Getting Started

So, it's 2:40 in the morning and I'm writing my first post for this blog. It's a common occurence for me to be staring at the clock at this time of the night, wondering why I'm still up and didn't I tell my husband a few hours ago, at supper, that I was planning on going to bed early tonight and maybe getting a full night's sleep for the first time in maybe six months? I say this, but once the kids are in bed and my husband's snoozing on the couch, the pull of getting a little bit of time for myself on the computer is just too great -- even if it means I'll be fighting the alarm clock in the morning and stumbling in my PJs to my children's rooms to get them up for the day.

Maintaining balance -- one of the Eight Principles of Parenting by the nonprofit Attachment Parenting International (http://www.attachmentparenting.org/) -- between my roles of wife and mother is one of the many, many essential tools to nurturing my sanity. And the computer, and it's portal to so many friends I only know by user names and e-mail addresses, provides a great way of getting away without really getting away.

Not that I really need another thing to do -- frankly, between housework, wifedom, motherhood, freelance work, and volunteering, I don't need anything else to do -- but I figured this blog might be a good way to vent my frustrations and celebrate my joys...and maybe give someone some good reading material. If only you could be a fly on my wall to see what really goes on behind my closed doors...and now you do.

So, let's get this thing started.