THANKS

So here we are, the day after Thanksgiving and here am I, at work. Buuuuutttt, not exactly working, eh? I will, I will, heaven knows I have plenty more catch-up to do from my week off. Actually, I’m not unhappy to be at work. It’s very quiet – only 3 other people in the office. It will soon be quieter as they are leaving at noon. I should get a lot done. No interruptions, ya know. Plus I was never one of those mad shoppers who brave the crowds on Black Friday. No indeed. Not my kinda fun.

One year ago yesterday I wrote my first post on TravelingMermaid. Happy Birthday to me!
Yes, I was one of “those people” who started her blog post-Katrina – does that make me not a real blog? Nah. A lot of really good ones began after the flood, a lot of good people putting out an effort to help Nola and raise awareness of the many issues we were and still are struggling through.

I started working on this post a week or so ago which is so not like me. I never have anything in my draft folder. Always write on the run and off the cuff. It comes to you as I think it (no sarcasm, please!). That’s the difference between a for- fun blog and a serious blog. This has been sitting in draft since the day I began it. I am so Aries….I didn’t finish the post that day and since have lost interest. If I don’t get it done at once I tend to go on to other things. I had decided to scrap it but now that I’m here with the whole day ahead of me I think I’ll go ahead and post although it may be somewhat disjointed.

So this post will be about the people I’ve met along the way in the past year, thanks to the magic of the internet. Today I want to talk about You Out There. Other people are so much more interesting to talk about and listen to. I don’t feel the need to tout myself. Love me or hate me: I yam what I yam and that’s what I yam! I strive to not be too much of an “I” person – how utterly boring that can become!

As I’ve said before, I had no idea what a blog was until Katrina and my discovery of Operation Eden and Polimom which continue to be the best of the best, IMO. They were my impedus to start this blog. I won’t go into the why’s and wherefore’s, they know why and wherefore.

Through Polimom I began to slowly discover other Nola bloggers. I began clicking on comments left on her posts and that is how I found Schroeder, da ‘po boy, Tim and Mark. Somehow later (don’t remember how) I found Ray, Oyster, Morwen,Dangle, Rob and Marco.
For the longest time I confused da ‘po boy and Oyster. I couldn’t remember if Oyster belonged to YRHT or Da Po Blog. I finally devised this little mental trick: oysters are my favorite food and I eat with my right hand – wa la! Oyster is YRHT! (Who says all blondes are dumb?)

Then I kept confusing Mark and Ray. Hmmm….they both lived outside Nola (at the time), they both were moving back, they both grew up here…..how to remember who is who? I think it finally sunk in after Mark and I exchanged emails and discovered our mutual ages and musical tastes. I particularly remember one post where I mentioned Rick Wakeman’s Journey to the Center of the Earth and he was tickled that someone else remembered that. After much 1970’s musical discussion I now think of him as my soul brutha (didn’t know that, didja?!). Then, of course, Ashley was in the” living away but moving back” category but I had no trouble confusing him with anyone else. Why not? “FYYFF” ! That’s why! An inspired bit of writing, to be sure.

Then one day Bec popped up. I was thrilled to find another Nola blogger sistah – I love her writing style where her goodness really shines through.

OK, here’s where I’m picking up the posting again. I would love to post a few words about each and every Nola blogger and others that I read but – eh. Just know I love each and every blog in my blog roll and a few others I haven’t had brain cells enough to remember to add.

My blogger friend B. has done a posting where she lists all her blogroll with a comment. I will do that too one day. B. has a great blog – very magical, mystical, eclectic, thoughtful, funny, and sometimes sad. She was the very first commenter on my very first post. She has been a wonderful blogger sistuh, always very supportive. I love ya, B!

Anyway, I need to get to work so I’ll close by saying “Thanks” to all my readers and blogger buds.

"Let me be the one you call If you jump, I will break your fall, lift you up and fly away with you into the night If you need to fall apart, I can mend a broken heart, If you need to crash, then crash and burn, you're not alone"
-Crash and Burn by Savage Garden

"You've got troubles, I've got 'em too. There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you. We'll stick together to see it through cause you've got a friend in me."
- Randy Newman

"Let's make a resolution. I'll drink to that. Let's always stay friends. Friendship is thicker than blood...That depends...Depends on trust. Depends on true devotion. Depends on love. Depends on not denying emotion..."
-Rent