I am (in no particular order):
- small business CEO
- software engineer
- mom to 2 dogs and 5 cats
- a Libertarian Democrat, as defined at Daily Kos
- just plain fucking amazing (see above, and below)
I was married for 15 years (give or take a few months) but as of 5-1-08 I am single once again. I kept the house and the business, which is better than a lot of women do. Fortunately there were no children; he kept one of the dogs, which was hard enough.
My focus right now is on my social life. It really should be a bit more on the business, perhaps, but keeping busy and spending lots of time with friends is what kept me sane in the first place and it's still a huge part of my life. I have a wonderful group of friends, spread out across the country; you all know who you are, and I treasure every one of you! Some day I would love to have a giant "friends meet friends" party and introduce you all to each other. It would be a blast...
I have so many things I'm working on about myself... I'm an ongoing remodeling project, and probably always will be. Over the last year and a half I've dropped 6 clothing sizes, with probably 3 more to go. I'm also working on being more outgoing and a more adventurous eater. Basically I'm trying to turn myself into the person I always wanted to be - as one of my friends says, a "kick butt and take numbers kind of gal". Hmm, maybe I need to take some acting lessons too...
So about being fucking amazing. In May 2008 I had one date with a guy who liked me a lot more than I liked him. While he was trying to win me over that was what he kept telling me - that I'm fucking amazing. And after he gave up I decided that he got that part right - I am fucking amazing, and more so all the time. Especially if you know where I started, the kid who never talked to or made eye contact with anyone if she could possibly avoid it. Since self-esteem is one of the areas I'm still working on, I decided to take this on as my tagline of the moment. Thanks, Steve, you did more good than you will ever know.
My main goal with this blog is simply to see if anyone wants to read what I have to say. I do most of my communicating with friends via email, so I write constantly throughout the day. Several of those friends, and one in particular (hi Kevin! :), have been telling me for years that I should be a writer. This is my way of sticking a toe in those waters and finding out if the pirhana think I'm tasty. I also want to work on my communication skills, and in the process explore how I really feel about a variety of topics. I don't know how often I'll be posting; writing takes time, and I don't have a lot of it to spare right now. I'll just be winging it. Of course, positive feedback from readers is encouragement to keep writing, so you know what to do!
My hero in this endeavor is Heather Armstrong, webmistress and author of dooce.com. She has an amazing way of taking life's little situations and making them totally worth reading about. If I can do half as well as she does at enriching people's lives, I will be very proud.
I welcome comments, links, and emails - almost every blog is enhanced by contributions from its readers. While I do reserve the right to delete comments and links I feel are offensive, wildly off-topic or spam, I promise to use that magic wand very sparingly.
