Yeesh. This program does not remotely resemble it's former self. Don't expect much. No idea how to edit anymore. Lol! By the way, when we were all blogging did we actually use "Lol"? I say it waaay too much. oomph.
It has been almost a year since I posted anything here. It isn't because I don't want to or don't have time. It is more to do with no one really being around here anymore. Everyone bolted for Facebook and Instagram and UGH. TIC TOC. I effing hate Tic Toc.
Anyways.
A few updates, should anyone wander this way some day (or just because I feel like writing this, honestly):
First and most important, I am thrilled that I have remained in touch with so many of you. The extra special ones would know who they are. :) I was trying to come up with the number of you and I can't! Most of you are over on The Book Of Faces, as a dearly loved person I know says, but I wish there was more of you. If we are still in touch, I am definitely crazy about you. There are several out there somewhere I would love to find again.
I am still a stay at home Momma Bear, tho I may tip toe back in to the real world again soon.
My twins....holy crap, my twins... They are now TEENAGERS. How is that remotely possible??? I am so glad I have bits and pieces of my personal life down below. All during the fertility clinic tango, the miscarriage, the pregnancy, and until birth, I was writing a journal to my boys the entire time elsewhere. So guess what happened??? The computer crashed, and hub wiped the hard drive. I had New Mommy Brain (it's real, y'all) and had not saved it somewhere else. All of it was instantly gone forever. I spent so many late night hours on that when I was way too nauseous to sleep. That was a tough loss, but I am glad I at least have this.
The boys are totally amazeballs, by the way.
Regarding myself, I am doing pretty good these days. Finding happiness with the sublimely special people that I love dearly, continuing to bee-bop through life. Trying to do so with a smile on my face. Glass half full. I say that all the time. I am glass half full.
I actually started writing stories again not too long ago. Yes, I mean the naughty kind. It has been so fun revisiting my creative side. I actually only have one reader these days (do I mean myself? maybe, maybe not) but I am sublimely happy.
If you were with me back in the day...Muscles is now married, which I cannot wrap my mind around. The Wee General, aka the girl next door, aka my gym trainer, aka my make out partner and I are still friends. She is no longer married to her 'roid rage ex, long remarried to a significantly... uhm... err... "mature" gentleman and happy, which is awesome. I think those are the two people in my life I wrote about the most, and they are both happy and fine.
Muscles still works where I used to work and continues to terrify customers "on the hill", and that is all I can really say about that. Lol! (see, toldja I use Lol way too much)
Cougar and I are still besties. I always loved that she hung out with me here so much and enjoyed my writing and my out there in the deep end thoughts. We worked together back then, and now she has gone on to an incredibly bad ass job elsewhere. I am ridiculously proud of her, and I assure you, she is still quite fabulous.
I frequently wrote about my first Dom and he and I are still friends. He used to comment here all the time but I never said who he was. Or at least I don't think I did! I liked it that way though. It was like my own private running joke. Pretty sure the Coug was in on it, but no one else was. :) I love a person with a good sense of humor, and MFD still makes me laugh my ass off. He is still cute as hell, and is also happily remarried and doing great. We trade memes every week, and he is still an absolute riot. I am thrilled we are friends for life.
I am still married. I moved, but not too far from where I was. If you knew me mostly as Jinxie, my parent who hung out with us making people laugh is still happily poking dead things with a stick, but for God's sake, don't tell them about my blog over here (I'm looking at you, Philadelphia).
I've been thinking the last couple of weeks that we sure have lost a lot of you along the way. My beloved friend Stealth, Acidman who made my blog here so popular, that crazy bastard Bane, Tony C, whose nick here was BTExpress, just a couple weeks ago was El Diablo if you knew him, a couple mil-bloggers and political bloggers I knew and loved, my favorite South African Keesekennis (hope I spelled that right) aka Keesie. It is kind of crazy, typing all those names at once!
It has been a really long freaking time now since I started out here, and unfortunately that is just life.
While I am thinking about it, did anyone ever figure out where Lycan or Steve The Sex Addict landed?? Their blogs were awfully fun. I was friends with the real person behind the Steve blog, but he disappeared off Facebook years ago. Never saw Lycan again! Bummer.
I have been reflecting on this a lot lately, and I tell ya, I would do every bit of this all over again, even knowing I would lose some dear ones along the way. Well, ok, there is one thing I wouldn't mind erasing a bit, but we just won't acknowledge that. 😉 (we can do emojis now?!?)
I'm strangely content these days. Yes, I can still be wacky, still blonde in the hair sense and the "other sense", irreverent and silly (especially with my twins), sometimes far too serious, try to be thoughtful and kind, still got a mile wide naughty streak, still obsess over politics and music and theater, tho theater to a lesser extent now I guess. I am still the same person in a lot of ways, but in some ways I think I am better. Special people in your life can definitely make you feel that way. I am happy. I am good. I still feel SEEN, even though it is not by however many thousands of people loved my writing here.
I would not change the path that got me here because if I did, I would not have the happiness I have now. It truly does sadden me that the blogosphere is dead and buried, but I will always be extremely proud of everything I was able to do here. This place will stay "live" as long as the program exists. Hopefully one of my braniac children will not ever find this place because I sure would have some es'plainin' to do.
Love you, my pretty, pretty Flowers. Especially the ones lurking about in the dark corners over there.
xoxo
Blondage, briefly Evie/Evilicious Blonde, elsewhere Jinx/Jinxie
(and still Jenn, with 2 n's)