Sometimes only a polar bear will cheer you up.
The thing is, I was all cheered up, life was looking good for a while there. My kids had stopped driving me mental and started being awesome, the weather had stopped squeezing my body from all sides, the plague on my digestive system had passed and N's collarbone was given the all clear from the hospital. He was back on his bike and I joined the gym and we were both getting fit (which ohmygod, about time). I cut my hair and bought new shoes, my best lady came to visit and then my mum too and we had a lovely lovely time. We started planning a trip by ourselves (NO CHILDREN) and then a trip with them too. Then life went a bit ugh. And it got kind of hard to enjoy any of that stuff again. But I guess that's how it goes. Life man. What's the deal? Why you got to be such a pain in the arse? Can't you just, like, be easy? Srsly.
(I keep intending to write one of those happy, grateful (American) posts, about how great life is and how many good things are happening. Because it is, and they are, but I sit down to write and all that comes out is despair and faeces. Sorry about that.)
Oh don't worry about the everything-is-great post. As a reader, I want to know you're ok, but very much appreciate a breath of fresh air from one of the bloggers in my rotation that things just kinda suck sometimes for everyone, even people famous on the internet sorta, and sometimes they suck a lot, and it's just ok.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate it :)
Thank you!
DeleteOh no- I much prefer these British posts!
ReplyDeleteThere will be an 'up' again soon- then we will shout encouraging ('American') things like, 'you are awesome', 'good job' etc.
Til then- keep sharing those shite bits too!
*snort*. Thanks!
DeleteYou're not the one serving up faeces. Pretty much the rest of the Internet is. I'm sick of literal sunshine (in Texas) and figurative sunshine (INTERNET). So this is all very welcome over here.
ReplyDeleteAlso...do you think you could concoct a post about your endometriosis post-having-twins? I have endo and it is kicking my ass. The thought of having a kid AND endo scares me to death being that there are some days I can't walk on my own, and I know you talked about having all sorts of issues with pain and functioning before and wanted to know if there were any updates. I was going to email you but could only find your business email and that seemed weird. Maybe not as weird as posting this comment. I'm not sure. Um...keep up the internet grumbles!
Hi, and I'm so sorry to hear that you're having the same problems with pain, endometriosis is a bitch. If you want to email me my address is peonies@btinternet.com, I'd be happy to chat over how things have been since having the girls (although the gist of it is; MUCH BETTER)
DeleteLove the polar bear. It does indeed make everything better. Hope things get better for you!
ReplyDeleteIn my experience things get better. Of course, then they get worse. And then better.
ReplyDelete...or an uplifting austrailian one, too. They seem cheery as some of the midwest mammas in the US. Sorry to hear life has just taken your groove away. Faeces happens.
ReplyDeleteThose australian mammas are HAPPY aren't they? It's all that damn sunshine, it goes to their heads. You don't get that crap in Scotland.
Delete...or an uplifting austrailian one, too. They seem cheery as some of the midwest mammas in the US. Sorry to hear life has just taken your groove away. Faeces happens.
ReplyDeletefor realz, this is one of my favorite blogs. I feel so often that women bloggers strive so obsessively to portray their beautiful, shiny, perfect lives and it just leaves me exhausted and feeling like poo about my own clumsy little life. Yo da Champ, Cara!
ReplyDeleteCheers! Let it be said that I never ever pretend my life is shiny.
DeleteIt's always great to hear from you, whatever you write! :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry things aren't peachy right now. That's just how things go, right? We have a friend who... eerily... gets in a funk every time we're on top of the world. We get in a funk whenever he's on top of the world. Oh, and we live distances apart so it's not like we're influencing each other. It just happens that way. The rollercoaster. Ugh. I'm sure you'll reach middleground soon. xo
ReplyDeleteFunny, Nye and I are a bit like that too. We're rarely both in a funk at the same time, thankfully.
Deleteif life was easy ALL THE TIME we wouldn't appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteright??
What a fabulously written post. I think for me, the good stuff I do just enjoy. But the negative is what I end up sharing because it's what I need to get off my chest, and hope someone has a way of making it cheery.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that life isn't all faeces though.