Because I failed at keeping a diary
Dear Blog,
Um, hello. I’m not really sure where to begin here. I suppose this is my first official “dear blog” entry where I let things all hang out, but I’m a little unsure how to start.
I mean I tried writing in a diary once before. I managed to fill up one pink lined page with my thoughts, and seal them behind a plastic locked notebook. It felt nice letting my thoughts flow, line after line in erasable Papermate pen. Well, it was nice until my classmate Monique found it under my pillow and proceeded to read it out loud at my 12th birthday slumber party. There was lots of giggling, but many more tears.
Anyhow, after nearly 20 years I figured why not get back on the horse. Perhaps these entries can become a regular thing. Heaven knows I have not been able to publish anything decent on Momisodes in a while. The other day I wrote some lame post about how much autumn affects me with its pumpkins and spice, and everything falling is nice. When really, I think I’m watching too much TV.
Seriously, I went from 10-15 minutes of CNN daily to counting down the days until Wednesday. A new season of So You Think You Can Dance started, and I just love daydreaming about when I was thin, I could still touch my toes, and my thighs were free of cottage cheese.
And Glee? Don’t even get me started. I am a total GLEEK. If Matthew Morrison is not reason enough to watch the show, I don’t know what is. High school would have been so much better if any of my teachers looked like him. Besides, half of the characters on the show are insane. Insanity plus singing? Quality entertainment.
While I’m confessing here, I may as well mention that I finally drank coffee, the kind with actual caffeine. Not just any brew, the holy grail of all coffees- Starbucks. I took their taste test challenge with their new instant coffee and regular brew. Dadisodes and I were able to decipher which was instant. I actually preferred their instant coffee flavor. But really, both are still ridiculously overpriced.
Oh, and I may have also reached a crossroads in my love affair with Chef Boyardee. I spent an entire day counting every calorie I consumed, which sadly forced me to read the cans nutritional facts.
No wonder my ass is growing faster than my belly.
If I ate just half a can at a time, it would not be so bad. But I can’t. My will power is too weak for those mini raviolis.
And lastly, a few months ago, StoryCorps (they also have a segment on NPR) asked me to take part in an interview with a friend. They came to my house with their fancy equipment to record a session. Turns out I had a bit of an unexpected moment while answering a question and relaying a story about my childhood. My voice broke. I shed a few tears. It was very Oprah-ish.
Of course, that moment has been selected as one of the stories to be published in their upcoming book about motherhood. And… the recording will be stored in the Library of Congress…forever.
I suppose it’s better than the one I told them about my leaky boobs while starting an IV on a crying baby.
Well, I guess that pretty much covers things for this week. It felt nice getting things out into the open. Now hopefully nobody actually reads this.
~ Sandy
OMG…I’m a total GLEEK too! Where were my hot singing dancing teachers? Mine were all oily yucky yuckertons:(
October 9th, 2009 at 11:01 am
I think you should be glad that you weren’t that dedicated a diary keeper. I was and my husband just found some diaries that I wrote around the time I met him. I was 20, THAT IS MY EXCUSE. There was one entry that said “That guy, Donald, is awfully clingy. I wish he’d just disappear. I don’t think I’d miss him. But I’d probably miss looking at his butt. He has a great ass.”
I will never live it down. NEVER.
October 9th, 2009 at 11:06 am
I read it!! And I enjoyed it! And I’ll never ever use it against you!!
October 9th, 2009 at 11:37 am
“Now hopefully nobody actually reads this.” I did NOT actually read it. I VIRTUALLY read it. But having virtually read it, I actually love you more. Who’d a thunk it, eh?
October 9th, 2009 at 11:41 am
@Nap Warden- I know! Mine too….with pit stains.
@Sarah- O.M.G!!! I would die. Although, what they read out loud at my 12th birthday wasn’t much better (but at least the boys I wrote about weren’t there). I’m so sorry your hubby found those!
@Jientje- You’re the best
@lceel- LOL. Virtual reading is much better…I think.
October 9th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
Apparently I need to watch more tv. My husband and I are so outnumbered now and never get control. I have never seen Glee, but I think I can quote every word from every Star Wars movie and most cartoons on Noggin…
October 9th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Oh, I TOTALLY read it! And you know what? You still made me laugh and made me think about a few things! I’m glad you wrote what you did!
“Very Oprah-ish”…..gotta be those pregnancy hormones!
October 9th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I read it…and yep still love ya!
