An Ode to Non-Blogging Blog Readers

What I'm about to write is going to sound like a completely fabricated story and if I read this on anyone else's blog, there's a good chance I'd call bullshit on it. I only had 2 glasses of wine last night, so I can assure you this was real life and not a wine/melatonin induced dream. 

Last night, around 9:30, I took a break from watching The Voice and doing a wedding edit, and I stepped out my backdoor to let the dogs do their nightly business. I'm not really doing the normal leash and walk around thing right now, because of Ella, so it's kind of a free for all slash chaotic 10 minutes of trying to get the two dogs to go in a 6x6 patch of partially dead grass. 

Sebby decided he wanted to greet the dog walking towards him. I scooped Ella up so she wouldn't get too excited and then explained to the other dog's human that I was sorry for my crazy dog and that the one in my arms just had surgery. 

This is where my mind goes KABOOSH...

The dog's human looks at me and stops for a second. Then she says the words that I literally just got done explaining made me blush in public in yesterday's post. 

She said, "This is going to sound really weird but... do you... blog?". 

I was all... *head scratch* *look down at Ella* *weird pee pee dance (me not Ella)* "Yeaah... kind of...".

And then she said, "You're the yoga pants blog, I don't blog but I read you every day!". 

(I had to pop Ella's head back down to a size that would fit through our door, or maybe that was my head.)

And just like that, I realized something crazypants. There are people who read blogs who don't blog. 

Who knew? I didn't. Maybe you did, and if you did congratulations to you.

So, today I give you,

An Ode to Non-Blogging Blog Readers

Hey there, non-blogging blog reader, you sneaky little minx. 

You report to class daily but you stay in the shadows of the classroom.

You get the pleasure of reading without the pressure of commenting or responding to comments. 

Shoot, you might not even know how to comment and that's totally cool! 

You read these posts about blogging craziness and/or drama and you just get to watch from the outside. 

You've got the right idea, non-blogging blog reader.

You get the latest scoop on the newest crazes without the burden of coming up with a witty post for them or getting criticized for doing yet another product review.

You don't really know what a link-up is or how to do one, which is okay because you don't have to!

You have more recipes saved in your archives than Rachel Ray and you've got more DIY craft ideas than Martha Stewart.

You don't have to take photos of your completed crafts or figure out how to make a stuffed pepper look fancy and appealing.

And by being on the sidelines you've saved more money than you know. 

Go ahead and trust me on this one.

Just know that because you report to class every day, you give us bloggers the push to keep going.

We see you even if you don't think we do. Kind of like Santa Claus but less creepy, I promise.

Mostly because we check our stats an unhealthy amount.

Consider that another perk of being on the outside, by the way.

Most of all, what you may not know is that those of us who are bloggers couldn't do what we do without you, non-blogging blog reader.

Thank you for being you, Non-Blogging Blog Reader!