Dusting off the Old Blog

I haven't blogged in almost a decade. But a Facebook comment from a friend prompted me to dust off this old blog and write again. You see, I am pretty transparent on my Facebook page. Where some people use social media to depict  a life that is better than reality, I use mine to make fun of myself and my children with the raw reality of real life. I have the philosophy that if you can't laugh about it, what's the point?

It was the comment, "Are you writing this stuff down somewhere. I mean beside Facebook?  Because I think you have the potential to be the next Erma Bombeck!" that got me thinking. I have to confess, I had to Google who Erma Bonbeck was. I am not really good with knowing famous people's names (actors, actresses, authors, etc). It's on my bucket list to be a published author, (authoring a blog would be close enough), but never could think of content to write about. People have said, "You should write a book," but I have been telling myself, who in the world would want to read about an average ordinary person's very odd and unique life. My friend's comment, the fact I have been reading a book written by someone (can't remember author) about their life and googling about Erma Bombeck got me thinking, maybe there is an audience out there for the crazy world I live in. 

So here I am. Dusting off the old blog. The title of this blog (Stuff About Nothing) still seems appropriate. I guess some things never change. 

Brief introduction about me. I am currently 43 years old. Married, divorced, remarried. I have 4 kids ages 20, 18, 15, 7 (3 from first marriage and 1 from second marriage). My kids are my life. I am primarily a teacher. And that's me. Sounds pretty ordinary and boring, right? You would think. My last line of the Facebook post that prompted me to dust off the blog was, "Is everyone's life like this, or just mine?" 

Here is the post (with a few insertions to clarify)

If I told you the story of today, no one would believe it...so here it goes.

1. Prom dress shopping in Omaha for Hannah (16 year old daughter) and her BFF (I hate shopping)

2. Nathan (oldest child) runs out of gas 

3. Birthday party 

4.  Nathan blows a tire. 

5. More shopping in Sioux City (remember I hate shopping)

6.  Impromptu trip to Sioux Falls to do more shopping. (Have I mentioned I hate shopping)

7. 15 minutes away from Sioux Falls mall, van dies (fuel injector issues) almost had to be saved by Nathan. Never made it to mall. 

8. On way back from Sioux Falls, stopped at gas station. Bought lottery ticket because surely the bad luck was over. 

9. Brian (7 yeat old son) has icky accident in men's gas station restroom and had to ride the rest of the way home in wet pants.

10. A 12:30am trip to store for a new plunger when my literal prayers were not answered.

11. Lose 1 hour of sleep tonight.(day light savings time)

12. Did not win the lottery

Throughout the day I kept saying that it could be worse.  Maybe I should stop saying that.

Is everyone's life like this, or just mine?

So there is the question I pose to you? Is this kind of day normal, or do these things really just happen to me?