Deb Smouse

One Year Later

Posted on 01. Nov, 2008 by Deb in Just.....Me, Just...Webby, Just...Writing

It was about a year ago that I started blogging again.  I joined the NaBloPoMo to kick myself into gear and I see that it is going on again this year.  But I don’t think I will officially join.

In looking back at my entries from this time last year, I realized I had done a pretty good job at getting back to the roots of blogging for me - which was a basic journaling activity that got me to write - although publicly - about what was going on in my life.  I was good that month - and did blog consistently for quite awhile.

I was re-reading a book (Note to Self:  On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits) - a book I reviewed at ATG in August.  I forgot how much I missed simply writing about what is going on.  My life isn’t the stuff of movies, but overall, my life is active - and often very humorous.  Hey.  we all need humor.

I also think it’s important to actually LIVE life….so, about my day…

to be honest, today was both a good day and a bad day.

I started the day with  an argument with my sister, which is never fun, over Thanksgiving.  It is simply what happens when busy people feel a little misunderstood - and want to be the martyr.  I know that her life is not easy. She works in a high-stress environment, her two daughters are in high school, including her oldest, a Junior, who is also the mother to a baby who is almost one.  And yes, the grandbaby lives with her.  I know that it isn’t easy.  In her defense, I am whiny, too - and simply want my family to understand that my life isn’t glamorous.  I work hard, I work long hours, and living out of a suitcase is not as easy as it sounds.

What my family often forgets is that on top of working, I have most of the same household responsibilities to deal with - I just have to do it from a distance.

So, Thanksgiving.  Yeah, it’s almost a month away, but I’d like to start planning.  I’ve been invited to dinner with friends… My sister rotates out Lunch and Dinner between our family - and her husband’s family.  When she told me that this year was DINNER, I whined.  I said, Damn, because I was hoping for lunch and to have dinner with a friend. She got ugly with me…..when I said - LOOK, I don’t want to spend Thanksgiving alone again, like I did last year, when I was cordially un-invited since I wasn’t feeling well.  And she told me that I should just DO what it is I want and family will be there if I decide I want them - and then hung up on me.

so there ya go.

On the GOOD side…I was pleased to be get a massage and spend some time a gent who told me what my “:Dosha” type was.    More about that tomorrow as I try to digest how that might affect me….

Night…..

Tags: Family, NaBloPoMo