Nothing really to blah-g...

Typically on this site, I follow the theory of not posting when I really have nothing to say that day. I'll leave something up for even a week or so, until my creative juices get to flowing again and I dazzle you with something brilliant like last last post about my TV addiction. Thrilling, wasn't it? (smirks)

Maybe it is because I'm officially one week away from the start of school for my son and two weeks from the start of Mother's Day Out for my daughter...

Maybe it is because it has been a very long summer with no official vacation and two kids who, despite their 5-year age differences have decided to behave like they are squabbling siblings just a mere year or two apart...

Maybe it is because I feel like if I sit on my couch one more night watching DVR-recorded shows, I will crumble into a million pieces of sand and be mistaken for lint in-between the cushions the next day...

But, I'm in a R-U-T, folks. When I think about my life right now, the word "flah-flah" comes completely to mind. (Yes, I know that is not a real word, but it is my blog and I make words up quite frequently if you haven't noticed.) Basically, I need to shake something up and I need to do it fast.

I had hoped that would be a dramatic weight loss and a new lease on life. But, it ain't happening so far. And, I'm realizing that maybe some of my blah-blah attitude comes from envy too. Both my online and real-life friends have had fantastic summers. Here's just a sampling:

• One is moving to the mountains to start a new chapter in her life.


• Another just got back from a fantastic vacation abroad and may return to study there.


• My closest girlfriend got to spend three full weeks in Hawaii with her family this summer.


• Another good friend has lost 60 pounds through gastric bypass and has also just started back to work after 10 years of being a stay-at-home mom and is kicking ass and taking names.


• Another blogging acquaintance is opening up her own fancy children's clothing shop.


• Another friend spent the summer going to every cool concert in our city, traveling several times and also started back to work in a very exciting and life-saving field.

And, what did I do this summer? Well, uh...we went to the neighborhood pool a lot? I threw my kid a great 7th birthday? I kicked butt on Sudoku puzzles all summer long? Can I get a whoop, whoop?

Could this be a midlife crises come early? I'm not sure. I am not out shopping for sports cars or checking out the UPS man or anything (no worries there, if you're reading DaddyCat..hehehe). But, I feel very "meh" and I'm not sure how to shake out of it. I think it mainly is my nightly routine that is getting to me. And, mainly that's because all my interests that are things I can do at night involve sitting on my arse while I do them.

Does that mean I want to go start an underground hip-hop dance movement on the streets of my Texas suburbia? No. Our streets have had enough scandals lately by way of infidelity and divorce just down the street. No one feels like hipping or hopping here. And, besides, I don't have a hip in my white tushie even if I wanted to dance in such a manner!

So, my apologies for this one and for many that may have made your eyes start to glaze over. I'm sure I will have many a fun and interesting stories once my kids are both in school. Hell, at least I'll have some personal time to get my damn bushy eyebrows done so I can stop walking around looking like Chewbacca's niece or something!

But, until then, I will have to rely on you, my blog commenters and writers of my favorite blogs, to keep me perked up. After all, you guys really don't want me to try the hip hop...I promise, it would be REALLY scary!