Alright, this adoption process has made me realize that I may have an addictive personality after all. I never thought I did - I never drank too much, smoked, shopped too much (quit laughing) or played video games (eewwww)etc.
But I have come to realize that I may have a few little issues- and well the first step is admitting you have a problem!!
Two Addictions
1a.) Message board/Blogs - I count these as one addiction (it makes me feel better about myself). I am part of a wonderful on-line adoption community. This community is a great place for support, advice, general info and friendship - when I first joined the group I checked the message board once or twice a week - hmmmmm....ya now I check it once or twice an hour - I can't stop myself before I know it I have signed in and am perusing the different areas...usually not much has changed - but the glee when I see a new post is probably not healthy. It is my link to sanity sometimes. There is also the anticipation that someone will have posted about their recent referral - this is always gratifying and I love seeing dreams of family come true - but truth be told I am just as happy because it means that we are one step closer as well! The line in front of us has gotten just a wee bit shorter.
1b.) Now, after I check the message boards I have to check some of the wonderful blogs I follow of fellow adoptive moms! I love to read about the events in their lives and see how they are handling/coping with the wait. Some of these people I have never met, yet I feel a deep kinship to them - like we are soul sisters! I check these blogs for sure once a day. Sometimes I comment sometimes I don't, but I always feel like I am not alone in this process. Thanks ladies!
2. Mah Jong - That is right Mah Jong - not any Mah Jong - online Mah Jong! I can't get enough of it...when I need a break from work (the stacks are piling on my desk oy-vey) and really feel like I shouldn't check the message boards (again!) I play Mah Jong - I just like saying it MAH JONG! There is one game in particular that I am obsessed with - Cat and Mouse - and the reason for this is because it is one of the few games I can't finish - it beats me every time - aaaarrrrgggh! If you want to see what I am talking about click on - Mah Jong - I always use the Explorer symbol for my tiles - don't even try Bridging or the Castle no one has a chance.
Note - Mah Jong is not the same as a video game - it is much more sophisticated and involves great attention to detail and an eagle eye to match the tiles.!!
A Bad Habit
When I was young - much younger than now - I used to chew my nails. My momma tried everything to get me to stop. And I do mean everything!!! I mean I even chewed thru the really bad tasting nail polish that they use to make....I chewed my nails until they bled. Then one day in my early 20's I decided to stop. Really it is a very horrible habit...it looks awful...it isn't sanitary... and your hands look frightful!!
I have started again - since our dossier went to Ethiopia - I have started AGAIN!!! Being much older and wiser now - I don't chew them right to the bottom - but I am still chewing them! I hate it but I don't know how to stop - I think the only thing that might make me quit is a referral and a child home - in our house! However, I am open to any and all suggestions so feel free to pass them along!
So, there you have it - Two Addictions and a Bad Habit!
10 comments:
Message Board Obsession = I AGREE!
Mah Jon = HUH?
Nail Chewing = I am a chewer, my mother is constantly rapping my knuckles and trying to give me manicures to cure my wicked ways :)
Rhonda
HA HA HA!!! Oh how I can relate to so much here.
I've gotten over my messag board obsession, thank God, but the blog reading? Not so much. It's a wonder I get any work done in a day. And then there are always new ones (like yours) and I think, 'well, I won't read that one as much as the others' but then I can't help myself. I LOVE your blog, btw.
I used to be ADDICTED to SimCity. Like CRAZY addicted. I'm fine now as it's not loaded on my laptop (not for lack of trying but it's not Vista compatible). I did click your Mah Jong link. If I become addicted I'm going to have to blame you!
I won't post about any of my bad habits or addictions - it would take too long!
I am checking out your link to Mahjong. I will admit I am addicted to internet games (I play on MSN.com) when I need to "get away" from the piles on my desk.
OK I am going to be strong and not click the Mah Jong link. Two obsessions are enough for me. I don't have time to squeeze in a third. Oh..but..it..is..so..tempting..must..not ..click..it.
Damn you, I clicked it!
muh wah ha ha ha! you will all be addicted to mah jong soon enough...Rhonda...I will teach you the ways of the Mah Jong
Haha, I am a nail chewer as well. I have a brand new bottle of the stuff that makes them taste yucky just waiting to be used.
I am also turning into a blog addict myself! I totally get where you are coming from with that one!
I totally hear ya on those message boards. I like the yahoo one, because no one can see that you are on there for the millionth time that day ;)
I love blogs. Sometimes I read a non adoption related blog, just so I feel that it's not part of my adoption obsession....
Wish I could help ya....
Sandi
Dude. That's nothing. I am addicted to THE INTERNET.
That's right. The WHOLE THING.
I spend most of my day online, surfing from site to site, blog to blog, scrolling through page after page. (Once I even found the end of the Internet. I did. It actually said "Welcome to the End of the Internet". So I had to turn around and go back.)
I plan to start a 12 step class. Maybe there is one online...?
Cin - I can't believe you found the end of the internet...wow! that must have been a shocker...that little bit made me guffaw out loud...now everyone in my office thinks I am weirdo - well o.k they already know I am!
Sandi, we should read blogs together someday ;)
Shannon - send me some of that gross nail polish - kidding it wouldn't work!!
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