Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Feeling Uninspired

I feel like my blog started out on the right foot. Make fun of myself - check. Make fun of Ben - check. Make fun of both dogs - check and check. I even got a sideways jab in at my brother and parents. Calm down, they deserved it. Lately though, it seems I have run out of family members to tease and my blog has fallen into "the novelty has worn off" category. Before you go getting all crazy with thoughts like, "Hey Chelley, maybe it's time you and Ben got on that and started having kids" let me stop you right there. Not happening anytime soon so you would be better off not mentioning it to me because I might explode. It's only been a year and 4 months, people. We're not about to go inserting little clones into a perfectly good marriage just for the sake of shaking things up. At the very least not on purpose. I do however realize that some day I may change my mind and my blog will turn into a homage to the love I have for my children and you will all naturally be very happy for me but then sad that all I post about are my child's bowel movements instead of Hank's. It's ok to mourn when that day comes. I'll be right there with you.

Interestingly enough, I was putting some things away and came across my Senior Memories Book from high school. It's basically a scrapbook that serves the same purpose as a yearbook but I HAD to have it because high school was just that important to me even though I really didn't like it much. I knew there were bigger things in store for me than Willis, TX could provide. In it I wrote down my dreams, goals, and included pictures of my friends and all those boys I was so in love with from freshman year on. What's my point? I honestly believed until the moment I opened that book today that when I left high school I was very pro children. There, in my own handwriting:

Family: Probably not.

My 17 year old self was very wise despite her all her innocence. Let that sink in for a moment. At 17 I subconsciously made and put in writing a decision that would continue to be right for me 9 years later as a completely different person with a whole set of experiences that went the opposite way I had planned. I really should have listened to her more.

Then again, that super wise and oh so skinny girl was a band nerd. Those geeks are crazy.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 15, 2009 at 6:13 PM

    I still have mine too. The words nuclear navy never graced a single page....ah well, such is life. Glad to see I'm not the only one who has carried that stupid thing around for years.

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  2. Just MeSeptember 16, 2009 at 11:08 AM

    I like your blog... Come on have you read mine? All I ramble about is my kid... My life revolves around her and that is sad... I do remeber on a camping trip when you and I were talking about what we wanted to be when we grew up and one of our counslers told us that we had nothing to worry about that we would be someones trofy wife... We asked what she meant and she said we wouldnt have to work for anything because we would be able to get by on our good looks... I remember being insulted! But look at us now... Making it on our own and working for everything we have... And as far as your blogs go... I like to hear about the adventures of Hank :)

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