Yes, I’ve been absent. I’m sure you’ve missed me terribly. Or not.
Where have I been? What have I been doing? Did I join the circus as previously threatened? No. I’ve been at home. Doing all those things us busy working Mom’s do. Such as;
- Winning an awesome Le Creuset giveaway from Rita at Fighting Off Frumpy’s Reviews & Giveaways blog! Woo Hoo! I NEVER win anything, and these are beautiful, so I consider this event particularly helpful in breaking The Funk
- Attending MANY of my boys soccer games. Which frankly I don’t so much mind on a nice, sunny summer evening. Call me a fair-weather fan if you will, but you won’t find me sitting on the sidelines in the rain.
- Sitting in a STINKING hot school gym for 1.5 hours to watch a musical adaptation of “Alice in Wonderland”. The Youngest was one of the many “back up singers” but we couldn’t even see him let alone hear him. Fail.
- Spending approximately 6 brutally hot hours staining our large back deck with Willie. Back breaking, but it looks great. That’s where you can find me for most of the summer.
- Sweating my ass off. Don’t know if you’ve heard, but Ontario Canada has been experiencing some highly unusual HOT weather lately. Not that I’m complaining. I spend 9 months of the year putting up with crap weather just to get to June, July & August. But MAN it’s been hot! Thank God for air conditioning and pools.
- Obsessively water the lawn and gardens. See above.
- Buying a new summer chick-lit book. I’m not going to tell you which one till I’m finished in case you say “oh, I read that. It was crap” because that will really piss me off, and I’m looking forward to diving into it.
- The Eldest kicked some major ass at his school’s area track meet and came home with a collection of ribbons! How can a child born from me be such an uber-athlete in all sports?! Fortunately he looks like his Father’s twin, or else I’d suspect a hospital switch.
- I managed to complete another month end at work. This is basically 3 days of hell that comes in the form of reports and spreadsheets. Fortunately I kick ass at reports and spreadsheets, so I haven’t had a month end beat me yet. But it’s stressful nonetheless.
- I had a date with Willie. Okay, maybe less of a date and more of attending a funeral together (the elderly Father of a friend – no one close). But we were out together. Without the kids. So I say that counts as a date.
- Almost forgot to get The Youngest to a friend’s birthday party. It just totally slipped my mind. Good thing Toys R Us was on the way. Gotta love gift cards.
- Enjoyed a dinner out with some girlfriends on a local restaurant patio! Nothing helps drive away The Funk like estrogen, good food, frozen drinks and neighbourhood gossip.
- My Niece gave birth to her first child! Her daughter Cali was unexpectedly born via emergency c-section at 30 weeks and only 3 pounds, but is doing really well in spite of her tiny size. She’s expected to stay in the hospital for awhile and we’re all keep our fingers crossed for her continued progress. A few of your fingers wouldn’t hurt either.
- And finally, I been trying to identify something I enjoy about each day in an attempt to drive out The Funk. If you only concentrate on the negative, then that’s all that will reveal itself to you. Concentrate more on the positive and you will find that there are many small moments worthy of your attention and your affection.
Hope you find something to love about today!
22 Responses to “What I’ve Been Doing”
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June 2nd, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Glad to have you back – your Blog was missed. I love the idea of looking for something positive each day — I’m going out to the store and hope to find something positive to make me happy.
June 2nd, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Well at least you have an excuse for your absence I’d say, you busy lady. But trust me…you have been missed very much! I was so excited to see you update in my reader!
June 2nd, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Don’t do that again. You are in my top 5 must read blogs every day. I follow a katrillion blogs, too, so that says a lot, lady. No more unexpected absenses.
I’m a tad sad that you and Willie consider going to a funeral a date. Maybe a REAL date, filled with FUN can help remove the funk.
Enjoy your heat wave!
June 2nd, 2010 at 1:07 pm
I’ve missed your blog! looks like you’ve been super busy, at least you’ve got a fantastical deck to show for it. I’ve been getting into a funk myself lately :-/
June 2nd, 2010 at 1:20 pm
of course you’ve been missed! Sounds like you’re busy — and just be thankful you’re not in an obscenely hot, humid Florida and pregnant. And it’s only June– I’ve got a LONG summer ahead of me.
