Kind of keyed up this morning. Perhaps it's the 3 cups of coffee consumed within about 1 1/2 hours time.
Perhaps I'm giddy from lack of food. I have been drinking liquid breakfasts and lunches for about 6 days now.
Perhaps it's the annoyance I'm feeling at our new dental office, who informed me last week that my two oldest girls need $2500 worth of dental appliances in their crooked little mouths. No huge surprise there, but the real kicker for me was that "they don't take monthly payments" and I will need to apply for a Care Credit card in order to pay that way. I don't know about you, but I don't exactly have $2500 in my back pocket to fork over to anyone, but conversely, I hate credit cards. So much so that I've avoided getting one for myself for about 12 years now. BLAH!
Anyway..this is my life. Weak from hunger, high on caffeine, and grumbling about money.
So now I'm diving into this blogging thing, and I'm rather enjoying it. I am always annoyed that I seem to have ever so much to say, and nobody (except maybe my Mom) has an equal gush of relevant/irrelevant information to bombard me with in return.
It started that way in High School, with 3-5 page notes passed to my friends in the hallway. What was I talking about? I haven't a clue anymore...maybe my math homework? Maybe my outfit? Whatever it was, I had plenty to rant about. Then the Senior Year Books...upon which I would wax poetic and sentimental to each person who asked for my signature. My best pals surely received a heartfelt paragraph (or 3) filled with my remembrances of our oh-s0-special years together. And without a doubt, after pouring out my heart to my subject, I would snatch their return correspondence with greedy fingers. Alas! Only to be disappointed by their weak and thoughtless response .
"Your a great friend - don't ever change! Remember Mr. Morin's class and the cini-gum!! K.I.T.!! Take care!"
AARRRGGHH!! Even my boyfriend of 3 years wrote me less than a full paragraph! Where is the love? Where is the sentiment? Where is the effort??
So, here I am, 18 years later, still pouring out far too much information and wishing somebody would thrill me with a juicy response! Facebook....one or two sentences may be good for the masses, but not yours truly! MySpace...never even went on it and now it's like-so-5-years-ago...so I dis that one as well. Email? I'll write volumes...but everyone is "too busy-sorry!" to quench my thirst for a decent response. (Again, except Mom! Thanks!)
And so we have Jen's Blog. I hope this outlet is the remedy for my vomit of writing, which now can gush copiously onto the page each and every day.
It's therapeutic for me. To heal all those wounds received over the years from you thoughtless readers who took my words and enjoyed them, but never returned the gift. I honestly believe that words are so important. And now I have a wide open space to leave mine to roam. Finally.
I look forward to seeing what develops! Here's to new beginnings!!
ReplyDeleteWe have used the Care Credit for about 3 years now on all of our dental care because we don't have insurance for it. They have a no interest program and as long as you make at least the minimum payment each month, on time---there is NO interest. Just be careful, sometimes just the minimum won't pay it off in time. I figure how much it will take each month to have it paid off by the deadline and make that my monthly payment. It works and so far, we haven't had to pay interest. That's better than a credit card!
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