Welcome to my blog - hopefully as I embark on this new adventure, my blog will become much more inviting. For today, my task is simple - get it up and running because apparently there is a whole new world out there that I've been accessing daily, without fully comprehending its breadth.
For the past year, I've been an Obamamama - a political junkie who clicks furiously through the various left leaning blogs to understand every twist and turn that this election has taken ever since Barack Obama announced his candidacy for POTUS. I've slowly learned the lingo of the political blogosphere and I now realize that by the time I get home in the evening, there is nothing that Chris Matthews has to report that I haven't learned already at TPM or the Huffington Post. I also occasionally check out my friends' blogs thinking how on earth do they find the time to add one more thing to their schedules? I mean really - who has the time to diary the insanity that has become our lives just for the heck of it (that word "heck" has taken on new significance these days)?
Then I discovered - this blogging thing may just be worth the investment of time because one of my blogging moms disclosed this juicy nugget - she was given an all expenses paid trip to check out a Disney resort! Now THAT's my language. I love writing and sharing experiences, but the thought of a free vacation in the year when I've taken two all-American vacations by loading my family and food and heading to a nearby shore, is all the motivation I need to get busy. Mind you, the vacations were fun - we headed to Nemacolin (a woodland resort) where the kids got to feed wild animals like bears and tigers and we got some good R&R - and before that we took a trip to the Chesapeake Bay where we flew kites, enjoyed some fresh air and swam in the indoor/outdoor hot tub. But at this point even Princess is at the point where she's like "Mom, can we go on a real vacation ... like when we get on an airplane?"
So, now I just have to find a way to work this into my schedule while trying to maintain my equilibrium - amidst the dropping off at school, picking up from swimming, gymnastics, Kumon or music, attending the myriad school events (bazaars, back to school nights, picnics, etc. etc.) that have now doubled because my son started pre-school this fall, and most of all working so that I can afford to pay the tuition for my kids to go to school (that's a story for another post) and lest I forget the most important thing, trying to stay fit - because I could barely afford to take a vacation this year and unless someone bails me out, next year isn't looking a whole lot better. Stay tuned as I am embark on this journey into a whole new world!
