Although I had a highly productive morning, we had a Severe Weather Drill here in the building that kinda made me lose any momentum I may have had going. (On the upshot, though, I got to wear a spiffy “anti-collision” neon orange vest. Because people depend on me to save their lives in case of an emergency. Psshah, right?)

So now we’re back, and we’re all sitting here, twiddling our thumbs and wondering how we’re going to pass the next six or so hours till we’re excused to leave.

Luckily, Miss Zoot provided a meme! (You know I’m all about lists.) So this will take up ten minutes or so of my day.  Hooray!

Top 5 Reasons I blog

1. First and foremost, I have a memory made of swiss cheese.  I cannot remember ANYTHING for longer than, say, the run of a show.  Don’t ask me anything about last week, because it’s gone.  Nada.  I will smile and nod and tell you that I had some serious stomach issues last week, because that’s the safe answer and I really have no idea.  So I write to remember.  I blog so when I have a hard stepmom weekend, I can remember why I love The Boy.  Or why Bryan makes me laugh so hard.  Or why I am so proud to be part of The Coven.  Or why I’m fat.

2. I love the idea of blogs.  I have been an “inner narrator” since I was old enough to start reading, so it only makes sense to me to write things down.  And you wouldn’t believe how often a woman comes up to me and says, “You are TOTALLY right about ____; I had never heard anyone else talk about that before.”  I know no shame, so I might as well make some use out of my lack of tact.

3. I really would like to publish a book one day.  Granted, nothing that I write here is TRULY cohesive or even unique, but I want, one-day, to put together something like fifty posts and publish it.  I think that’s plausible.  And maybe no one will buy them, but a press tour/book signing is a helluva excuse to go shopping.

4. Meeting people. This was Zoot’s answer, and I had to leave it.  After all, my precious Coven was created when I totally cyber-stalked Ra and joined in a conversation about how much we hated an actress in the show we were doing. (Leprosy.) Bryan and I struck up many an early conversation by him referencing something from my first blog.  And as big as the cyber-world feels sometime, it is the most surreal thing to be introduced to someone and have them say, “Oh yeah, I read your blog!”

5. It keeps me sane.  Really.  As much as I love Bryan, I don’t tell him everything. (Because his head would explode and grey matter is SO difficult to get out of wood varnish.) And this is my diary.  Yes, sometimes, you learn too much about Sarah (like the fact that she’s going commando today.. while wearing a skirt!), but this is where I release.  I don’t have eighteen bazillion sites to keep running, and I don’t do written journals (I have a Dr.’s handwriting), so this is where all of Sarah surfaces.  It’s my home, I like to say.  Be sure and wipe your feet.

So why do YOU blog?