And ten points to the first person to identify the song I'm paraphrasing in the title of this post.
So, I'm back, with my first post in, what is it, something like two years? What do you mean, you weren't paying attention?
Me either, to be honest with you. We've all been busy. Trying to survive a recession, mostly succeeding. Starting law practices, raising children, getting really good at games that end in "-ville" on Facebook1. Because let's face it, practicing law and raising kids can get a little dry at times. But all the lawyering and alleged "parenting"2 and gaming didn't leave a lot of time for the blogging.
I know that there are hundreds of thousands of people out there who hold down full-time jobs, raise lovely, well-mannered children, children who memorize the Periodic Table instead of the entire Disney Channel lineup, and yet manage to daily write witty, relevant blog posts.
I am not those people. I am the people who leave the clean laundry in the dryer for two days until it has more wrinkles than a nursing home. I consider it highly ironic that I'm married to someone who has "Productivity" right in his job title. Yeah. I don't multitask well. I'm not even all that good at unitasking, if you want to know the truth.
So, obviously, something must have gone away if I'm blogging again. I'm relieved to say it's not the children, because I can still hear the Disney channel downstairs. Although sometimes they do leave the TV on when they leave the room. Hang on a second.
Okay. False alarm. The children are still definitely there. Out of curiosity, is "catatonic" still a thing, or is it not medically correct to use that term anymore?
Also, Facebook is still there. I checked. Several times in the last hour, if you really want to know. Hey, don't judge.
The thing that is not there is my law practice. Because I closed it. Not because I didn't like it (I did), or because it wasn't profitable (it was, marginally) or because I could no longer fit into my suits (Again with the judging! Dry cleaners do too shrink things). No, I closed it because my husband got an awesome new job. It came about so quickly and smoothly that we could only conclude it had God's fingerprints all over it, and that therefore we must acquiesce. You know, like the good people do in the Bible, the ones who don't get ingested by huge sea animals or turned into pillars of salt.
Ordinarily, my husband taking an Awesome New Job wouldn't cause me to shutter a practice I'd spent two years lovingly building. Except that the ANJ is in another state. A distant state. A state of which it has been said, "I'd rather live in his world than live without him in mine."3 That state.
So, I'm leaving (leaving!) on a midday plane to Georgia. Despite the upending of my career, I'm actually thrilled. Georgia is beautiful, and warm, and friendly, and we have found a lovely home. I just have a few4 teeny, tiny anxieties about the whole thing.
And now I'll have plenty of time to write about them all.
1 Just kidding about the -Ville games. I've really been playing Bejeweled Blitz and Zuma Blitz.
2 Did you like that whole "alleged" thing? See how I did that? And the quotes? I learned that in lawyer school. Also, the footnoting.
3 No points for that one. Too easy. However, contact me if you'd like to become one of my backup singers. The kids continue to resist my efforts to refer to them collectively as "The Pips."
4 Not a few. You read the name of the blog, right?
Yay! If you moving to GA = you blogging again, I am fully, 100% on board. (You were waiting for my approval, yes?)
Posted by: Julie | July 13, 2011 at 05:19 PM
Can you believe I clicked on this page (I have an irrational aversion to feed readers) pretty much every day for the past few years? And new content has appeared!!!! I hope you will have/make/steal time to blog once you get settled in Georgia. (I hear there are some awesome people down there, so take a deep breath and relax!) And of course Bejeweled Blitz and Zuma Blitz are the best games on Facebook. No -villes for me!
Posted by: Salome Ellen | July 13, 2011 at 05:27 PM
I actually checked in here last night, hoping against hope, and then thought, "Nah, she's busy unpacking". So, I was very very happy when I checked facedbook for the 15th time today (insert sorority girl squee sounds)
Posted by: Hoo | July 13, 2011 at 05:43 PM
Wow. Enjoy Georgia!
Posted by: northern girl | July 13, 2011 at 05:44 PM
Graceland, Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee. I'm goin' to Graceland...
Posted by: Cheryl | July 13, 2011 at 09:45 PM
Do I get the 10 points?
Posted by: Cheryl | July 13, 2011 at 09:47 PM
Yes! 990 more and you get a free cup of coffee.
Posted by: Becki | July 13, 2011 at 11:16 PM
Salome Ellen, can I tell you just how much that warms my heart? I can't, actually, because I don't have the words. Thank you for not forgetting me.
Posted by: Becki | July 14, 2011 at 07:34 AM
I do have a feed reader for just this purpose. So glad you're back. I'm interested to hear the latest. You know, other than changing your whole life and all.
Posted by: Headless Mom | July 15, 2011 at 01:29 AM