Twitterific: My Week in Tweets

The great thing about Twitter is, you only have to write 140 characters (spaces included) to finish a post, which means that you have time to finish a post any time you like. The terrible thing about Twitter, of course, is that you only have 140 characters in which to finish a post, which means that (a) you will quickly post stupid things without thinking about them; or (b) you will quickly post brilliant things but no one will read them (and set you straight) because by the time they log onto their accounts, 486 of the other people they follow will also have posted; or (c) you will post something that really is worthy of a longer discussion, but you wasted it on a silly short Tweet.

Or, of course, (d) no one you know is actually on Twitter, and you sound dumb even just mentioning it.

But then I realized that there is some nice lack of pressure in the whole 140 character thing. So here's my last week, in tweets.

Friday. My Midwestern winter body isn't in swimsuit shape; fortunately, it swims at a Midwestern gym this winter.

Saturday. Know what's really irritating? Doing eleventy-hundred loads of laundry all day & still being unable to find clean pj's at night.

Sunday. FYI: Playing snow baseball at dusk with a five year old involves a lot of standing around while someone looks for the ball.

Monday. "Going out for a beer after teaching (i.e. 9:30pm) will perk me right up!" Irrationality, thy name is over-tired mother.

Tuesday. Just discovered load in washer from five days ago. My laundry room is so cold that the pj's still smell just fine.

Wednesday. Internet is amazing for the most random things: need to fix a 50 yr old doll? There's a bulletin board that will help.

Thursday. Have lost the will to communicate in complete sentences. Will forgo subjects of sentences from now on as more efficient.

Because this post could stand to get a little more random, am also including three of my most favorite actual tweets that I think no one actually read:

What does a mother have to do to get directions for making Optimus Prime in origami? It's harder to find online than you'd think. 7:03 AM Nov 4th

Newscaster just explained how to tell which way to dig if you're stuck in a cave: put hands on wall, SPIT & see which way it drips. Helpful! 11:30 PM Nov 12th

The most inadvertently hilarious fortune cookie ever: "There is absolutely no substitute for true lack of preparation." 8:56 PM Dec 3rd

Your turn: Your day in 140 characters or less! Go!