October 9th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
I read it, laughed, and loved it
October 9th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I went through our storage room and found a WHOLE RUBBERMAID box full of my old diaries! I decided there is nothing in them that I would want anyone in my family to read if I die, so I threw them away! My teenage ones were especially hurtful to all human beings in my life at the time.
I love your blog and have NEVER thought “Wow, Sandy wrote some crap today.” I love to stop by when you update.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
LOLOLOL…I can tell you’re having fun!
Make sure to post a link on your “diary” of your Oprah-ish moment, don’t worry we’ll keep it top secret
Have a great wknd.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
Don’t worry, I didn’t actually read it.
On another note (because I didn’t read your private diary entry… who would do that?) cottage cheese is so good, but so nightmarish when it is in your legs. And calorie counting is my least favorite thing in the world. But you have an incredible metabolism and are eternally thin (even when another person is residing in your body) so I guess you don’t really have much to worry about.
Of course I wouldn’t know how you feel about it since I didn’t do any diary reading.
Have a great day and can’t wait to see your recording in the library of congress!
October 9th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
LOL.. Love it.. Ok, I have to admit in the beginning I thought this will be one of those good-bye post. I’m so glad that it’s NOT and not that I suggest you should be thinking about something like that. You are totally awesome and I love reading your post even with all the oprah-ish moment.
October 9th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Even when you post random things, it’s still so very interesting!!!
Wow on the interview!!! Way cool!
October 9th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Total Gleek here too! Are you following Sue Sylvester on Twitter? (http://twitter.com/S_SylvesterGLEE) She’s hysterical. Yes, I know she’s a fictional character. Still. Really funny stuff.
Also, calling a can of ravioli two servings is a joke. Or just plain mean.
October 9th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
LOL – you crack me up! I loved it!
… I’m off to listen to your interview.
October 9th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
So, two weeks ago hubby reads a study that says that hypertension can be essentially cured with a low salt diet, right? (this is a total reversal from what we were taught in med school).
So I started reading the labels, too. OMG. The amount of added sodium in foods is astounding.
I think it’s easier not to eat at all than to try to stay under 1500mg a day.
If you need me, I”ll be in the corner, pretending that protein bars are a balanced diet.
October 9th, 2009 at 5:54 pm
My cousin read my diary and I knew she was reading it so I made sure that there were some great entries about her in there!
Ahhh, I love quiet revenge! 
Of course I found a new hiding place for it after awhile.
I have heard that Glee was something I should watch…guess I shall have to see what I am missing!
October 9th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
I like your food/beverage/tv/childhood story/interview/week update style post. Although we’ve never spoken before, I feel like we just got off the phone.
(I’m putting you in speed dial.)
October 9th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE mini raviolis! I haven’t had them in ages and this post now has me wanting to run out and grab a can or 5!
And congratulations on being published
October 9th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
I just got all excited when I read you watch So You Think You Can Dance. I’ve always dreamed of being a dancer. Taller, thinner, prettier — but then I would have had to have actually taken dance lessons (something that didn’t happen in the little rural Texas town I grew up in — especially as members of a Southern Baptist Church). You are so human and good at writing about it — of course we all love you — sappy stuff, goofy stuff, and sentimental stuff.
October 9th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Oops, I got to the end and found that I wasn’t supposed to read your entry. (blushes)
My guilty obsession… Project Runway. Why is it? I wish I knew. T’ve heard that Glee is really good. I’m going to have to catch it next week.
October 9th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Hi! Meet a fellow Gleek! I LOVE that show. I can totally relate because I was involved in musical theater and music ensembles when I was in high school and then later in college. Fun show! And a fun post! I’ve been lurking here for a little while now and Just want to say I love your blog!
October 9th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
You will feel so much BETTER after baby arrives. For now, enjoy that ravioli. You deserve it.
October 9th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
I am a total GLEEK too! My husband even likes it although he would never it admit it….
And Papermate erasable pens? You just took me back about 25 years…I had a love/hate relationship with them.
October 9th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Oh, I wasn’t supposed to read that?? LOL @ at the leaky boobs! I used to hate that.
October 9th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Sorry, what is GLEEK? Haha, please don’t kill me! I have not had access to TV for years…Love your style of writing, by the way! It is oddly refreshing, amusing, and very endearing!
October 10th, 2009 at 3:05 am
It’s good to know I’m not the only one who can’t seem to keep a diary. I must have literally 10 “diaries” around the house…all with about a page or two written. Love your post! Enjoy your Chef Boyardee. Once the baby is born, the mere sight of those cans will make you want to gag…LOL.
