Well, now that I’m almost 8 months into marriage and living in a new city, I thought it was about time that I assessed my life. Here are some things I’ve gotten really good at in the past 8 months:

1. Changing diapers in public restrooms.

2. Cooking things I really shouldn’t cook, like cakes and pies.

3. Defensive driving.

4. Packing lunches (for adults AND children)

5. Washing dishes. I’m pretty much a pro.

6. Waking up at a certain time every morning.

And here are some things that I’m still not very good at:

1. Not overcommitting.

2. Getting myself out the door and on a run without someone else motivating me.

3. Playing pretend. I’ve been told at least once “Yeah, you’re not very good at playing the mom.”

4. Being within 5 minutes of being on time somewhere.

5. Catching up with people on the phone.

In the next 8 months, I plan to nip all of these negatives in the bud. Right. So in an effort to apologize, here goes. Dear husband, sorry I sign up for too many things, so that I get stressed out and yell at you. And sorry I’m always late to pick you up from work. Dear self, get your butt off of the computer and out the door before it reaches 100 degrees. Dear future kids, hopefully I’ll be better at being a real mom than I am at pretending to be one. And dear friends, I love you, all of you. I am terrible at talking on the phone. This is the first thing I intend to fix, lucky you!!