I am a blog stalker.

I recently stumbled upon the blog of some people from our old ward. We never really knew these people--I doubt that we ever spoke to them--but even so, there is something really fun about learning the intimate details of strangers lives by reading their blogs. I don't know why I even care to read about them if we never knew them, but I do!

Anyway, from there I became more stalkerish and looked at their friend list. (Come on, am I really the only one who does this? Someone, make me feel better about myself!) Guess what! I found a million other blogs of strangers from our old ward! It was like Christmas!!

So I started reading through the blogs and I found one that made me want to throw up. This girl just keeps going on and on about how she is "so blessed" and how her life is "so wonderful" and how everything is "such a delight". I mean, I don't want to sound rude or anything, but give me a break! Yick. It was all just a little too seriously so blessed for my taste.

Am I the only one who wants to read blogs that sound real? Blogs that inform readers about the good, the bad and the ugly of life? Blogs that make you want to laugh and want to cry? Blogs that inspire you and give you creative ideas about how to improve your own life? Maybe I am asking a bit much; but who really wants to read about how you are the sole person in the world who only has good, happy, wonderful things happen to them?

Ok, maybe she is not writing her blog just for me, so I should tone down the disgust a little bit. But it just got me thinking about how people only put good things on their blogs, and that makes other people think that they have amazing lives. And that is not to say that everyone doesn't have amazing lives--but even amazing lives have some not-so-amazing things happen every once in a while. Why not talk about those things too?

For instance, I think my life is somewhat amazing, some of the time, but I still have obstacles LIKE:

• I have no health insurance, which really stinks because it means I cannot go to the dentist, even though my tooth really hurts. Well, I can go, but I'm not sure I want to spend a million dollars so that I can get one tooth fixed.

• My dog, bless her monster heart, has developed an anxiety complex or something. She will not go to the bathroom when I take her outside, and instead will wait till Jeff and I leave so that she can then poop and pee in the exact same place under our window. Why? She was completely house trained!

• I have a job where I cannot use the bathroom unless someone comes up to the front desk and takes my place. The girls are always really nice and come up whenever I need to go, but it just isn't a fun thing to have to ask all of the time if I happen to have a stomach ache or something.

• I am super duper stressed out about studying for the GRE and doing well. I need to calm myself down and do the best that I can, but it is hard! Plus--I am only going to be able to apply to one grad school and that, frankly, is a stupid thing to do. Grad schools are competitive and to give yourself the best chance of getting in, you should apply to multiple, multiple schools. In my situation, however, I get to go where Jeff gets accepted. AND to make matters worse, I need to apply before we even know where Jeff gets accepted!

ANYWAY, this post wasn't meant to be a complaining post. It was just meant to be a- in real life things like this happen but you learn to deal with them and life is still cool- post. Am I the only one who thinks this way? Do all of you bloggers out there think I am insane, and only want to read the amazing things that go on in peoples' lives? If so, I will try to think of something amazing and post about it tomorrow. :)