…is this thing on?

Yeah, so I took a long break from blogging and I didn’t miss it at all.   I am not sure exactly what that means for me.  Am I ready to close up shop?   I don’t know.  Maybe.

For a long time, I processed a lot of what was going on in my head here.  But lately, I have been spending a lot more time with real-life friends so I talk a lot of that stuff out in person.

Also, there just isn’t that much deep stuff going on for me right now.   I have realized that I am kind of living a charmed life.  I have pretty much every thing I need (roof over my head, food to eat, loving family).  I have almost everything I want (lovely children, hot and supportive husband, most of my material wants are within my grasp, friends that I see often).

I just don’t have as much of a need for the community and feedback that blogging used to provide for me.   As they grow older, I also feel like I owe my family – more specifically the girls – some privacy and freedom from internet commentary on their lives and my parenting choices.   I mean, YOU, are perfectly kind and respectful, but some of those other internet people can be a little judgmental IYKWIM.

For example, trying to sell the house made me feel and act more than a little crazy.  KRAAAZY to a really embarrassing degree.  In the past, I would have shared that all with you.  But right now, I am not feeling it.

(For those that are interested, we decided to stay in this house for a couple more years.  We had 4 serious offers, but at the end of the day, we didn’t want to sell it badly enough.  Mr. A didn’t want to sell it at all, so he is quite relieved)

It is strange to even be considering letting my blog go because for over 5 years, it was really important to me.  I met a lot of great internet friends here, some of whom became even better real-life friends.  My life is a better place because I blogged.  Blogging got me through a lot of dark days.

I am not quite ready to close up shop just yet.  I might experiment with taking my blog in a different direction.  Maybe I will post less often.  I don’t know.

I think I will just wait a little longer to see if my blogging mojo comes back.  If it doesn’t, never fear, if I am not here it is because I am out in the world enjoying my life.

I was just reading about a creepy new function of Google’s called Google Latitude, so I went to make sure it was not actively following me.   I didn’t read the directions and I was poking around and accidentally managed to invite a LOT of people.

So if you get a weird email from me, please ignore it!   Seriously, I don’t need to know where you are at all times!

Edited to add: I can actually see where this function might be useful.  Maybe I can make Mr. A hook his phone to it so I will know how close he is to being home for dinner.