do you want to know a secret?

Do you promise not to tell?

Oh, forget it. I’m telling it all myself in this week’s Blogger Idol.

Our assignment for Week 7, represented by the video that went viral above, was to reveal a secret, and mine is something I’m genuinely ashamed of. (No, it’s not the fact that I slapped someone, so what does that say about me?)

I would be just as happy if you don’t actually read my post, but I do hope you’ll vote for me no matter what. It’s a double elimination this week, and I need every single vote to stay in the game.

Please click here, scroll down to the blue column with the list of blog names, vote for Midlife at the Oasis and make sure you get the pop-up confirmation thanking you for your vote. (FYI, you can’t vote on the page where you read my post, and commenting — as much as I appreciate it — doesn’t count as voting.)

If you have friends/family members/co-workers nearby, please ask them to vote, and if you have multiple devices, please use them to vote, too. Yes, I’m begging.

Thanks to all of you, I’m still here. And like they say on American Idol, I don’t want to go home yet – especially since Michael may not be talking to me.