Woo hoo! I’m getting older! Can’t wait til I hit 60!”
12 kellypea // Apr 9, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Ah, mel. It makes my day to know that you’re back and sassy and making me smile. You’ve always done that. I haven’t had much to say lately, either. Well, I do, but sometimes it just doesn’t get written. Too much I want to say in too little time, yanno? As far as all that age crap is concerned, you’re absolutely gorgeous. Period.
13 Chad // Apr 9, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I guess I mostly am going to agree with the above comments.
) that guys are freaks, and that kids shouldn’t talk to strangers- but most abductions happen by people the children know… wow, I’m glad I’m not a parent yet.
-The picture cracks me up (just like I am a closet fan of the LOL Catz)
-Don’t trust anyone over 30
-It pays to be vigilant with any strangers- even with people you know. With the string of female teachers having relationships with their young male students and the stereotype (which probably comes from somewhere
I’m a new reader to your blog, but anyone who says “I would castrate him myself with my car keys” is alright in my book
14 the new girl // Apr 10, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Glad to see you!
I have nothing in a nutshell. I just don’t have the good sense to not blog when I’ve got nothing. I subject everyone to nonsense.
xo
15 the new girl // Apr 10, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Oh, and I’m so with you on the whole ‘pedophile until proven otherwise.’
So. With you.
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