A confession

Ok, since I already made the confession to Jackie, my sister-in-law, I can go ahead and let everyone know - I'm competing with her blog. Not for quality's sake, mind you, but for quantity.

It was working out pretty well over Christmas break, since I had gobs of time at home on my hands. I was able to post once a day, no problem. And everytime I hit "publish post," I'd feel a special sense of satisfaction and relief, knowing that I could keep up with my prolific sister-in-law.

I don't know how I got to be so competitive, since nothing was really a competition in our household growing up. In fact, one of our favorite board games was the "Ungame," where everyone wins! But, I do remember dragging my feet to play Sorry or Othello with my brother, knowing that my chances of winning were slim.

In the past several years, whenever I have gotten into some type of game or contest situation with friends, they will more often than not exclaim, "I had no IDEA you were so competitive, Liz!"

It really comes through at work, since we are so metrics-driven. I cannot stand when we aren't driving the results expected of us and I hate just meeting expectations. I want to exceed them. Always.

So it's probably good for me that I am conceding the victory to Jackie tonight, even though there was never really a contest in the first place. I'm not going to be blogging at work, that's for sure, (it might keep me from exceeding expectations!) and I'm beginning to accept the fact that there are many evenings when I just won't find the time.

Consequently, I encourage you to visit www.midwayfarm.blogspot.com during my dry spells. I'm sure there will be a new post ready for you to enjoy!