• Happy New Year everyone! #
• @MarkSheppard rofl… nice! in reply to MarkSheppard #

• Nah #

• I hate shopping, but it wasn't so bad today. Tomorrow… more shopping. Boooooooooooo! #

• @Mornaric For my monster from his slab began to rise and suddenly to my surprise in reply to Mornaric #
• "My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it." – Ursula K. Le Guin #

• @kimidreams That was adorable. in reply to kimidreams #

• Yea! The heat finally kicked on. I've been sitting here freezing and didn't realize it until I felt the warm air. #
• Started research on new project today. It's going to take longer than I thought, but I love the research stage, so it's all good. #

I don’t do a good job of following the the accepted code of conduct for social media. I’m not sure I even know what the accepted code is. However, I have found something that really annoys me. If you’re reading this, you’re a friend of mine on any social media platform and you do this, please remember that the only reason this annoys me as much as it does is because I care.

What annoys me is when people post a status update or tweet that says something like, “I’m so upset!” or “I can’t believe he did that!” or anything that makes the people that read it believe the poster in some sort of emotional, sometimes physical distress. That isn’t the problem though. These people generally disappear for hours while concerned followers/friends ask what’s wrong, get worried, start talking to each other… speculating as to what happened. After everyone is generally upset and worried, the poster comes back and either a) says something like “Oh, it was nothing! Thanks for the replies!” or b) never posts on or about that status message or tweet again, leaving people in a kind of worried limbo.

I am not asking for intimate details of your life, but if you have no intention of telling people something to let them know you’re okay then don’t post or at least say, “I can’t talk about it, but I’m really upset today and I need some love from my peeps.” That’s being honest and asking for exactly what you need. Posting some vague message that gets people upset and worried then never explaining, never apologizing for upsetting your followers/friends? It’s just not very nice to those people that do care about you.

If I’ve ever done this myself, I apologize one hundred fold and I will seek to never do it again.

• @Mornaric hehe… at least I'm not the only one that feels like a dork today. in reply to Mornaric #
• My lights keep flickering. Hope I'm not getting ready to lose power. I'd probably turn into a popsicle. It's 10 degrees outside here. #

Just yesterday, I was 17. Today, my daughter celebrated her 17th birthday. Where did the time go?

I was always aware that time was passing, but I never really felt old until the last couple of weeks. The realization that my daughter was soon going to be 17, her last year before “adulthood” was the biggest factor. Also, people I knew from high school either found me or I found them and the tossing around of numbers like 16 years, 20 years since we’d seen each other… wow.

I remember tons of stories I could tell right now that would embarrass my daughter to no end, but I’ll be nice. I’ll save that post until she turns 18 and can be prosecuted as an adult for killing me in my sleep. I will say that these last 17 years have been rewarding, frustrating, awe-inspiring, confusing, panicking, crazy, insane, fun, and completely unbelievable. When this all began with that crying little bundle of joy, I never imagined the range of emotions and experiences this tiny little being would expose me to.

Yes, Mother. Now I understand all those things you told me I wouldn’t understand until I was a parent.

And no, Daughter. You cannot kill me for revealing to the world that you were once a little bundle of joy. A crying little bundle of joy at that.

So, I feel old and that’s ok. I wouldn’t go back in time for anything. I love my memories and I want to keep them.

Happy Birthday, Kiddo. Now stop growing up for a few more years, ok? Just kidding!

• Today is my daughters 17th birthday. I feel OLD! #
• @kimidreams Wish I could. in reply to kimidreams #
• Everyone that's friends with @Sara_Macabre please blow up her phone with Happy Birthday DM's! She turned 17 today! #
• Everyone that's following @Sara_Macabre please blow up her phone with Happy Birthday DM's! She turned 17 today! #
• @kimidreams Hmmm… I thought she did follow you. I'll go look real quick. in reply to kimidreams #
• @kimidreams Ahh, I see what you're saying. I thought it had to be both ways. in reply to kimidreams #
• @kimidreams And thanks She's having a bad day on her birthday and needs the love. in reply to kimidreams #
• RT @Sara_Macabre: @kimidreams Thank you! #
• I've had enough of looking at my own mug. Changed pic again. Sorry. #
• @Mornaric She had to tell me what you were talking about. I forgot about her sig. in reply to Mornaric #
• Do you ever feel like the clueless cousin that everyone pats on the head as they walk by? That's been pretty much my day. Sheesh. #