Time for a(nother) little confession.
I have accidentally “friended” approximately 2o people in the past 2 months.
I am always trying to do too many things at once.
One of those things usually involves my phone.
Yes, I have turned into one of those people.
Anyway, when I see that red number lit up on facebook, I just have to check it.
And in doing so, I inadvertently “friend” someone almost daily.
This used to send me into a panic.
That people would think I was a psycho.
Because I have friended lots of people and I have absolutely no idea who they are.
What do I do?
Unfriend them?
Then they might think I’m even more of a psycho.
But…
I have also made some really good accidental friends.
Friends that make me laugh out loud.
Or give me a boost when I need one.
I have also made a new friend through one of my accidental friends.
We’ve never met.
But I feel like if I needed her, she’d be there for me.
And right now, she’s going through a rough patch.
And so, to that friend, I want you to know that I have been there.
I think a lot of us have.
While I don’t know all the specifics, I can tell you this…
I haven’t cleaned the bathroom in my room for at least a month.
There is a strange smell coming from my refrigerator, and I just don’t have the energy to determine what it is.
Yesterday I found a stack of about 30 Christmas cards that I addressed but never actually mailed out.
Last night, Number 5 wet her bed, and I was so tired, and my laundry situation is so out of control, that I just turned the pee soaked comforter around so that the wet part wasn’t actually touching her body.
And lately, when I wake up in the morning, the first thing I think is, “I cannot wait to go back to bed.”
So hang in there.
And I’m really glad I accidentally friended your friend 🙂
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Susie,
I have been reading your blog for a few months now and I can tell you that you have given me lots of laughs and raised my spirits when I needed it more than once. You say things that draw me closer to you almost every day.
For what it is worth, I am the second of 7 children and my mom was the best mother I could ever have wished for. That is probably why I identify with you so much.
Cheers,
Jerry
Jerry, thank you so much. Where are your siblings? Are you close with them? I have always envisioned all the kids growing up, having their own kids, and then getting together with dozens of cousins. But I know it doesn’t always work out that way…
By the way, just wondering, how did you find the blog?
Gaw!!!!! I love you! “lately when I get out of bed all I can think of is I cant wait to go back to bed” <—– soooo me right there!!!!! We're a family of 4 and we live in a ONE BEDROOM apartment. I dont have my own washer and dryer its upstairs on another floor so my laundry sitch is waaaaaaaaay out of control. I could run two washers simultaneously 24/7 and still never be completely done with the laundry. And turning to pee soaked comforter around I would so have done that too!!!!