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July 23, 2005

Black eye

black eye
Originally uploaded by dirtyolive.

Franklin is sporting a black eye delivered to him by another all too preoccupied shadow-watching child at daycare. I find we have to remind Franklin to look where he is going every time we go out on a walk with him.

Too many things to do, too many experiments to try, too many sites to see...

This will be the first of many, I suppose. Although, I hope it isn't too many.

It doesn't seem to bother him much - or rather, it doesn't bother him at all. He asked for ice right after it happened but got back to playing pretty quickly. Of course, that's what I know from the daycare.
Can you tell I've had a recent slew of negativity come my way for my audacity to support daycare for my child?
MY child.

Sigh. (I'm writing "sigh" a hell of a lot on this blog lately)

So I'm still writing here - obviously.
Yet, I should warn you that things may come to a halt soon. This has absolutely nothing to do with trolls, nasty emails or whiny posting. This has more to do with real life future opportunities that may make it unwise to have such a public life.

I find it funny how once I realized that this may all come to an end, I was sad. I suppose the blog isn't pissing me off that much. I'll definitely miss writing. Does anyone want to hire me to do a weekly column? Does anyone want to not hire me, but let me publish my thoughts about parenting for free? Therefore making this ~~obession~~ hobby more "legitimate" and less "extraverted" and "reckless"?

Back to the black eye.
Shudder.
I get a nauseous feeling in my stomach and my heart beats a little faster every time I see it. I don't think mothers ever get over seeing their children hurt - emotionally or physically.
Well, maybe mothers of WWE (formerly WWF) wrestlers* - but that's just acting, right?

*I did I quick search of WWE wrestlers and their moms and it turns out, even the hardened mothers of entertainment have a hard time stomaching black eyes and such.
We can all band together in our horror.

Posted by Ada

Comments

Kinda looks good on him gives the little "tank" a ruged look.

Posted by: @ 07.23.2005 6:30 PM | #

Well, I'd definitely be sad to see the end of your blog...but you could alway start a more anonymous blog elsewhere...just please give me the link. :-)

Posted by: Sarah @ 07.24.2005 11:02 AM | #

what a cute black eyed little peanut... our son is so fair that if you squeeze is little polkies too much it leaves a mark...

Posted by: Jill @ 07.24.2005 11:39 AM | #

But.. but...! You'd think you'd get new opportunities *because* you blogged. Hmmm... a future without blogging, I shudder at the thought. *grin*

Posted by: Jodie @ 07.25.2005 12:15 AM | #

Hey, if quit blogging, I'm gonna...I don't know..I'm gonna do something. Oh yeah I just remembered....kick your ass!! I mean that in a nice way. he he

I really enjoy your blog, and I has a sweet spot for that Franklin guy.

Posted by: Joan @ 07.25.2005 8:16 AM | #

Do as you will Olive.
"Everybody has their own life to lead, so let me live my life, the way I want to." -Jimi Hendrix.

Posted by: @ 07.25.2005 12:08 PM | #

No! You must not go anywhere. I just found your blog and I love it. You want to see some whining, go check out my blog or better yet, send your complainers my way. Let them pick on somebody else for a while.

Posted by: Michele @ 07.27.2005 10:38 PM | #