Writing, Blogging and Mark DeRosa

So. This is my first official week as a Full-Time Bad Ass Writer/Work At Home Mom person. Technically, I was home last week, but that was more about dealing with shock, my book signing and drinking lots of wine. In fact, I just told my son to read a book quietly so Mommy could blog. I'm already kicking ass and takin' names at this work at home mom stuff!

While this time in my life is equal parts exciting and terrifying, it feels "right." I'm getting the chance to pursue my dream full-time with the added bonus of lots and lots of daytime television and trips to the playground. Working two jobs--Day Job and writing--left me drained, stressed, tired and every other related adjective. I'd get home and barely have enough energy to make my son dinner before putting him to bed and then work on writing-related stuff. It left very little room for creativity and many of my WIP sentences sounded like a second-grader wrote them. Like, "She walked into her house. She was tired."

I'm still a working mom--something I'll always be--but I just have a bit more time for the mom part of the equation.

Everyone keeps telling me that the universe works in mysterious ways, one door closes while another opens, ask and you shall receive. And it's true, often to a hilarious degree. I mean, I've spent the better part of a year, loudly complaining, "I want to be a full-time writer." And guess what?

Now, I'm going to start saying something else. Something that the universe just got really, really wrong as of Saturday night. All us Cubs fans said, "Mark DeRosa needs to come back to Wrigley." Well guess what? As of Saturday, he is. Just in a fucking Cardinals uniform. Universe, you truly are hilarious.

Comments

[Snarky Mommy]

As a Cardinals fan, I could not have been happier about the signing. Not just because he's a great utility player the Cardinals REALLY need right now, but because it's like a giant F-you to all the Cubs fans! And living a mile away from Wrigley, we like to needle Cubs fans whenever we can.

[Maureen]

You can have all of the Cubs players this year. This team makes me want to punch myself in the face repeatedly.