Blast off

Hello Fellow Internuts,

I have finally jumped on the wagon- or maybe fallen off of one- and have decided to blog. Why should you care, you may be asking yourself.  Simply put, at this point you shouldn't. Mine is but one tiny star in the greater universe of blogs (please read that as theatrically as I did while writing it- hand gestures are encouraged).

Here's the thing though- let me win you over. From raising my two rotten kids (the goon squad, as I like to call them), to working towards my degree, or just working, I plan to open up my life and share... and I hope you find it worthy of your time.

 

I am a single mom to two horrible cretins, one fluffy yellow dog and a surly turtle.

                                        (This is a family photo- I'm the one with 3 mouths)
I spend a lot of time doing things with my kids- a lot. That doesn't mean that I am a helicopter parent- you know the type, the ones that make the rest of us look bad because we're fly-by-the -seat-of-our-pajamajeans-because-we-couldn't-find-our-work-pants-in-the-mountain-of -unfolded-and-possibly-dirty-clothes.... I completely just lost my train of thought. I may need to do laundry. My point is,  while I do things with my kids, like coach their soccer teams or lead their Boy Scouts, I don't do everything for my kids. I'm trying to wean them off my apron strings by the time they graduate. But this is a blog for another day.

Anyway, in my free time I like to.... sorry, I couldn't out right lie to you. I'm a full time working mom, in college and "Soccer-Scouting." The last time I had free time was when my mom gave me a watch for my birthday.

I mentioned college. That's a big one. I am about to earn my Associates Degree and transfer to upper division after 13 years of taking classes on and off. I'm sure the transition will provide many a bloggable anecdote as I've already had two nightmares this week about the process. An AA may not seem like much to most, but I plan to celebrate this little win because there was a day I wasn't sure was it ever going to arrive. But come next Spring, I'll be half way to my BA and then who knows... (If only I could get the same positive results with on again, off again dieting and exercise).

So that's the super-duper condensed version of the Life and Times of Cate, 2015 edition. I don't want to scare you off too soon with insane ramblings. You're welcome.

                                              Stay tuned- great things to come!!