I’ve been living in a bit of a self-centered bubble lately. Between preparing myself to leave Tufts, getting my business started, and playing Skyrim all weekend… my reader has been a little neglected. My Twitter account (ironically enough) has been a little quiet. I’ve been so focused on myself the last couple of weeks that I’ve lost touch with what’s happening in the blogosphere. I have peripheral updates, but I’m not just feeling connected to other peoples’ words right now.
And you know what? That’s not cool. I fully own and admit that to each and every one of you.
So let’s fix that, right now.
I’m officially opening The Chatterbox.
What is this Chatterbox of which I speak?
It’s very simple. Leave me a comment and chatter away! Let me know what’s going on in your lives: the good, the bad, the ugly, the inane, the hilarious, the tragic, the “I just had to share this with you.”
Got a pertinent blog post that goes into more detail? Or a neat post you’d like to share? Leave a link in your comment too.
Here’s the thing: I’ll be online pretty much all day today, because, let’s face it: I’m just riding out my day job until Friday. When you leave comment, I get a happy little email.
I’ll hop back here, get up to speed with what’s going on in your life, hop over to your linked post, leave a comment there, and then swing back here to comment.
And then you’ll get a happy little email that says I replied to your comment here (you should, anyway) and then we can just chatter away in the comment section of this post today.
Easy peezy, right?
So let’s chatter away today folks… because, I miss you.
I miss connecting with you. Let’s reconnect, friends!
I love Miss Chatterbox and all the Miss and Mr Books. My life has been an actual car wreck this week (I rear-ended a guy at a notoriously blind intersection), then my dad took a turn for the worse and is back in the hospital. I am grasping at straws to handle these catastrophes with an even-keel approach and not get so devastated. Resilience has never been my strong suit. I am super proud of your new business! Congrats 🙂
Very exciting week for me. My first book was published this autumn and has been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards. On Thursday the winning books will be announced at a very fancy black tie dinner and the event will be televised as well. I have a gorgeous dress and I shall be channelling old style hollywood glamour on the night (with a bit of help from my supportive undergarments!).
Disclaimer – I have come out of the other side of infertility, so please feel free to tell me to get lost if you need to, But I couldn’t read Espernza and Elaine’s posts and not respond. From my experience, infertility is the biggest strain on a marriage, with huge, ongoing stress of a level similar to that of a familial death. Unlike a death in the family, where you are supported by family, friends and community, most couples rely only on each other during infertility. This is an incredible strain on even the strongest marriage. Before calling time on your marriage, I would definitely try counselling and asking for support from more people. I would also suggest waiting for six months, to see if it really is the marriage that is over or just this stage of infertility which is knocking the stuffing out of you. I know it is very presumptuous of me to offer advice without knowing anything of your circumstances, but, from personel experience I do know how hard infertility can be on a marriage. Good luck and I hope things ease for you soon.
I am at the end of my proverbial rope. I tied a knot and hung on as long as I could. I’m fixin to let go. Infertility has ruined my dreams, broken my spirit and now I am letting it destroy my marriage. There. I said it.
I’m having a LH surge. First one after the miscarriage! YAY!
I’ve been reading your posts every day (keep it up!). I’m sorry for not commenting as much as I should 🙁
Right now I’m waiting for the call for my follow up Beta (which my clinic now only does after 4 days, not the usual 2, gah!) and biting my fingernails off. I’ve been feeling pregnant, but I’m still scared shitless that it isn’t going to work, of course.
I’m trying to get inspired about painting my dining room. I seemed to have used all my inspiration on the parlor, and just when I want my mom to start painting on the dining room I’m left w/o any painting ideas. So, if you have any ideas…check out my blog and let me know. I have been spending waaaay too much time staring at pictures online and trying to figure what the hell I want to do.
Gah! Exciting 🙂 Fingers and toes crossed for the follow-up beta. Now I know to be on the lookout in my reader this weekend. I hope your feeling pregnant is because you’re TOTES knocked the hell up. Just like one of them 16 & Pregnant chicks. 😛
I may not be the best person to ask about painting. You’re talking to a women who has half a wall painted in her bedroom with 2’x2′ test paint swatches on the other walls of that same bedroom. They’ve been there for… I’m embarrassed to admit this… over a year.
But! I’ll definitely swing by and weigh in where I can, which I’m sure will only complicate the color & design decision making process further.
But hey – that’s what friends are for, right? 😉
I’ve never commented here before and in fact just started following you, so this seemed like a good time to say hello.
I’m currently on the waiting part of my second ivf and am preparing for the worst. Official test day is Friday, but highly doubt I will make until then.
Thanks for writing, I enjoy reading.
Welcome Jill! Thanks for commenting 🙂 Always happy to have new folks join in for all the fun. First of all, I need to give you a high five and a hug. I’m eventually pursuing donor egg IVF which, from what I understand, is nothing compared to regular IVF. So, good on you for doing it not once, but twice! That’s chutzpah right there.
I’ve never really had to endure a 2ww, but here’s my wacky suggestion to make it until Friday. Every time you want to pee on a stick, eat a stick-shaped food instead. Eat a whole carrot. Grab a Go-Gurt. Eat a Twix. Chomp down on a string cheese stick. Granted, you may gain a couple of extra pounds, but at least you can hold out until you test (beta I assume?) on Friday.
So excited for you. 🙂 Looking forward to hearing more good news from your way.
I’m recovering from bronchitis and struggling to keep afloat at school. Only one more month to go. I’m ready for winter break.
Yikes! I hope you’re feeling better. I’ve always gotten weird around Thanksgiving when it comes to getting sick… I had my big surgery when I was college frosh over Thanksgiving weekend, and for YEARS, I would always have some kind of bad cold, without fail. So I feel your pain in terms of timing. I also know how terrible it is to try and stay motivated this time of year, esp. as a student. I used to reward myself for completing X hours of studying or work with something fun: chocolate, the first half of a movie, or an hour of a video game. I found that helped a bunch. Hang in there!
I miss you! I wish I could write with you on Wednesday and am sad that you won’t have as much call to be in the Slumerville area now.
NaNoWriMo is going well for me, I’m on track to hit 25,000 today and I’ve been able to make some connections that weren’t working before. I hope that we can get together and write again soon!
Bobby is now the director of the show that we’re in together, so things are crazier schedule wise.
I have a feeling I won’t be as far-removed from Slumerville as you think, because to be honest, we love Clobby & Melake too much be too far from you guys 😉
Rock the hell ON for hitting the 25K mark today. That’s seriously incredible. I’m using your progress as a kick in the ass to get myself going again too. I just picked Wed to hand out with Honeybee since I knew Larry would be out of the house and if I didn’t get out and write… I would play Skyrim instead 😉 But I’m happy to hang out and write this week or weekend, whatever works for your schedule.
Also? Sleeping with the director? Nice work 😉