I recently noticed how many posts I have under each of my categories. It was an interesting look into my life. Or my blogging habits at least.

#1 – Brad with 281 posts
This makes sense as I was with him for three and a half years, and for about two of those he was basically the only person I hung out with. Therefore he was involved in almost every story I had to tell for awhile.

#2 – Just Stuff with 250 posts
This is my catch-all category. I could have called it Misc. but that was boring. This is where a post goes if it doesn’t fit into any of the other categories. So no surprise it’s near the top.

#3 – So Annoyed with 175 posts
If you know me, you’re wondering why this isn’t number 1. I’m a complainer – it’s how I deal with life. It’s like therapy for me. I complain and I feel better. Actually I’m surprised not every single post in the history of Doahleigh is under this category because surely there is at least a subtle complaint in everything I write. Or maybe I’m just not as complainy as I thought. Yeah, take that!

#4 – Family with 124 posts
This actually surprised me. I’m crazy about my family and love hanging out with them. And there is definitely no shortage of stories to be told, but I didn’t think I wrote about them that much.

#5 – My Anatomy with 117 posts
Yeah I like to talk about my body a lot. My boobs, my brain, my child birthin’ hips. Also my eyeballs and my ass.

The rest of the categories are still in the double-digits. But how about an update on the Top 5?

Brad – Well, that relationship is over and I’ve thoroughly grieved it, so there isn’t a lot to say anymore. Except that I’m feeling really good about what happened there – both during the relationship and post-breakup.

Just Stuff – Um… stuff is good?

So Annoyed – Lately what has been annoying me most is technology. Namely ridiculously slow computers (both at work and home) and faulty internet (mostly at work). My blood pressure rises many many many times a day while I wait for my computer to catch up with me. And I spend SO MUCH of my day waiting for the spotty internet to resuscitate itself. I swear slow technology will be the death of me. Aneurysm or heart attack most likely.

Family – I have lived back in GR for a year and a half now, and it was definitely one of the best moves of my life. I love having my family close by. And even though one sister moved a couple hours away, everyone else has managed to remain nearby (which is kind of rare for my family). When I count my blessings, the number one thing is always my family. I know how truly blessed I am to have one that I love so damn much!

My Anatomy – Ok, so the Monster Eye is back. Sort of. I think maybe my eyes just don’t like contacts. I’m not sure yet what I’m going to do. As for my brain (or my emotions)… well let’s just take two examples. 1) Two nights ago I sat in bed alone and thought about how sad I was six months ago, and just the memory of once being that sad made me sad enough to cry. By myself. For 15 minutes. It was so weird and so not me. 2) Last night the Giraffe was reading to me and he read the word “convinced” as “conceived” and for some reason this was the funniest thing I had ever heard. I couldn’t stop laughing, which of course made him laugh so he couldn’t continue reading. And we just sat there and laughed about basically nothing until my chest hurt. Although laughing at nothing is not uncommon for me, the whole episode was in stark constrast to the night before. I’m not usually such a rollercoaster.

I don’t know how to wrap up this post, so here’s a self-portait:

And because that felt sort of vain just now, here’s a sea anemone: