{"id":494,"date":"2012-05-29T16:41:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T20:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theworthingtonpost\/?p=494"},"modified":"2014-01-27T14:01:32","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T19:01:32","slug":"still-measuring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theworthingtonpost\/2012\/05\/still-measuring\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Measuring Success…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Ah, Summer. \u00a0Poets wax philosophical about thee. \u00a0Children long for thee. \u00a0Lawns turn brown in thee. \u00a0I capitalize thee. \u00a0Facebook blows up with graduation and prom pictures upon the arrival of thee. \u00a0And now, I shall stop calling thee \u201cthee.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last June, when I was just a baby blogger, I wrote a post for Catonsville Patch<\/a>\u00a0called \u201cMeasures of Success,\u201d in which I list and give an accurate account of my accomplishments and the importance they\u2019ve played in my life. \u00a0Well, people, you know that empty feeling you have inside? \u00a0That vague longing you can\u2019t seem to identify and articulate? \u00a0It\u2019s your intense desire to know what I\u2019ve\u00a0gotten away with<\/del> accomplished this year. \u00a0I\u2019m here for you. \u00a0Here to cure what ails you, and it ain\u2019t more cowbell.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a little looksie back, shall we?<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0Recapture my lost youth? \u00a0Right after I adjust to these new trifocals.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Age gracefully? \u00a0Right after I rant a little bit more on Facebook about bathing suits and their evil ways.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Lose weight? \u00a0 Well, now this was interesting\u2026whereas last year I worked out with a personal trainer and\u00a0gained<\/em> weight, this year I stopped working out with a trainer, but joined Weight Watchers. \u00a0I actually lost 8 pounds!!! \u00a0And get this \u2013 I kept it off for\u2026wait for it\u2026wait for it\u2026TWO WHOLE WEEKS! \u00a0 You guys are jealous. \u00a0Admit it.<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Clean and declutter areas of the house? \u00a0HAHAHAHAHA! \u00a0Unless you count the bizarre episode wherein I became extremely frustrated at the number of things piled on top of each other in my refrigerator. \u00a0I got so aggravated at how things would fall our of the fridge whenever I opened the door, I did what any normally functioning human being would have done.<\/p>\n

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I got rid of lots of extraneous cookbooks and organized the liquor. \u00a0The fridge is still a mess, but at least I can get my hands on the citrus vodka more easily. That\u2019s what I call\u00a0progress.<\/p>\n

Finally, in the category of TMI, I would like to share something of which I am\u00a0very<\/em> proud. \u00a0It has to do with, well, activity in the bedroom. \u00a0Something involving\u2026um\u2026the bed. \u00a0Something that, over the course, of 21 married years, I\u2019ve come to realize is as much if not more my responsibility than anyone else\u2019s. \u00a0Something that has improved and increased in its frequency and regularity. \u00a0And that something is\u2026(hushed whispers, here)\u00a0changing the sheets on the bed.<\/em> \u00a0Wow, that was hard to admit.<\/p>\n

Yes, folks, changing the sheets on everyone\u2019s bed was something I avoided at all costs. \u00a0One of my children could have a bloody nose all over his pillowcase, or be throwing up on his sheets, and I\u2019ll be there thinking, \u201cWell, if I just sop it up with the wet-vac and cover the rest with a towel, he can sleep on it for a few more weeks\u2026\u201d \u00a0No longer!<\/p>\n

I can say with boundless pride that I have for MONTHS now, been changing the sheets on everyone\u2019s bed every two weeks, whether they need it or not! \u00a0While, on what I creatively dub \u201cSheet Changing Day\u201d, the dirty sheets are normally deposited in a corner of my room for a week or more, I would like to point out that on one of those sheet changing days, I even managed to WASH AND FOLD the dirty sheets! \u00a0Do you hear me, people? \u00a0On the\u00a0same day!!! \u00a0They may have sat, folded, in the laundry basket for 10 more days or so before I put them into their respective closets, but still \u2013 one can\u2019t help but be impressed by the ways in which I am continually working to improve myself, no?<\/p>\n

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Now, who wants an appletini?<\/p>\n

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