There's a certain point in almost everything in my life where even if I have the intention of doing something, I know that no one actually thinks I'll follow through--so I just don't bother for a while. Eventually I'll get around to these tasks, but not before every person out there has forgotten I intended to do those tasks in the first place. Then, when I get them done ... BAM! I'm all in your face with having accomplished something, and it's completely unexpected.
Shortly thereafter one normally recalls the fact that, "Oh, yeah, you said you'd do that for me eleven months ago," and then my face would be shoved centimeters from a steaming pile of my own mediocrity--"Bad Tessie! Naughty Girl! Look at your shame!"--but I can counter with the fact that i the end, I got it done, so what's the big deal?
This leads me to my next point--I actually updated this blog. I got it done. In UNDER two years.
Thursday last, as Husband and I were in the drawing room, he carrying on with his seasonal needlepoint and I skimming through Lady Chatterly's Lover to find all the good bits, he asked me without lifting his head, "Whatever happened to that blog you used to write? You know the one about you being sorry because you do everything wrong all the time?"
"I got busy," said I simply. This was a half-truth. I have been busy. Babies keep you busy with their poop and their need to eat and all those other things. But I have also been incredibly lazy, and I'm sure that at some point I could have turned off "Lost", called Sesame Street to see if it could babysit for a hour or so, and actually come on here to apologize for the thousands of wrongs I've committed since November 2008. (Thousands.)
So, to everyone who doesn't read this anymore because there's been nothing to read--I'm so sorry. It must have been excruciating. I hate myself for you. Please, please forgive me.
(Also, don't even bother with Lady Chatterly's Lover. Too wordy.)
All my misplaced affections,
Tessers.
2 reprimands:
Guess what???
It made me smile seeing that you are blogging again :-)
You are such an amazing writer, I love reading your writing!
Your blog is my favorite blog. There, I said it. You're a much better writer than me, so it makes me happy to see you doing it.
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