tree frogs and naked babies

I like to think of myself as a spontaneous, go with the flow, somewhat wild and crazy gal…alas, I am like most 35 year old mommies though, and my life is made up of rituals and routines, carried out every day, much the same way, with the only wild and craziness coming from an occasionally streaking baby after bath time.

One of my daily routines starts when I arrive at work and is almost always the same. I walk into my office and whether it is a Monday, Wednesday and everyone is there already or a Tuesday, Thursday and I am the first, I head to my desk, take off my coat and stuff my coat and purse in the top drawer (it is a big drawer). I log onto my computer and sign into my work email, aol account, and igoogle. If there are any work emails to return or attend to, I do, and then I check the aol, and then igoogle. My google web page is where all the fun stuff is.

My “theme” is New York Yankees, and along with a picture of the stadium (the “real” one, not that new piece of shit they built…I’m not bitter…OK, OK, it’s fine, it’s beautiful blah, blah, blah, but it doesn’t have the history and I liked the old one) are all of my gadgets. I have: the weather, my horoscope, Gmail, Quotes of the Day, Bonehead of the Day, Today’s Reason to Drink, ESPN.com, NYTimes.com, and my pet Tree Frog.

So, I feed my frog (that sounds dirty, doesn’t it?), read the quotes and my horoscope, check the weather, and scan reason to drink, bonehead and the headlines. Usually at least one ESPN headline grabs my attention and I go there to check out the story. Then, even if no headline grabs my attention I go to the NY Times and try to read most of the online paper, time allowing…at a minimum I read the world section…if I have time, I hit the U.S., regional, travel, opinions, etc. and whatever other stories grab me. I usually keep it open all day, attending to job stuff when I have to, and then whenever there is a lull, I go back and read more.

The WHOLE point of this entire post is; I wanted to share something I read this morning…it was a blog post by one of the writers…he usually tackles more serious issues, and it was nice to read his very humorous take on March Madness. If you get a chance, check it out…if you like my writing you will love his (since after all, he is a REAL Pulitzer prize winning writer and actually KNOWS what he is doing).

http://egan.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/18/the-case-for-hoopsteria/

After that, go getcha a Tree Frog…http://abowman.com/google-modules/tree-frog/, and cross your fingers for me that the only thing wild and crazy in my life tonight, is the Pea running naked through the house dripping water all over everything.