I’ve been a blogger since Monday and and its already Thursday!! I’m super impressed with my stick-to-it-tiveness. I’m really hanging in there! There’s only 3 other things I’ve been this completely committed to for this length of time. Marriage, Motherhood and Tennis…

The first two I’ve been sorely tempted to quit, but it’s awkward and embarrassing to fail and difficult to retire. The third, tennis, I could walk away from anytime I choose. The truth – it might be easier to quit a marriage than hardcore tennis culture.

People have told me I should write a book. It’s possible that I do have a book in me, but, I’d never finish it. I’m not that focused.  Just ask my mother.

When I was a little girl, I was an enthusiastic Project Starter. I’d get an inspired idea about something I wanted to make and go straight to my mom for funding.  Mom would give me the money and off I’d go on my bike to TG&Y to procure supplies.

About 9 years later, when I moved out of my parents’ home and they were redecorating my bedroom, my mom called to tell me how many unfinished projects fell on them when they opened my closet. Bags after bags of unfinished afghans I was going to crochet, halter tops I intended to sew, lanyard key chains I forgot to macramé etc. etc.

And that’s just the tangibles- I once started a rock band that I never got off the ground properly and many other ideas, too numerous to mention, that never came to fruition.

But blogging?  Maybe this I can do. Seems low pressure. It’s my kind of endeavor- Be your own boss and work from your own home in your robe!!

I just went to a website, entered my email address, chose a password, downloaded a picture and presto a ho was born. That’s not a typo. Blogging is turning me into a little ho.

When those “likes” and texts from friends started coming in, I saw my OCD kick in like never before! I started acting like a junkie. I asked my own mother 5 times to read my blog. She kept saying she had been “busy.”  Not to be ageist, but at 75, a “busy day” is a quick trip to Costco. I finally swallowed my pride and told her she was featured in it. That reeled her in…. She promptly texted back,

“I read your piece Sissy, that was just real darn cute!”

It was only Tuesday and I was already up to 4 FOLLOWERS!

After I made an adoring fan out of my very own mother, I started aggressively asking all my friends to read my blog.  I even got motivated to learn how to “share a link” and then started pestering my socially reclusive friends who, “aren’t on Social Media,”  (and might not otherwise have the opportunity to read my prose.)

It’s shameless. I’m like those multi-level marketing people who prey on their friends for business. I’ve started badgering my “contacts” like I’m selling Mary Kay and they have the only face in town.

I also think I sound a little evangelical about this blog, texting people “FOLLOW ME!”

So I’m going to calm down a bit. If you like the blog post, then follow me. If you don’t follow me, its possible that you’ll go straight to Hell.

But here’s the really good news: if you throw me a party at your house and 10 of your friends decide to follow me, I’ll give you 20% of my profits. And then if each one of your friends gets their friends to follow me…

…you get the picture.