This break I'm taking? It's only temporary. I promise. Really.
When I created this blog last year I had that nagging voice in the back of my head saying "Sure you'll blog... for a couple of weeks and then it'll be over and you'll be on to something new." "NO!" I said back. "This time I'll stick with it, promise. Really." Then I started getting feedback from people who stop by my blog from time to time and do a little light reading. The more people told me I should write more and keep at it, the more determined I became to stick to the blogging thing. But...
You see, I'm a "hopper". I hop from this to that without much long-term commitment to much of anything (aside from my marriage and parenthood, of course). However, recently I've decided to do less "hopping" and more "sitting". Not sitting in the literal term, but in more of a pick a few things to do well and stick with them kind of way. I'm not going to over commit to too many things. I'll do a few things I feel are really important and that's it.
So here's what's been important for the last few months that have held my attention far more than this whole blogging for blogging's sake thing:
1. Workouts. I started this whole "fitness thing" two years ago and I love my daily self-imposed butt kicking. I kind of enjoy looking and feeling better, so that's a thing for me.
2. Volunteering. I got asked to do a few volunteer activities and I felt they were worthy of my time. So I did them. They'll be coming to an end soon.
3. A side job. Someone thought I'd be good for her business so I helped her out. Now I'm helping out more often, by choice, and really enjoy it! Check out Omaha Culinary Tours if you want to see me in action sometime.
4. Sleep. It has been the main hindrance in my ability to write productively. I'm a night-owl. It's in my gene-pool. But lately I've been pursuing more zzzzzzz's in an effort to get myself on a really tight and toned fitness track. Sleep helps. It really and truly does. So I've been doing more of it. Instead of writing until 2 am, I go to bed around the time the hubs hits the hay... sometimes as early as *gasp* 9:30!!! Unheard of! Ella isn't even asleep that early most nights!
Anyway... my point of this long-winded note to all of you who will take a few seconds to read this is that I promise to be back. Soon. I'm stashing away topic ideas and thoughts... most of which come to me when I lay down during those magical hours shimmering with creativity. But I push them aside and snuggle myself down into the comforter and dream instead of write.
So keep me in your feed, like my page on Facebook, and follow me on Twitter - then you'll know for sure when I'm back. Really and truly back.
Time for those zzzzzz's!
Goodnight all!
