Dad blogs and me…
When I first started my online journey, it was mostly a blog about me whining about what I didn't have, and why no one would give me the chance, etc etc. Needless to say, I finally grew up. Well, sort of. STOP LAUGHING!!!
When I realized I wasn't posting as much as I would like, I realized I should, even if it was to just organize my thoughts. Then I started getting comments, and wanted more. So I posted more, and got more comments. It was good. So I started posting on other sites and commenting there, and got more feedback.
So I began trying to figure out where my blog should be. Is it a DadBlog? Yeah, for the most part. It's different from a lot that I have seen, mostly because a lot of the 'DaddyBlogs' were for guys with younger kids - mostly newborns and under 8s. They are interesting, insightful, and well written. I want to try to do that, just at an older age.
So instead of diapers and first steps and things like that - here you'll get posts about
first kisses
acne
pubic hair
bullies
turning my kids into martial artists and how badly that's going 
You know your dad did this to you!
marital status - bliss, doom, lovely, shitty 
Not being able to afford a house because of the crappy market
and other things of a soon to be 40 yr old guy who thinks he's in much better shape than he actually is.
Okay, my wife is trying to organize stuff for her brownie troop, and I have distinctly heard the word shit, three times. Accounting major to the RESCUE!!!
Facebook, reality checks, and holy crap!
I've been posting a lot to Facebook, finding a lot of friends - mostly from highschool, tho I have recently found some from college too - and getting back in touch with people. If you haven't tried it, I have to recommend it, it's really pretty cool contacting people after 20 years or so. It's neat hunting through people's friend lists to find someone you might know or remember.
It's through talking to people and letting them know what I've been up to that I realize several things -
I'm feeling old
I have a son who is in 6th grade (that's the holy crap)
I'm almost 40 years old
It's not hold old you look, it really is how old you feel, and the aches and pains lately? Dude, I'm 90.
The reality check is that I've been looking at other people's kids and realizing that I had mine a LOT younger than most of my peers. Seriously, I'd say that a good 75% of the people I've talked to, have kids under 6. Mine are 11 and 8(9 in Oct). Which I guess is kind of cool. I'll be able to relax,, sit back, and start paying all those college tuition bills that much sooner
No more crap…
It's been scared out of me.
Read the summation and view the clip. The clip is the genuinely scary part because you can truly see how NOT ready for primetime this lady is.
summary: Huffington Post