Thoughts after a Two Martini Lunch

Today was my farewell lunch at the firm. I had a margarita (one and a half frozen margaritas with a sangria swirl if we're getting specific), and it was a huge mistake, because now I'm just blinking at my screen and the piles of stuff strewn about my office waiting to be packed and the forms I need to fill out and wondering how anyone expects me to do anything productive when I just want to kick my feet up on the desk, lean back in my chair and gossip (and/or take a nap, my insomnia has been Kicking My Ass lately). So rather than risk sending any inappropriate tequila-fueled emails to anyone I work with (though there's no guarantees for my restraint during my exit interview in an hour), I thought I'd write a blog post. Because writing a blog post after drinking tequila is always a good idea. (Actually it's violating one of my only cardinal rules of blogging, but what the heck, I have all these Thoughts swimming around and they need to get out.)

Thought 1: I'm wearing the same navy blue shirt dress and 3.5" inch navy heels I wore on my first day of work. Sartorially, I feel I've come full circle.

Thought 2: I've packed up most of my office and filled 7 boxes. The volume surprised me, though I have lived here Monday-Friday for the last 3.5 years, so I suppose it shouldn't.

Thought 3: I have a highly developed gossip and espionage network throughout every office of the firm. I generally know what's happening before anyone else in my section, including the partners in charge, and it's so fun. The head of my section has walked in my office, closed my door, and said, "what are you hearing from Houston?" I feel like an international spy. I will miss it.

Thought 4 and the thing I was going to post about before I had two margaritas and got distracted: How do you tell friends you've had for years, who don't know you have a blog, that you have one? Should you, even? Is it pushy, like you're trying to imply you're writing something worth reading? Or is it nice for them to know it's there, should they want to pop in and see what's going on?

To make this more concrete, let's say you're me, and you're moving and you have good friends you're leaving behind who are into facebook and other online methods of keeping in touch, and these good friends became good friends after you graduated law school and stopped linking your blog to your facebook page, so they don't know you have one because it's never come up and it's not something you just work into a random conversations and now it's been years and it's weird, but you think there's a chance they'd want to read it? but maybe not. so you don't want them to think they need to read it or anything, or that you're even implying you thought they would because really, it's not like I think I'm denying them something by not notifying them of its existence, but there's a nagging thought that hey, it might be nice to throw it out there if they wanted to stop by.

So... thoughts? Bloggers, how do you handle that? Readers, do you like knowing that people you know in real life have blogs? So many people I know read, and I enjoy knowing that they read (though I'm sure there's a lot more people that I talk to in real life that I don't know read the blog, not that it matters either way, but if you're ever uncertain whether you should mention it, I love knowing if someone I know is reading- if anything, because then I don't tell you the same story they just read and they don't have to pretend like they hadn't heard it before. In fact just the other day a friend mentioned a post I wrote and I was like "wait, you read my blog? I had no idea." and it made me happy to know she's a thousand miles away but we're still connected in a bloggy way). (And I like it when people I don't know tell me they're reading- last weekend a lovely woman called out to me in Nordstrom, as I was walking through on my way to Pottery Barn Kids with the Bear, "I know that baby! I read your blog!" It was a totally random sighting and I kind of felt like a celebrity. Plus, I managed to inspect the contents of her shopping bag and found she has excellent taste in nursery decor, which is important (seriously though, congrats on your little one Nordstrom blog reader)).

I just got sidetracked (what was in that margarita? everclear? I usually handle tequila much better than this...), but hopefully maybe my mini dilemma is clear. Is it weird to have someone you've known for four years say, hey, I have this blog? Is it weirder if they don't?

While I wait for your answers, I think I'll turn to drafting my farewell email and filling out my federal paperwork. Because that's definitely something you should do after a few everclear margaritas.

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Update!

Picture: I call it "Shoes and Boxes," because I'm creative.

Also, for you google reader people, I updated my blog design! At least a little, along with my About Me and FAQ. Just pretend I'm already in Fort Worth- I'm only a few days off and who knows when I'll get the time and inspiration to update it again.