Um, can I get a re-write???

So, here I go, hopefully I won't make a fool of myself! Okay, if I do, please laugh quietly, k? I've been "threatening" to start a blog for some time. My friends joke that if they didn't know me, they wouldn't believe half the stuff - because it's so crazy. Sometimes I think they're right, other times I wonder (hope?) there are others out there with similar experiences. I used to write. Write papers, journals, notes to my daughter, to my sister, lovers... Then it stopped! Not sure why. I think some of that has to do with the downward spiral of my self esteem. Some because I'm just too damn busy! I think I'm going to use this as a vessel to tell the story of Mary Beth, past, present and future. Of course, that may change. Who knows! It is almost midnight and I have no freaking idea why I chose to start tonight, but I did! Maybe it's because this weekend has been emotionally draining. You see, we adopted a big dog last June. We ...