welcome to my life
well. indeed.

it would appear that I have many people visiting my blog. people I don't know. (hi)

maybe this would be a good time to introduce myself to everyone reading... lurking around the corner. (hello)

my name is rachael. this is my blog. let me introduce you to the cast of My Blog.

former spouse.
i am (not) bitterly divorced. i am Happily Divorced... which, if you ARE bitterly divorced, is something you should try. my former spouse (a title which demands mutual respect and keeps me from being called someone's ex-wife) and I do have our moments, however, have pretty much gotten over ourselves and have fun being parents. you can read more about The Former Spouse here. um. he's shorter than me. he's a law student at uga. he's a cool dad who manages to answer all questions asked by our daughters without pulling out his hair. amazing. he once got really pissed at me for writing in this blog about him, so I said some nice things because he deserved it. he sometimes thinks I am still in love with him - in the wrong sort of way, but, everyone needs to feel needed. when I am referring to him in the sort of way that means I am mildy annoyed, or perhaps paying him a compliment, he is The Former Spouse. when I am talking about him being daddy, he is Ex Husband Wonder Dad... or EHWD for short. yeah, it's not a cute or catchy title. I was tired that night. we met when i was a senior in high school, and he was a freshman at UGA. we made a kid, had a little drama, got married, and made another kid. we were way too young and self centered to be married. he thought I was wrong, I thought he was wrong. no one wanted to budge. we're divorced now.

sarah beth
this is the first kid. she's called SB. she often suffers from the dreaded first child I can sometimes be a huge spoiled pain in the ass syndrome. mostly she's incredible, though. she has her daddy's brains. she loves math and science. she hates anything girly. this means we just painted her room a hideous shade of blue . my dad is trying with all his might to make her a democrat. it will never work. she's very spiritual. she loves her mimi and pa. she thinks mimi's the superboss of the world. she thinks pa runs a close second. her cousin Shawn is one of her best friends. the other one is cassidy. cassidy has great hair. SB was born at my college. in the dorm. that's a long story for another time. I almost named her Bailey. thank god for the nurses in Macon Medical Center. she met her daddy when she was almost two. that's another long story. my friend devin used to send me mothers day cards from her when she was a baby. my friend devin is probably 99% of the reason SB met her dad. she likes magic tricks. she's usually got a reason to be pissed off at me. because she thinks I am mean. she even wrote it down once. mom is mean, it said. she does not think I am mean when I take her to get ice cream or new shoes.

jordin
this is the second kid. she's called a lot of things. J, JLo, Jordy, Jaybird, Becca Jo. she's a dancer. she's a singer. she's the next JLo. for real. she loves sparkly things. especially her red dorothy shoes. she wears them everywhere. when she was born, SB wanted to name her cupcake. then, SB wanted to name her Jesus. so we called her Jesus Cupcake for a while. then we realized people didn't know her real name. her real name is Rebecca Jordin. she's named after two special people who I love. Rebecca is my sister. Jordin is the last name of her dad's best friend. he was surprised when we told him we'd call her Jordin. I haven't seen him since we got a divorce. which sucks. because there should be more pictures of Jordin and him. and because he was a nice guy. we also call Jordin Lola. because for a long time she sang copacabana everywhere we went. she hates that name. she loves her daddy. very much.

people who might have something to say
katey
she's the bomb. gotta know her to love her. you can read her blog too. except she says the word fuck a lot. just so you know. she has three great cats. three. except she's NOT a cat lady. she taught me how to knit and how to make "boundaries." i am still working on the boundaries thing.

kebbyann
this is my best and dearest friend from high school. we created much trouble together. and many fun memories. we did the prom(s) and dated boys that had the same name. we created drama too. and we went to summer school together. and we discussed the appropriate time to lose our virginty. and we wrote The List, which was a list of places we would like to do the above. this list became famous. lots of people added places to The List. her husband is one of my favorite men in the whole world. and he loves her. you can tell by the way he looks at her. he's loved her for a long time. and me too. he was pissed when he found out I was getting married anyway. and kelly and jason have great dogs. I only know one of them personally. when Kelly has babies, I will cry. A lot. and I will tell her (cause it will be a girl) all about boys. she sent me three emails on my birthday.

malia
malia is so funny. she has a blog too. you can read it here. we became close friends after high school. I did know her in high school. she has three sweet children. they have a great daddy. I knew their daddy in high school too. malia likes being a mommy, and she's very funny. she told me once I was a good writer. I believed her because she was a friend. I don't think anyone had told me that before. first time for everything.

smartass
sometimes mentioned in my blog. otherwise known as *the crush.* I had a huge, unexplainable crush on this guy for years. years. it only made complete sense once. and it was not the kind of complete sense that lasted very long. so we kissed. and it's still on my top five moments list. I think because I liked him so much. he though I was a pain in the ass, and that I complained too much I think. I couldn't look him in the eye for a long time because I was too embarassed or whatever. we were good friends. and then we went to florida after we graduated, which was awful. then we all left for college. then a really close friend died. and everyone was still mad at me about our bad trip so I couldn't sit with them at the funeral. that broke my heart. cause all I really wanted was to sit with the boys. since I was slightly pregnant and scared. but it's okay now. then I had a baby and moved away. and we sometimes emailed. he is a good friend. we're always promising to get coffee. he's married now. he owns a house and has a good job. he's a good guy. and she's a lucky girl.

queenpeach
another good girl I went to high school with. she is a funny mommy too. you can read her blog here.

mark
the whole reason I picked up a camera in the first place. a conversation I will always remember before I got a divorce. a good friend. no matter how long it's been. read his blog here.

more on the getting to know you later. enjoy sticking your nose in my business. what little there is of it.

Rachael