I revealed to work that I’m pregnant – ahead of the 12-week mark, so I will immediately miscarrying (oh wait, Nothing Bad Has Happened Yet). It was time, both in belly-size and because my boss was in town.
I also have started a new blog. I’ve been facing a few online identity issues for a while now: Clearly I don’t want this blog, nor the Diary-X archives I have never successfully imported due to their insane size, to be proof that I have blogged, if sort of quietly in my own corner. And yet if I have to sit through one more “seminar” on “developing your unique voice on a blog” I am going to puke. I freely admit that I often run this more like a diary than a blog, but I do learn.
Also a few of you may have noticed, if you comment in communities I frequent, that I keep alternating my real/pro identity with mine here and hey! Adding a third option is a great way to keep everything confused!
And my true pro blog is not always mine to control or play with in a way I would like, not to mention I am only allowed to put two hours of maintenance of it a week on my timesheet. And I kind of wanted a more topic-focused blog in some ways – ok, an actual mommy-blog.
The true kicker too was finding Viking Dad and it looked like fun. So I’ve started a weird blog over here as WarriorQueenMom and a Twitter account and I’m going to play there, and you are all most welcome to join me there, or not, whatever you like. I’ll still be posting here. And I’m still “developing my unique voice” there (not yet as playful as I’d like, but then I’m not always as playful as I like) and it may not be successful. But, you know, I wanted you all to know.
Plus, I’m getting an absolutely irrational amount of joy and fun out of continually logging into WarriorQueenMom. It’s my own little multiple thing! Cleverly disguised as moderately clever! *cough* (You have to be me I think.)
And no, it’s not a money-making venture. It is a bit of a branding venture in that I plan to eventually use it as social media cred if I need to.
If you think these two topics are related, they kind of are, because I fear my work will restructure my position while I’m gone and I’ll need to be on the market.
BTW I am pitching a story about ‘net evolution and the Facebook thing if anyone wants to share their identity online woes with me.
