I can't even stand to look at my blog

It has been a while since I have blogged and when I don't write for many days, then I just dread going to my blog and viewing the blog list on the right of my blog and seeing that everyone I know has recently posted. They have in fact posted several times since my latest entry so it makes me feel very guilty and like a complete blogging looser.

So, to sum it up in a nut shell, Christmas came and it was wonderful. A day and a half later, the tree was undecorated and thrown out on the balcony to be dealt with later (possible fire code violation, I'm not sure). New Years came and we didn't stay up until midnight again. Woo-hoo, we are real party animals. The kids begged us to stay up but we assured them that really not much happens when the old year switches over to a new year and I was happy to realize that upon reading the paper the next morning, I was not a liar.

My New Year's resolution is to not set any. I am not saying this as a joke or as a way to be funny. I just mean that to me, it seems kind of ridiculous to put all this pressure on yourself that because it is January 1st, you are now going to accomplish all these many different and great things. If by chance you don't follow through, then you won't feel like you can start all over again until next year. If it works for you then forget what I said but if you are like me, then you at least know there is someone else out there like you!

I was thinking the other day how lucky my kids are to be growing up with all this technology available to them. They will never not know what Facebook, youtube or texting is. I mean how cool is that? Any friends they meet along the way in life, they will always be able to communicate with and in our current circumstance, I think that is pretty neat. I had friends growing up and in college that I wish I still kept in touch with, but because I don't know how to spell their name correctly (and honestly I'm not a good speller anyway), I'll probably never be able to reconnect (trust me, I don't spend hours upon hours on Facebook trying different combination's of their name). It's easy to find people you knew in high school because you had a yearbook but college is a bit more tricky (thank goodness for that because I could only stand to have four books full of ugly pictures and "stay cool 'till next year!" in my possession). Last night, Audrey chatted with her BFF's (her words, not mine) on web cam and then we all talked with my parents on web cam. It helped make the distance between us not feel so far. In the words of Napoleon Dynamite's brother, "I love technology".

We are still staying quite cozy in our tiny little two bedroom apartment and since it is so cold outside, our kids have created their own indoor skate park in the second level of the underground parking garage. I just keep thinking that it's all fun and games until someone doesn't make the tight corner and the next thing you know, I'm pulling a scooter handle out of the hood of that custom Mercedes parked down there.

Okay, now that I have at least posted something - I can stand to look at my blog again and hopefully I will be a bit more consistent in my entries. Just so you know, I love all of you who comment and I love to read what you think. I am just not sure how to reply back - do I post a comment or do I email you back? I have no idea about the blog etiquette but for all you potential FSO's who find this and would like to know more about anything (I really am not a font of information about the Foreign Service, I'm just sayin') I am happy to try and answer your questions. Just so you know, my husband is the Foreign Service officer so while I think that's really great, it's his job- not mine and I can only comment on just basic life here in Crystal City and the school my kids go to because that's what I know. Our life is anything but dull at the moment and certainly an adventure.