A Place for Gracie

So now I have a blog… February 26, 2011

Maybe I should have given some thought to what I was going to do with this blog before actually creating it? Ahhh, why bother changing the way I do things now? Act first. Think later. Or don’t think at all, just DO. That has worked well for me in many areas of my life, like buying a motorcycle. Seems to me that I said I was NOT going to buy the pretty teal and silver Harley, I was just going to LOOK at it. And what happened? I bought it. That day. (You knew that was coming, didn’t you?) I had never even ridden a motorcycle before, except as a passenger. Yup, DO first, think later. I love my bike, I love riding it now that I know how, I love being the 53 year old woman who shows up at her office on a Harley, wearing jeans and boots, and carrying her work clothes rolled up in the saddlebags without a hanger or garment bag in sight. Our office is run by some very conservative people, and I like being the one who shows up on the bike with the pretty, throaty rumble.

I also have a tendency to eat before thinking about what I’m eating. That has NOT turned out so well, as I am continually fighting the extra weight. If I had back all the money I’ve paid to Weight Watchers over the years, I could buy a brand new bike. Or two. Or three. But I don’t give up. I keep working on it. Maybe I’ll get “there” someday–“there” being my goal weight. Or maybe I never will and I will learn to live with that at some point. But I haven’t yet, and I will keep trying. There is, after all, a wedding in Vegas in October where I will be the mother of the bride. Gotta look good for that, so this is the place where there needs to be some thought before action. Is there a remedial class for that?

Then there’s my job. I don’t love my job. I used to, but there have been a lot of changes over the last few years, and many of them have not been so great for me. The biggest change is having my commute increase from less than 10 miles a day, to more than seventy miles a day. If I had gone from NO job, to this job, I’d feel damn lucky! But I landed here coming from the other direction, and took this job when the commute was short and sweet. So pardon my grumbling–I’m still working on acceptance.

So what AM I blogging about? I still have no flippin’ idea. But I have a blog now, so I guess I’ll find out as I go.