Random musings

None of the following really warrant a full blog post, so allow me to write the ADD post of the day about a variety of topics.

Facebook
Yes, typos and misspellings in your status updates and other posts drive me insane. And there are times when they will be so horrendous that I will be compelled to say something. Get over it.

Along those lines, you might see me re-post a status two or three times as I find various errors that I must fix. Occasionally I'll let some slide, but don't think they don't bug the hell out of me. I'm just too tired to be anal about it.

Facebook and Potty-Training
I love my friends and, for the most part, I love their kids. I'm even proud of their kid's accomplishments, because now that I'm a mom, I understand how exciting those accomplishments are, especially when you've been working on them for so long.

But really, posting every time your kid successfully goes in the potty is a little too much information for Facebook. You don't post every time you go to the bathroom, so why do we need to know every time your kid does? It's just a little much. (Might I point out that this is an epidemic, I do not have a single friend who has been bitten by the potty-training status update bug. Perhaps if it was just a single person who violated the kid-TMI rule, I wouldn't be compelled to post something about it.)

Now, this is when you say, "But Trysh, you post when your kid does something cute all the time." Yes, I do. I admit it. However, it's normally something that's so freaking cute or funny that I want to share the story and don't feel the need to tell the story 80,000 times, so it's easier to tell everyone this way. Plus, I have had numerous people tell me they love when I post stories about her on Facebook. I would have stopped had people not encouraged me (so blame them, dammit). But I will not be posting every potty-training update. That doesn't fall into the category of "Munchkin Moments."

Speaking of cute stories and the potty
I had a migraine today, so I spent a lot of time running to the bathroom to get sick. Munchkin doesn't really know that the bathroom is for multiple purposes. Every time she saw me go to the half-bath, she would point to the toilet paper (it's not on the roll because we keep it out of her reach for obvious reasons). Then she would grab her potty seat and hand it to me, and grab a book. She knows the routine. It was pretty cute. (Notice, said story is on my blog, not Facebook.)

Back to too much information for Facebook
The next time any of you blog readers are pregnant, do not update your status with "3cm and holding" or something similar after every doctor's appointment. Not all 200 of your friends really want to know the status updates of your cervix. Send an e-mail to your friends who care about your cervix, don't tell the whole world.

Dogs
Why the hell does my dog bark more when I have a migraine than when I don't? I thought dogs were supposed to sense when you felt like crap.

The end of the world?
My friend posted today that there was yet another earthquake today in Turkey and she figured it was a sign of the end of times. Perhaps. But you know, perhaps it's just a lot of motion in the Earth's tectonic plates. After all, if you believe the Earth is a billion years old, this has happened time and time again. Perhaps it's not the end of the world, but time for the Earth to rearrange the furniture again, and maybe even usher in a new ice age because, well, snow is SO IN right now.

Dirty house
I must ask, why is it when you have a toddler, do you not care about how clean your house is anymore? (I'm guilty of it, believe me.) I cared before she was born, and even when she was a newborn. Not all of the mess is hers, so I can't even say that she'll just mess it up in a matter of minutes as an excuse, because it's not like she can reach the bar to clutter it. Funny how being a parent changes you... and skews your view on house-cleaning.