Boondock Ramblings

I saw him across the room — Humor Blogs.

He was with Sis K. She’d told me about him several months before.

I was curious, but on my own path. I was simply blogging for fun, to update family and to connect with other mothers.

One day curiosity got the best of me. I checked out Humor Blogs and suddenly I was in love.

I don’t know how to explain it. I’ve never cheated before — on my mommy-blogging sites, but with Humor Blogs — I don’t know. Something was different, seductive — maybe even dangerous — about Humor Blogs.

I had to know him. I had to learn more about him. I had to be with him.

I started exploring what he had to offer. I had to be careful. I didn’t want to get hurt.

I clicked on Dorky Dad, Diary of a Mad, Mad Housewife, and even A Womb at the Inn(sane).

I liked what I saw and knew I wanted more.

Before long I was blogging along, innocently, when I was blindsided by another suitor — a Bloggling Brooks. She didn’t like that I had wooed Mr. Humor Blogs – that I had stolen him from her.

I was shocked to say the least. And maybe a little ashamed.

I had been blogging without really paying attention, not actually focusing on Mr. Humor Blogs like I know I should have. I was neglecting him. Ms. Brooks only opened my eyes to the way I had pushed my love aside.

The blogging wasn’t about the notriety or fame for me. It was about meeting other moms, other bloggers, other people who somehow thought they were funny. But suddenly, I liked being funny. I liked being laughed at…er…with.

I even liked it when Ms. Brooks said she was jealous of me, adding something about “smacking me down” or something like that.

When I started climbing Humor Blogs‘ rankings I was a little underoverwhelmed with it all. I was just a mommy blogger — what was with all the attention?

Then I slowly inched by a “daddy blogger” who I had looked up to — The Dorky Dad — the man I wish I could be — if I were a man — and whipped. And I inched closer to a “mommy blogger” I’ll never beat.

And I inched even closer to the King of it all – the man whose garment I shall never even touch the hem of lest I faint from the excitement of it all.

So here I am, where I never thought I’d be. A blogger. A mommy blogger. A humor blogger.

And maybe I’m not the funniest one out there, but darn it — people like me. Why? Who knows and darn it, who cares. (I’m trying to be tough here, but I’m constantly worried about people liking me and why they like me and …. I’m neurotic. Have I mentioned this yet?)

I’m havin’ fun. Have some fun with me — kick me up the rankings by clicking on one of these 10 links to humor-blogs in here or on the icon to your right like every time you visit me, even if my post is really serious and depressing — yes, this is shameless plugging. And yes, seriously, it is one of the last times I’ll do it (yeah right).

Tune in tomorrow when I return to my regularly scheduled program of asking child rearing questions, boring you with stories of my busy toddler and slamming my husband, brother, and maybe even a couple of other relatives who don’t deserve it.