A Fond Farewell

This is not me writing my blog. This is me doing my second favorite thing, posing for a silly photo op.

Last week the 12 year old busted me.

“Mom, you need to do another blog post,” she told me, while also rattling off a list of other necessary tasks. Things like buy her non-weird leggings at Target, proofread her essay for Language Arts and make a dozen burritos for the Mexican fiesta in Spanish class the next day.

Huh.

My mind spun. First, you know how I feel about any kind of cooking, much less cooking an unfamiliar dish for a demanding audience (Spanish speaking middle schoolers!)

Also, I wasn’t aware the 12 year old regularly reads my blog. Or that she would like it enough to agitate for a new post.

It turns out the 12 year old does read it. But only because she doesn’t have Instagram or Facebook, which means there’s nothing else to read on her phone at school.

I had to share the bad news with her: There will be no new blog posts.

Guru Girl Guide To Greatness has run its course. I am still just as full of advice and embarrassing personal stories. But you will have to have lunch with me to hear them!

The fact is social media has always made me nervous. I feel this way now more than ever since we have a 12 year old who finds startling and inappropriate things on it, despite not having any social media accounts. I just don’t want her to find startling and inappropriate things on it, about her, written by her own mother!

Thus, I am on to new creative endeavors. And yes, by this I mean figuring out how to make a dozen burritos with a special Spanish flair. 

On deadline. 

Thanks for reading, guru girls and guys! I’ve had a blast writing Guru Girl and doing the “market research” (okay, shopping) to make it the best it could be!

Have a great week!