So I went to this little thing called BlogHer this past weekend and I had a great time.
No, really, I did.
BUT…
I noticed some things about me while I was there.
- I talk too much. Like as in OVERSHARE. Like I discuss something until it can’t be discussed no more. And then I keep trying in a roundabout way.
- I’m a boob job away from being just like Jenny McCarthy except replace vaccines with educational advocacy, and you’ve got me. (This one kind of scares me)
- I’m okay in crowds so long as I’m not in the middle of one. I get panicked and I have to leave or find the perimeter and just move around it. If I’m in a small room and it is crowded, I have to leave. Period.
- When I had my camera on my wrist, I noticed I played with it more than if I just led it in my hand without the strap.
- Depending on the subject, my filter goes missing. It’s the strangest thing…
Now while these things are not necessarily bad things, I have to wonder just how alike Spiff and I are when you break it down. I know when you have a child you check to make sure they have all their fingers and toes, what color eyes they will have, and whether or not they will take on the best and worst of your attitudes.
So I have to wonder if these things are the best, or the worst of me. Or maybe it just doesn’t matter.
What are some of the things your kids do that are similar to the things you do?
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Shash is recovering for her trip to BlogHer and hopes she’ll be caught up on sleep very soon. Click over to Diary of a Crazed Mommy to read more about her life and her amazing family.
“I’m a boob job away from being Jenny McCarthy except replace vaccines with educational advocacy, and you’ve got me”… that’s a great line!
LOL at “I’m a boob job away from being the Jenny McCarthy experct replace vaccines with educational advocacy, and you’ve got me” Makes me think of the posts I wrote about Vaccinations and Autism. I wrote a post about my experience and coincidence with the vaccines. I know exactly where your coming from.
You asked if we had any similarities with our kids. I know I do. I can’t handle loud and noisy situations, I don’t like crowds of people, and I don’t like change. Like Dakota I get overwhelmed easy.
Your title says it all. However, the distance from your particular tree is the pull from the other parent’s tree, and that space around the apple allows for ‘education’ to have its influence.
Oh my goodness! YOu went too? Chicago is such a long way away.
I don’t like to examine myself too closely for fear of bumping into mini replica’s of myself. However, since I have two daughters [28 and 11] I can certainly see the resemblance between them. Since they have different fathers……what was it you were saying about apples?
Cheers
I see so much of myself in my autistic son. And I love it.
I find myself on my soapbox when the topic of fairs and food illnesses comes up. (When I see Jenny Mcarthy on Tv, I find myself chimming in with an “Amen”…oy..)
It’s weird to watch my kids interact with my parents– they are so much more relaxed than I would be!
I also avoid huge crowds– and much like my son, if we are at a group gathering and I am not feeling the love…then I won’t eat and I might get …”ants in my pants…”
But…on the other hand, it seems to help ME to see a bit of ME in my kids.
@Esther: Thanks! I kind of giggled when I typed it.
@Stacie: I think you are right, it IS kind of a soapbox. And I genuinely WANT to help. I get that. But sometimes, like Ms. McCarthy, I tend to get overzealous. It might scare people, not unlike what she may have done to others. I need to work on this.
@Barbara: All I have to say is my POOR children.
@Stimey: Me too. I just always thought that the behavior he exhibits was more like his father (who was shy growing up) and less like me. I’m finding that in similar situations we kind of cope in the same ways. It’s not a bad thing, but it is an interesting one.
@Stacey: Please understand, there are many things that I do not agree with that Ms. McCarthy says. We can agree to disagree. What I mean is that she has been zealous in getting her message out there, and I share that trait when I discuss Educational Advocacy and Special Needs. The only things I don’t have that she does is a boob job and Oprah. Oh, and a book deal.
I love this. I talk too much when I get out of my element, which is waaayyy out in the country. I talk too much when people come to see me and if a telemarketer calls me they will regret it because I need adult conversation.
I’m like my autism spectrum son and so is my husband. Its weird. We turned out okay, well kind of.
I sigh too much and so does my daughter except she sounds like a teenager and she is only 4.
ShashK, we have said, from the beginning, that the gene pool was kind to us – that our babies are smarter and prettier than we are.
I suspect you are under-valuing the tendencies of your tree.
Rephrasing your tendencies:
You stay on topic.
You are passionate.
You self-regulate.
…not necessarily bad. Unless you don’t like brown eyes.