Tribes and weighty stuff.
I read a lot of blogs, married people blogs, political blogs, funny people, depressed people, and a ton of single mom/parent blogs.
One thing has been talked about briefly on some of the single mom blogs, but almost all of the single mom blogs talk about it.
What is that thing?
Tribes.
What?
What is a tribe?
Why do single moms need tribes?
Why are all these single moms part of tribes?
Is tribe just another word for group of friends?
Seriously, the way it's used when they talk about it, it makes it sound like, to me, that a tribe is just another way of saying friends.
But if I'm wrong, please enlighten me.
Tell me what a tribe is and why I should have one, or be a part of one, or is this some new thing that single moms are doing to make themselves feel not so alone.
I'm 38, I have 2 teenage sons.
Mark is 17, Sebastian is 15, and I've been a single mom, doing it alone, for the last 15 years now.
Since 1997, I've been online blogging, writing it all out, connecting with other people, sharing my life with whoever stops by here and reads it all, and I've found that the "alone" feeling so many single moms feel, isn't there for me.
I am never alone really, I have so many friends here on the internet that I share with, connect with, talk to, that I do not feel alone like so many other single moms feel, and that's the reason they have these things called tribes.
I think.
Look above, I may be wrong, probably am wrong, on the whole definition of a tribe.
So if one of you single moms who is part of a tribe or knows what a tribe is would like to tell me what it is, that would be awesome.
Thanks.
I've blogged a lot about my need/desire to lose weight and my inability to exercise normally due to my spine fusion surgeries, and I was contacted by a company that makes weight loss supplements and diet pills, and asked if I would be interested in trying out a new system for losing weight.
Considering that my body is no longer normal, no longer moves the way pretty much everyone else moves, I said sure, why not.
I had to stop taking the weight loss product I was using and having good results with, before my surgery so that I'd not have any problems during the surgery, and even though I lost weight while in the hospital and since the surgery, I'm still interested in losing weight.
I still have excess weight on me, pounds that need to come off, and this product is said to be unlike any other, so yeah, I'm game.
They are going to send me a 6 month supply, 2 month supply at a time, for free, as long as I post my results good, bad, or whatever, on my blog.
I'll do it on KatScan because that is where I'm doing all of my health and personal stuff, and trying to keep this one for just mommy/kid/home stuff.
So when it gets here, I'll post starting weight, goal weight, and all about this new product on KatScan, and if you want to follow that progress, I'll occasionally link it from here.
Almost 1 month out from surgery and my insomnia has returned.
I was dead dog tired the first 2-3 weeks, and now I'm right back being wide awake at almost 2am again.
What the hell is wrong with my body clock?
