Back to Blogging

When I signed up for this blog several years ago, I had literally just seen the word "blog" in an internet search and wondered, "What the crap is a blog?" I don't even remember what I was searching for. I clicked a link and it took me to someone's "blog" here at blogspot and so I signed up for one, thinking maybe it would be for me. I love to write. Then I just let it go. Actually, I didn't. I just didn't end up using blogspot; I posted my blogs on myspace, and besides the two little posts I put on here around the time I signed up, my blogspot was forgotten. Now I am overwhelmed with how many blog venues there are. I don't even get on myspace much anymore because I became a Facebook convert. Like many, I did not like Facebook at first and hung on for dear life at Myspace, but then Facebook took over my time. It's hard to keep more than one site updated with all your photos and thoughts and happenings, especially when most of the significant time you spend online is during the little tykes' naptimes. I've done a couple of blogs on facebook when the mood struck, and stopped blogging on Myspace altogether after my husband got home from Iraq.
The weird thing is that the past few years have been a time when I probably could have documented some of the most monumental happenings of my life. I got married and had two youngins, which fulfilled two of my biggest dreams. I did write the brunt of my blogs on myspace after I had my son, while my husband was in Iraq, but it wasn't really about motherhood or being an army wife. It was about weight loss. It kept me accountable. And honestly, it's something I need to do again because I'm sure I am heavier than I was when I started that blog. I blew up like a balloon after my daughter was born. I didn't really lose the baby weight; I gained more. I started taking Depo Provera, which I was told might make me gain weight, and I guess the way it works is that it makes you want to eat everything and gain so much weight that you don't feel desirable much less like having sex. Just kidding. I know it might have a slight something to do with my weight gain, but most of it is just good old fashioned lack of willpower. I had never taken birth control before and was reluctant because I'm breastfeeding my daughter, but the doc assured me it's safe. My husband has a back injury though, so that in itself is birth control. It doesn't seem like I need this dang shot, if you get my drift.
ANYWAY, how did I get onto that subject from blogging about starting to blog again? I am just happy to have picked this up again, and look forward to seeing where it might take me. I've been inspired by some other blogs on this very website that have become a national phenomenon, and while I don't expect a blog such as this entry to get me much if any attention, it just feels good to freewrite sometimes and get something off your chest. I am totally random, as you may be able to tell, and that's ok. Now I'm sounding like Stewart Smalley. (I might have his name completely wrong, and for that I apologize, but it's the character Al Franken played on SNL that said, "I'm good enough. I'm smart enough. And doggonit, people like me." Well, he may not have even said doggonit, but I do.) I hope if you are reading this, you will stay tuned and that you will like me. :)