I can’t believe I am here! Actually, let me rephrase that – I am not sure if I am here?? As my children have grown into teenagers who silo off on their own in the evenings, leaving me literally to my own devices, I started to think about creating a blog. I need to do something productive with my time, rather than doomscrolling about how to fix my saggy neck and spiralling downward into the night.
I love to write, but I am not particularly good at it. I love to think that I am funny, but there are people out there who may think I am just plain silly. I love to be creative, and I believe that’s something that can be fostered. So with that trifecta: my love of writing, sense of humour, and desire to expand my creativity, I ultimately concluded that I will attempt a blog.
But then the rational, scientific, naysayer me, says “Who the hell is going to care about your midlife misadventures?? Who do you think you are? What will people think? What if my friends see it and read my words while looking like they smell something particularly foul? What if my PARENTS see it? Siblings?” I could go on. I am my worst cheerleader.
To get this blog started, I thought I would vent my frustration about how long it took me to simply GET HERE! And like I said in the first paragraph, I am still not 100% certain that I am here. I found another blogger (“The Realistic Mama”) who held a free webinar which instructed participants how to set up a basic, personal blog in real time. LET’S DO IT I thought. How hard can it be?!?
It was all pretty straigtforward until I had to enter my email address. I am really going to date myself when I tell you I still regularly use a hotmail account, and to complicate that, it’s hotmail.CA rather than .COM. Yes, I am originally from Canada, and I moved to America with my hotmail account. When I set this up, the damn autocorrect “corrected” my email to .COM, and so began the challenge of authenticating and activating my account. I pushed a few buttons, sent a message, and have yet to see or hear a response. So I may be typing these sentences into the great wide nothing. I am hoping the issue can be resolved without too much hassle, especially since I put a small amount of money on the line. I like to save as much of that as I can, because I DREAM daily about being able to retire from my day job before I turn 60, and that’s coming round the corner too darn quick!
Sooo, I am about as techie as my grandparents were trying to program their VCR. This is a just a test, to see if I was successful. Until then – use that turkey neck to keep your chin up! 😛