NaBloPoMo March Day 5-Me and My Blogging

Today's Topic-What have I learned about myself through my blogging?

The funniest thing...I started singing an old song but changed the words.  I do that a lot.

"My blogging...
My blogging..
My blogging and Meeeeeee"

Remember the buddy song, buddy the bear.  Yeah, I didn't have one but that song popped into my head.  Ok, back to the topic.

I have learned that I like to write.  Remember a few days ago I told you I disliked English.  I hated Writing.  I took the classes because I had to not because I wanted to.  Writing has become an outlet for me.  I like it.  I learned that I am not the only one, and someone out there could be going through the same thing, thinking the same thoughts.  Blogging helped me find a place to express myself.  So I learned to be more open.  I now take my time and reread what I write as I have a problem typing too fast.

I am still learning.  This is the main reason I decided to do this NaBloPoMo.  We will see what else I discover about myself.

NaBloPoMo March Day 4-My Worst My Best

Today's Topic-Does blogging bring out my best or worst self?

Blogging is my outlet.  I write what is happening in my life, how I am feeling, or what's going on.  My best could be someone's worst and my worst could be someone's best.

I personally think it is just ME not good or bad in my book.  I like to blog.  It is a fun thing to do.  I think when it no longer becomes fun I will stop.  Blogging started for me as an outlet.  It has continued to be a chronicle and journal of my life whether good or bad.  I seem to think I have never seen a worst side of me in my writing but I have had my moments.  Who doesn't, everyone does?

Blogging will continue to be the chapters of my book.  You can stop reading if you don't like this chapter.  You can skip around.  You can skim through too.  But I am the writer, whether good or bad, it is what it is-ME.

NaBloPoMo March Day 3-This is Me

Today's Topic-When or where do I feel most like myself?

Well I am a daughter, a sister, a cousin, a mother, a worker, a friend, a blogger, etc....  I am a lot of things.  I wear a lot of hats everyday.  Sometimes when everything is going so fast you do not have time to think about one self.  You forget that person exist.  You are always doing things for others and never for yourself.  Who are we talking about again?

I think I am feeling like myself most often when it is just me.  When I can refocus on who I am.  I like to run.  I run without music.  People think that is weird but to me it is not.  It is my time.  I talk to myself.  I clear my head of others, their needs, their wants, their problems, etc... and then I am just left with me.  I have no needs or do I.  I have no wants or do I.  I have no problems said no one ever.  I get to remember that I do exist.  That there is a self being myself, when I am alone by MYSELF.

It is good to just stop for a moment.  Some people don't have that, a free moment does not exist for them or their schedule.  I am one of those people.  I like everything planned and scheduled.  Do not throw something at me last minute, it throws me off.  But I am learning to focus on ME.

A couple of years ago, I realized that I forget ME more often than I should.  I am the long lost friend that I call up every now and again when no one answers.

I now take time to find myself.  I am starting to feel more like myself when I do things that make me smile, that make me remember I am a daredevil, and adventurous person, and I definitely feel like myself when I am around my loved ones.  They make me feel whole, and are my comfort.

I feel like myself when I am hanging out with friends.  I feel like myself when I am here.

NaBloPoMo March Day 2-Writing Voice and Me

Today's topic-How is my writing voice like me?  How does my writing voice differ from me?

Hmmm...this one is a thinker says the writing voice.  I think I am the same because I tell you and write exactly what I think, feel, or want to say.  I am not a different person when I go online than when I go offline.  If you meet me in person, I believe I am the same if not funner person to be around.

I am not a pretender and I admit, I am not a SCHOLAR.  I do not write my blog posts everyday thinking this will be my next big break unto a paper or this article will be famous or make me famous.  I write about my experience and the things I see and do.

Writing voice likeness, we are one.  We are the same person.  My writing voice expresses ME.

Difference between us, I get to experience everything my writing voice tells you about.  I live it, my writing voice journals it.

But I do not think there is a need to put us in different categories.  Plain and simple.

NaBloPoMo March Day 1-5 Interesting Things About Independentmami

I have recently taken on a new challenge for the month of March-NaBloPoMo.  What is that?

National Blog Posting Month, frequently abbreviated as NaBloPoMo, is a month-long writing exercise.

I will be participating this March and it looks like the topic is SELF.

Today's topic-Tell us five interesting things about yourself?

Well I am pretty open to tell you about myself and it is really hard to thing of 5 different things to tell you that I already have not spoken about in the past but I will give it a try.

#1-  I am an OCD cleaner.  When my now husband-then boyfriend and I first started dating is the first time I really think this became an actual OCD.  On Thursdays, I would come home from work and started cleaning everything.  I made sure the house was spotless.  I never really have been a clean freak as my mom kept our house squeaky clean when I was growing up.  She would be up at 4 am and you could smell the house being cleaned.  I did not think I would ever see myself acting like this but I have become my mother's daughter when it comes to cleaning.  To me everything has a home, and if everyone does their part-it will go smoother for the ones who clean.  Don't get me wrong I do not use a white glove to check my house but I do get on my hands and knees to scrub my floors.  But what is even crazier is that I like to clean, what??  I know.  I go in the ZONE.  It is kinda therapeutic for me.  I can be having a bad day and I will go an organize my closet, clean the cupboards, or start cleaning out the pantry.  So there you have it, I admit, I like to clean!

#2-  I am cheap.  I am super cheap.  I think of it as being thrifty, budget friendly, and frugal for the future but my husband plain old calls it CHEAP.  But my cheapness has rubbed off on him as well.  It all started when I worked retail.  I saw how much the clothes was being marked up, and then discounted.  I started to shop on the clearance racks and used my discount.  Now, I do not even look at anything in the front of the store.  I look for the RED or YELLOW signs calling my name.  I like anything above 70% off.  I really enjoy going through the racks and finding items under $10 or $5.  If it is higher than that, I think about the need I have.  Do I need this item or do I want this item?  Then I make the decision for purchase or to put back on the rack.  I love end of season sales.  My favorite stores to shop at are Garden Ridge (Christmas 90% sale in January), Walgreens (75% after each holiday clearance sales), and outlet stores (they sometimes offer extra discounts on items you were already going to purchase).

#3-  My name means THE DAWN OF LIGHT but I hate mornings.  I would rather sleep in on days I have to be up, and on days I don't have to be up-stupid self decides to wake me.  Don't get me wrong I have had to wake up early for work and school, etc... but I prefer late start.  My body takes awhile to adjust when it is not daylight outside.  There you have it...I, Alba, and not the Dawn of Light you expected.

#4-  My middle name was my delivering nurses first name.  My mom picked it last minute.  I prefer it to my first name since people sometimes don't get 4 letters and always mess it up.  People think I am a guy from reading my name.  And it just rolls of the tongue better-Ca-Ro-Li-Na.

#5-  I hated English writing, and essay assignments and yes I like to blog.  Weird, huh?  I think it is because I like to talk but my circle seems to think I talk too much.  So If I write my thoughts here who ever wants to read it does, and they can stop when they want to.  But I get to say what I want and no one can stop me.  I will say I do not to spell check and proof my writing because what I type and say in my head sometimes are not the same.  Hopefully you get what I say when I do that and miss the correction.

So these are my 5 maybe not-so interesting things about the mami behind Independentmami.