Big finger cross action for that little one!! What a precious blessing and I know she’ll be fine.
June 2nd, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Reading your blog was one of my positives of today! I hope you have more girls’ evenings out and fewer dates at funeral parlors.
June 2nd, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Sounds like you have been BUSY!
Glad you’re back and congrats on the new baby!
June 2nd, 2010 at 2:46 pm
you have been busy. glad things are looking up.
June 2nd, 2010 at 2:48 pm
I have sadly been absent too. miss you cher! (what book are you reading – I promise I won’t say a THING
kiran
June 2nd, 2010 at 6:00 pm
I would say that you are completely excused from blogging because that schedule is crazystupidnuts. But welcome back. I hope your brand spankin’ new patio has Wi-Fi. I would hate for you to have to come in to blog…although I guess you would have to refill your drink at some point. Congrats on winning the giveaway! That’s rockin’. And congrats on having an athletic child in the family. Go ahead and instill in him the importance of taking care of his parents as he gets older (and signs playing contracts).
If we had children, I would absolutely refer to a funeral as a date. I mean, there’s food involved, right? And socializing? And no kids? Total date. But may not all of your dates be funerals…that is my wish for you.
June 2nd, 2010 at 9:28 pm
What do I love about today? You’re back!! Yay, I’ve missed you and your posts…….man, that’s one bizzzzzzy life you have. I’ll await my invite over to sample what deliciousness you cook up in your new Le Creuset!!
June 2nd, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Well, how can you be in a funk when you have no time for it? Good Lord, woman, what happened to heeding my advice about TAKING IT EASY?!?
Glad things are better. Thinking of your niece’s little one…
June 3rd, 2010 at 3:44 am
I’ve just discovered your blog gets through my works filtration security thing. That’s you and Surferwife on that list now (but when I tried to post the comment, it told me your site is a dating site, so I’ve emailed the comment to myself to post from home)
More of your fathers friends need to die so you get more dates with Willie. You should ring them and make a request.
Very exciting about your niece having her first child. A girl too, so I’m sure you’re super excited. I have my fingers crossed.
Congrats to your eldest on his ribbon halulage and to your youngest on his role as a backup singer. I’m sure he was awesome, even if you couldn’t hear it.
Cher
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June 3rd, 2010 at 1:22 pm
A dating site?! I haven’t been part of that scene since the 90′s.
June 3rd, 2010 at 5:56 am
Missed you much!!!! my day does not start the same without your blog!! I need a morning laugh EVERY day ya hear me, ya hear me!!! Ok now get cracking on tomorrows, go on, get going, go on!!!!!!!
June 3rd, 2010 at 8:14 am
Sounds like you’ve been busy woman! I wish I was back in Ontario…it’s been raining and hasn’t been over 12 degrees for an entire week here! I get snakey when I don’t see the sun for that long!
June 3rd, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Seems like everyone is too busy for blogging this time of year. I think we should all close up shop and come back in September.
Cher
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June 3rd, 2010 at 1:21 pm
here! here! I’ll second that motion when you bring it up at the next General Meeting. When is that by the way???
June 3rd, 2010 at 2:13 pm
Jeez…you were busy. I’m glad the funk is receeding. I agree that the funeral can count as a date…I’ve been counting stuff like that lately since it seems the only time we leave the house together. And I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Cali…and I’d like to see some pics when you get a chance!
June 3rd, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Girl, you have been busy! Yes, I’ve missed your presence, woman. The funk happens, but it’ll go away eventually… I’m sure of it. Keep your head up.
June 3rd, 2010 at 10:11 pm
i was expecting to see “starting fires” on that list, because if you didn’t know, the cod was recently covered in smoke from canadian wild fires last weekend. but i don’t really know if you are close to the north coast or not, so maybe it wasn’t you causing the fires.
but at least you had a girls night! and a funeral date. hope you get a not funeral date soon though. it’s not a really great setting for making out afterward….
June 3rd, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Ohhhhh, you lucky lady. Nothing wrong with a little Le Creuset!