There is so much going on right now. Sometimes I think being this obsessed with WAM is a curse, other times it feels like a blessing. I am very distracted at work and have even started to check our gmail account there. Also adding things to my wishlist and searching google images. I never did anything WAM related on my work computer before but I just can't help myself. I'm distracted when driving, getting lost in thought and plotting things. I'm even distracted when spending time with my kids. It's not like I'm not getting my fix either. We've been so lucky to have tons of opportunity lately. We're spending too much money. The donations and download purchases certainly help but there are just so many clothes items that I simply can not pass up. Also, every time that Bryce and I have an opportunity to spend time together without the kids we wind up doing WAM. It's usually my idea. It's great don't get me wrong, but we are not doing too many 'normal' couple activities, or relaxing activities. It's kind of like an addiction. Nothing novel to most of you guys I would guess but it's what I am dealing with right now.
It's really crazy when I think about how different things are now from 10 years ago. As I've said I've been reading old emails. They start all the way back in 2002! I never really read them myself at the time. Bryce would read bits and pieces to me but I would say I never saw most of them. I can't believe how awesome they are. People are used to pics of anything you want nowadays, but back in the early 2000's folks were starved for content like ours. One guy wrote that he nearly lost consciousness. That made me smile so big People still write how personable and different our site is to this day. God, we truly appreciate those emails. Not sure how abundant winter clothes in colder conditions are on the net but it does feel pretty cool to be one of only a handful of people doing it for others to see.
Something else that I reflected on was how inhibiting my job was back in the day. I was a Director of After-School Programs and Summer Programs for kids in elementary school and I really felt like my career would be jeopardized if I was outed. Lucky for you all that I don't know what I want to be 'when I grow up' anymore. I held that job for 8 years and then we lost our funding and I wound up doing administrative work for the same non-profit company. So now it doesn't matter if rolling around in mud gets me off, because I am not answering to parents anymore. It's not a public position at all. I also really don't give a fuck anymore.
There is much more to share but I have to wash out my hair dye now. I used bleach to lighten chunky streaks in my hair and then used splat in the bright red color. Bryce was reading through his journals and said that it was so funny because on this very day back in 2008 I also put red streaks in my hair. Anyhow, goodnight guys! I seriously appreciate all the messages and clothes and even though we are now selling downloads. please know that we will never succumb to doing this for money. We just have a passion to document things and share them with as many people as are interested.
-Peace!