SOMETIMES I SURPRISE MYSELF........

But most of the time I just surprise those around me.

Most of you who read my blog have a pretty good "feel" for who I am as a person. You know that I am one to speak my mind, whether you want to hear it or not. I'm really OK saying I missed church because I was hung over, even knowing the pastors wife will call a prayer group together to "save" me (refer to previous rule). You know that I am ultra competitive and will even sacrifice the body and all its moving parts so I can "win".......even if the competition is only in my own mind. You know that I adore my kids but I will not ever try to convince anyone that I want them around all the time, actually quite possibly I may do just the opposite. You know that I LOVE vacations, struggle with maintaining my weight, would stop the world for my man and laugh at most everything. I divulge a lot on this blog. I divulge things that others are too freaked out to comment on even. But........I do still leave things out, not everything is out here!

As a matter of fact, I think it would surprise most of you to know that this suburban mom of six will indeed "hush" you if you ever come over while I'm in the middle of Orange county choppers! Yes. I. Will. It's my drug of choice. Plus, there's just something about a tough guy with a heart of gold. I actually watched Jon and Kate Plus 8 once (and maybe even DVR'd it and watched it again) because my OCC guys were being featured on the show. I guess now if you come over and I'm in the middle of the show, you won't be so surprised anymore!

I think you'd be surprised to know that this suburban mom of six has a mouth like a truck driver! My kids actually thought all their first names were "damn it" for the longest time. Yes, I often yell "damn it Emma" when I walk into her messy room. Many times I say "damn it Kayela" when she's pushed one too many buttons of mine. Kaidon gets the "damn it Kaidon" when he's made his sister pay him to stay up late when he is babysitting. After calling Mikaels name umpteen times with no answer I whip out the tried and true "damn it Mikael answer me!" BARK!BARK!BARK! and here goes......"damn it Mihya, get your dog!" Graysie has a tendency to get greedy and after playing good cop one too many times I end up with "damn it Graysie now you lost it all" No wonder they never respond when we are in public. So, I guess you are no longer in the dark about that one either huh?

After all these years I still surprise Josh when I abruptly convey my opinion to someone in conversation. It's less of a surprise that I do it, more of a surprise the things that set me off. If you ever go to Sam's Club with me you will know that I want my items boxed. I don't care if you offer it, if you want to give me boxes or if you have to go to the back to find them for me; I am leaving with my items boxed! Period. End of discussion. Josh is now prepared well in advance that I will do what it takes to get to my final goal. Now, there are some instances, like talking to someone who says they "tried calling me" to invite me for a night out and I answer with "no, you didn't and you don't need to lie to me!" that maybe, just maybe Josh is not ready for and I end up surprising even him. I don't mean to be rude, I just want people to know they really have no reason to lie to me, I'm pretty understanding and I'd rather hear the truth than see you squirm yourself into a frenzied lie for me. Well, I guess this is no longer something that you don't know.

Here's a biggy! Even with me being very abrupt, having a "hidden" wild side, a potty mouth in desperate need of soap on a minute by minute basis, and a blog that I divulge almost everything on; I do tend to surprise people with my quiet demeanor at first impression. Just recently, Josh and I had some email interactions with a couple of people. I do most of the emailing and had many conversations with these people. I basically had days of ongoing communication via email and texting before we actually met in person for the first time. We met in a public setting and had drinks where I might have said a handful of words. I gave these poor people a complex. So much of a complex that several times they stopped the conversation to ask my personal opinion (that's where my handful of words came in). I got a text from one of them saying "you're a lot more open over email or text". I surprised these poor people so much that I'm sure they wondered if I was the same person. Josh said several times that I was the emailer, he was the people person. The truth is, once I'm comfortable you can't stop me. So, if I ever meet you in person and haven't already, don't be surprised if you end up thinking I don't like you but get an email later telling you how much fun I had with you and asking when we can do it again!

The point is, for all you thinking that my blog is just way too personal and that I am divulging too much! Get over yourselves, you didn't even know all the stuff I just said! Now, doesn't THAT just surprise you?