So, It's been a while...

So, it's been a while since I've posted a blog. And, I could lie and say it's because I've been too busy, or that nothing has inspired me so much as to write about it. However, the truth is that I apparently filled up my short term memory bank with important facts like - flushable wipes can double as moist towelettes for your face, but they are salty, so don't lick them - and because my brain gets full of such pertinent and vital informaiton, I forgot my gmail username and password. I finally went through the steps it takes to recover them, so now I can delight you all with my meanderings of the mind. I know, you're all giddy with anticipation of what I will say, so you can go and repeat it to all your friends and relatives and make me rich and famous. Is that not why we all do these blogs? Hoping someone will discover our hidden talent for manuscription, and they will have connections to someone who is looking for the next "it" thing and, it just so happens that the "it" they're looking for is me and my blog ramblings? Oh, is that just me? Ok.
So, for today, I just wanted to say a little about the brains of a mom. Mothers, as a species, don't get the privelege of using our brains the same as the rest of the population. (I suspect this is true of mothers who have jobs outside the home as well as the stay-at-home mom, but I believe it applies moreso to the SAHM than others.) Here's what I mean. In any given minute of any random day, I do not have 100% of my thought patterns entirely to myself. I have to share my brains ALL THE TIME. If, for example, I wanted to sit down and type something witty on my blog, and my children are home with me, here's how the division of my brain power is distributed on a good day: 70% gets used for what I'm actually trying to do - type on my blog. 10% gets used to sort noise - who's screaming, why are they screaming, is it a happy scream or a mad scream or a I-poked-myself-in-the-eye-with-a-pencil emergency scream. This also includes filtering quiet time - why is it so quiet and what are they getting into? 15% gets used to interperet requests that come in the midst of the noise filtering, and sort what is a valid request versus a rediculous request. Valid request: "Mom, can I go potty?" Rediculous request: "Mom, can I jump off the roof with my pillowcase for a parachute?" And the last 5% gets used to make the conscious effort to breathe deeply, speak clearly and calmly and not freak out on my kids for the constant interruptions.
So, maybe it's silly that I forgot my username and password, but considering that I'm only using 70% of my available brain power to accomplish what I really want to do, I think it's forgivable.