The Great Interview Experiment

Remember the Trouble Maker I interviewed not too long ago?  (She’s going to pee her pants,… I linked to her voluntarily….)

Well, that was part of the Great Interview Experiment.  She left a comment under mine, so I interviewed her.

I left my comment under Katy, so she got to interview me.  Isn’t she lucky?  Yeah, I know she’s not.

But here’s what Katy wants to know…
1.  Why did you start blogging?

I had a massive crush on my therapist and could no longer return to his office.  No.  Although, he was hot.  He had these eyes that were mysterious and the most gorgeous hair and I saw him out one night and he’s a musician, and after that I couldn’t look at him like a therapist anymore.  But that’s not why I started blogging.  It has nothing to do with my lack of a therapist.

I started blogging for the same reasons that most of you all started blogging.  I wanted to chronicle our lives for those that don’t live near me.  I don’t have any biological family here and I abhor mass emailing of pictures and letters and never know who cares and who doesn’t.  So I put up a blog.

I still don’t know who cares and who doesn’t.  And I still haven’t found a new therapist.
2.  Does anything about blogging cause you stress?

I’m going to lie and say no.

But then confess my sin to my awesome God and say that yes, it really does cause me stress.

But I’m saying no to you all because if I say yes, then you’ll tell me that I shouldn’t blog and since I’ve not yet found a therapist, it’s blog or take a trip to the padded room… and since we’re changing insurance companies and I’m not sure how it’s all working yet, I’m not sure that it will be covered, or who would take care of my children and my house isn’t clean for them to come and get the kids, so I have to keep blogging.

The stress really comes from wanting to work on my blog, and not the actual blogging.  There are so many things that I want to tweak and don’t have time to.  And I never have time to read and comment like I want to.  But I try.  And I’m getting better about letting it go.

I think the thought of NOT blogging causes me more stress than that actual act of blogging.

3.  When you first sit down to read blogs what is the first one you look forward to reading?

How does one answer this without playing favorites?  Although, I have admitted in the past that I do have a “must read” folder in my reader.  The Pioneer Woman is in there because I’m waiting anxiously for the next installment of From High Heels to Tractor Wheels…(hurry up, Ree, would you?) and ChapterBytes because that’s a good story too (again, hurry up!)

Typically, the other blogs that are in there are those of close friends or those that I’ve established a great realationship with over time and through the internet.  Because I know them, I want to keep up with them.

The BFF is one.  Soliloquy is another. Redneck Mommy because I saw her boobs and once you see someone’s boobs (that aren’t as small as she says they are, they automatically get bumped up to the must read list if they weren’t there already (Pipe down, Tanis, you were there before I saw your boobs!)

Lisa B. That Chick. and a slew of others. I have 40 on my must read list…

Post Secret is there too because, well, I’m addicted.  I want to send a secret in but I can’t think of a really good one and I want mine to be selected for the website.

4.  When bored or looking to relax, what do you do (other than color your hair – LOL)?

I blog.

I read.

I write.

Those are the three things that I love to do.  I never tire of them.  Ever.  Ironic how they all intertwine, eh?

I do like to watch some tv, but even though I work for three tv stations, I don’t watch much at all.
5.  What is the best part about being a single mom?

Honestly?  There’s no one to blame but me for anything that happens.  In the litigious world we live in, everyone wants to blame everyone else.  And I don’t have to worry about blaming anyone.  It holds a certain level of accountability that I need to keep me in line and make sure that I’m doing the right thing.

But you can bet your bottom dollar that there are times that I so badly wish I could blame someone else. 
6.  What is the hardest part about being a single mom?

Not having anyone to blame?

No.  I think the hardest part is when I’m not on top of my game. If I’m healthy, I can take on the world.  However, if I get sick, there’s no one to help out and I’ve still got to do everything that I normally do, but while I feel like crap on a stick.

I hate to get sick.  And one would think that if this was the WORST part about being a single mom, I would take better care of myself.  But I don’t.

Start lecture now…
7.  I was reading some entries and I can’t quite figure out if your friends or family know of your blog and read.  Do they?

They know.  Whether they read or not, I’m not sure.  If they do, they hardly ever mention it.  I know that my ex mother-in-law reads and my ex husband.  My mother reads occassionally.  I’m an open book.  But because I know that people are reading, like parents at the school (Hi SCA MOM!!!), I’m pretty careful to keep it positive and unhurtful.

There are times that I wish I had an anonymous blog.  But when I think about why I want one?  It would be to speak ill of someone and that’s not me.  Not only is it not me, but it’s not the person that I want to be.
8.  Do you think you’ve found the sanity you desperately seek?

Nope.  And I don’t think that I ever will.  Which is why it’s a good name for a blog… I don’t think I’ll ever outgrow it.

But I’m not sure that I want to find it.  I think life would be rather dull and unentertaining.

9.  If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be?

I love to travel.  My wallet does not.

I would love to go back to San Francisco but I’d also like to visit Australia, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, and Germany.  White sandy beaches are nice, but, I can take them or leave them.  I want to go where there are things to see, history, structures, and culture.

10.  If you could eat anything right now..what would it be?

A scoop of peanut buter cup adn a scoop of peanut butter pie in a cup from Katie’s ice cream.  I’ve been craving it since we went a few weeks ago.  Maybe I should take the kids for ice cream after church…

So there you have it.  All good questions and I’ve had fun answering them!

Hop over and see Katy and say hi!

Until next time…