Today my brain feels more like baby oatmeal than a well-functioning brain, so I'll make this quick. I'm doing far better with my New Year's Resolution than I originally anticipated. Yes, I've definitely said "sorry" a couple of times in the past week (examples: "Sorry, what did you say?" and "Oh, sorry, I thought that was my hippogriff.") I need to catch myself more quickly and stomp out that reflex habit, I know. But I've noticed I've really improved when it comes to apologizing profusely for things that seem momentarily important but are really about as important as The Real Housewives of Whatevertown. Yesterday, on an email chain when there was a golden opportunity for me to pull out my favorite word and apologize for not being all-knowing about a friend's non-preference for sushi, I didn't. And, even more notably — I didn't even realize that I didn't. Which means this experiment is working, because it's starting to take hold without me having to mentally punch myself in the face before every potential infraction. (Thanks, friend, you know who you are, who pointed out to me that I hadn't used the "s word.") It's only been ten days, and I've vowed to keep this up — and keep improving — for a whole year, so I don't really deserve to celebrate just yet. Small victories, though — right?
I want to take a quick second to thank my friends and readers near and far who have been so supportive of Mommyproof. Your words and shares mean a lot — and Mommyproof is getting a new look in a few weeks (with a better commenting system and some other really cool stuff) so please continue to check in, follow Mommyproof's Facebook page or tweet me with future post ideas. (I know you want me to write one about sex post-baby, but I'll have to figure out a way to disable all of my mother's devices first).
xox,
Rebecca
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