Confessional

My writer's block ended the other day. It happened in an instant. It happened the instant one of my male friends (who happens to have a severe case of techno distractia) decided to unleash his negative feelings about my Techno Hubbies post. His claim is that, yes, men have issues with technology distracting them, but women also have distractions of their own. He mentioned things like Soduku, the Bachelor, and Facebook. However, his point was that us women think we are too perfect to ever admit that.

I disagree. I think we most certainly can admit it. And so, in an effort to show our distracted husbands that we can take the heat too, I have set up a blog confessional right here on my own blog. I will start the confessional.

I confess I do get distracted. I don't focus on my husband as much as I should. My main distraction is the need to do too many things in too few hours. In a single day I have dozens and dozens of things to think about and do. I run our house, our children's schedules and I run my own business. And I try to keep track of my husband all at the same time. These are all distractions that are not really distractions. They are more responsibilities that sometimes cause me to neglect my husband. I do admit that I give more attention to my kids than my husband sometimes.

Yes, I do tend to get distracted just a little. However, I also do have more selfish distractions... which is what my friend was alluding to I think.
1. I watch Ellen (although not after tomorrow when we will say good bye to our satellite) every day.
2. I sometimes watch Oprah if I like the topic.
3. I check facebook a few times a day. I don't stalk my childhood friends to see if they are fat, like my male friend suggested, but I do connect with my current friends and play a little scrabble.
4. If I talk on the phone to my sister, Elina, Sarah, Melissa, Sherri, or Priya I am distracted for a good hour or two.
5. I watch 24, House, Survivor, and CSI (although Kenny is watching with me so that doesn't really count).
6. I read one chapter of my book a day... one chapter... I am too tired to do more!
7. I blog. But you all know how infrequently that happens! Maybe twice a month!

There. That is my confession. Let's all prove my bitter friend wrong. Let's evaluate our distractions and confess them right here on my blog! Leave a note with your deep, dark, distractia secrets!