October 10th, 2009 at 6:47 am
I didn’t read it. Promise. Not at all.
*snicker*
Ohmygod like she is a totally geek. Now, what time is Dancing WIth the Stars on this week and when is Deliver Me on? I live for Tuesdays.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Ahh… leaky boobs. One thing I will NEVER miss about the early days of breastfeeding!
And Chef Boyardee… one of my only cravings in pregnancy… that and crescent rolls. LOL!
October 11th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Calorie counting is fun
Gosh, I had to laugh so hard at Sarah’s comment
Thank goodness I threw my old diaries away
October 11th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Found your diary and read it!!
October 11th, 2009 at 5:35 am
I am SUCH a GLEEK! I missed the first 3 episodes so I Hulu’d them. Now. hubs and I are both addicted.
Did you see the preview of next week? GAH!!! WOW!
Miss you. that is really amazing about your interview, although.. not unexpected at all.
HUGS
October 11th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Dear Momisodes,
Don’t think no one is reading this. We just love all your lame thoughts. And Glee — totally fun. I can’t believe a friend read your diary to other girls. Awful. I would have died of shame. Of course, my diary might have just caused them to fall asleep it was so boring.
Love,
Your Blog
October 11th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
i’m totally a GLEEK, too … and um … i don’t know … uh … isn’t blogging one giant diary? except for the part where you don’t keep it under lock and key and actually obsess over whether people actually WILL read it and like me, really really like me.
um. yeah. like that.
or something.
October 11th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
You don’t even want to see the list of TV shows I am addicted to. It is beyond ridiculous. You can keep your Chef Boyardee as long as I get to keep my Cheeto Puffs. Yum.
October 12th, 2009 at 11:16 am
You too hilarious. In my opinion, your posts are always entertaining.
October 12th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
i must say despite my tastes aiming for the high brow at times, i still like a good container of chef boyardee every once in a while. dude. I LOVE GLEE!!! ACK! MORE CRACK!
October 12th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Well so far I’m Number 39!!! Loved it. Would love some extracts of the original diary too! In the UK we have recently started a new series of Strictly Come Dancing – which you know as Dancing with the Stars – and my weeks are similarly revolving around that! Must get out more…
Janice.
October 12th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Chef Boyardee huh? For me, Honey Nut Ohs. Oh man, it’s ridiculous. My only motivation for going to the gym these days is to keep my butt from expanding faster than my belly.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Being pregnant makes willpower obsolete. Coffee, ravioli, whatever — a mama’s got to do (eat) what a mama’s got to do (eat). Too bad they don’t make decaf Via or I would have snapped it up this weekend.
So cool you’re going to be in a book!
Hope you’re feeling great!
October 12th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Oops read it and I am so glad to have found you – preggers like me – to read along my journey! Yum – coffee – I had 3 sips of wine last night. Dare I go to the caffeine tomorrow???
Those old diaries are scary! I do have one that is funny where my friends and I write back and forth for months in the 7th grade. Maybe I will post one of those crazy pages soon just for fun. Maybe I will have a bust out your diary party or something bloggy like that and invite you!
And on the food and the fat – you are pregnant. As long as people can tell you are pregnant that means you are fine. I tell myself this every day…and that the breastfeeding will fix any extra calories. Dear God let me right!
October 12th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Mmmm….Chef Boyardee.
I heart beefaroni.
October 13th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Hahaha…looks like a lot of us read this. Every post you write inspires me to write one of my own. You have a knack for getting your feelings down on paper (er…blog) very nicely. But I always feel like I can relate to at least one thing you’re dealing with at the moment. Especially finding an old diary. *shudder*
October 13th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Momisodes is always awesome…don’t forget that!
October 13th, 2009 at 11:15 am
I love Glee!!! It is one of my favorite new shows!!! And starbucks is so expensive.. I am spending my kids college education money over there.. but dang it is sooo good..hahah
October 13th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Oh, gosh! Sandy, I LOVE this post!! xo
October 13th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
StoryCorps! How cool! I love their stuff. You didn’t link to your story though… would love to hear it.
October 13th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
too bad all these folks have read it now!
I’m just starting a “diary” of sorts to my husband. I’ll publish the post later today. It’s sure going to be tricky to keep it going!
October 13th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Oh, you’re gonna be in a book? Cool!
I do this sometimes. I talk about my day or week in detail and after a while I find what I have written and have a real laugh at myself.
October 20th, 2009 at 2:40 pm