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(FOR THOSE OF YOU HERE FOR SOAP OPERA SUNDAY, IT’S DIRECTLY BELOW THIS POST!!!)

So. You’ve all heard me talk about Cre8buzz ad nauseam. Really, I’m trying cut back, I promise. But today, I just can’t help myself. See, the ol’ Buzz is going PUBLIC on Sunday.

When Kim of Temporary? Insanity invited me to Cre8buzz a couple months back, I was hesitant. I’m on Facebook and frankly haven’t loved it—haven’t been inspired by it enough to bother. But it was Kim, who I adore, so I joined and decided to see what was up.

As I looked around, I realized that I could promote this blog through them, and I thought, “hmmmm, extra traffic never hurts.” So, my sole purpose in becoming an active participant at Cre8buzz was to promote my blog.

And guess what. It worked. Every single time I post, I get a handful of new readers who tell me that they found me through Cre8buzz.

But more than that, I’ve become a part of a community that I’ve really come to love. This was unexpected. But it’s true. I have hundreds, HUNDREDS! of new friends and a deeper connection with some of my “old” friends. “Community” isn’t just a word being thrown around. It’s a true feeling there.

So, it’s like I accomplished my goal of getting new people to my old blog, and then I got the delicious, and unanticipated, dessert to go with it.

(And, for those of you who are dying more some more success stories, or a better peek inside, check out the cre8buzz blog, specifically this post.)

Anyway, to celebrate their big move to PUBLIC, a bunch of us decided to have a Cre8buzz Blog-a-palooza. So, if you’re blogging about the buzz today, please enter the permalink to your post. (These will become permanent links when the list is complete.)

Aguante ‘Buzz!!!

1. Alex 2. Ritu 3. Mad goat lady 4. melody is slurping life 5. Work N Play 6. PHAT Mommy 7. Jen 8. Mommin’ It Up! 9. Mudder 10. WalksFarWoman 11. Jackal 12. Candace Martin 13. Novembrance 14. Summer @ Summer’s Nook 15. Queenie 16. LadyintheRed 17. Jo Beaufoix 18. Lynnae @ From Under the Clutter

19. Bliss In Bloom 20. Avery Gray 21. Heffalump 22. Lisa J. Peck 23. Bucolic Scribblings 24. Radioactive Jam 25. Tristi Pinkston 26. TwistedSister 27. Peg 28. Anne Bradshaw 29. Christine 30. Kellyology 31. Jen in MI 32. The Mom Salon Daily 33. Leendaluu 34. Unquiet Heart 35. Cranberry Corner 36. canadianflake

37. Mom Chatter 38. Assertagirl 39. Emma Sometimes 40. Marianne 41. The Farmers Wife 42. Secret Agent Mama 43. Jerseygirl89 44. Josi Kilpack 45. Annette Lyon 46. Bitsy Parker 47. Kate 48. English Rose 49. La Chanson de Phoenix 50. Stephan Miller 51. Whimspiration 52. so grateful to be mormon

Soap Opera Sunday, folks.

I confess, I’m starting to feel rather trapped by this soap opera.

So, I’m going to skip to the end.

“I’m leaving, ” I said.

He laughed.

“No, I really am. There’s no reason to be here anymore. I’m moving home.”

“No reason? Well… I’m here.”

I rolled my eyes. He and I both knew that what we had was a total joke.

“So, you’re running away,” he said.

“I’m not running away. I’m following my gut and getting out of here.”

“And how much of this ‘gut-feeling’ has to do with that guy you met in Park City?”

Well, he was kinda right. I’d met the most amazing boy in Park City a few months before and I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about him or talking about him with my girlfriends, and Ben had picked up on all of it.

But there was more to it than that. I HAD to move back north. I didn’t know why, but my soul wouldn’t be quiet until I did. And maybe I was “running away”—I needed to get out of this mess of Ben-ness, and moving a couple hundred miles away seemed like a way to end it once and for all.

So I packed my things, loaded up my little Ford with all my crap, and without thinking about how I had no job and no where to live, I made arrangements to leave the next morning.

Sometime before my alarm went off in the morning, Ben came into my apartment, grabbed my keys, and said something about needing to borrow my car and he’d bring it right back. I must have been extremely tired or delirious, because I didn’t scream, “DON’T TOUCH MY CAR, YOU IDIOT!!!”

I got up, got ready, tied up all the loose ends, and then sat on the couch and waited. And waited. Where was he? Where was my CAR? How DARE he just swoop in and take my keys!!!!

Finally, he showed up. I started screaming at him, and he gently put his hand over my mouth and said, “I got your oil changed, because I knew you’d never do it. I had your tires rotated too—it’s a long drive. And I filled your gas tank, so you should be able to get all the way to Provo without having to stop.”

I was flabbergasted. After a minute of just staring and gawking at him, I said, “I think that’s the first unselfish thing you’ve done since I met you.”

He smiled sadly. “I think you’re right.”

That was the last time I ever saw Ben.

Once I got to Provo, everything worked out for me. I found a place to live and I got a killer job that miraculously opened up in a company that my sister worked at. They knew nothing about me, but they knew and loved her, and gave me a job I certainly didn’t deserve. Everything was like a faerytale.

And, above all else, within a fortnight of moving back north I was dating the boy I’d met in Park City. And I was head over heels in love. And I still am.
Within the year, we were married.

(Hey, I TOLD you the story ended with my wedding!)

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Okay, tonight you’ll have to leave your SOS posts at Kate’s Mr. Linky. I’ll copy and paste it from her when the list is complete! Hope everyone has a happy SOS!