It's been far too long since my last blog post, but life tends to get in the way from time to time... or rather, I let it get in the way. I also still had two more days to report on my Sojourn in the Shire, but it's been long enough that I couldn't possibly do justice to describing all the wonderful things that took place on those final days. We're now looking forward to the next one in 2014, and I have every hope of attending and being better at writing up my travelog!
Though I admit that it is a flimsy excuse, the past two years in particular have been busy-stressful at work. Not necessarily in a negative way, just a lot of time and energy spent on work and less of either on those things I love best.
This year has given all of us at work a little time to breathe from time to time, but the next year will soon take on a life of its own and I'm trying my very best to prepare ahead of time those aspects of my life that I have control over so that I'm not overwhelmed. We'll see how that works out..
Since Christmas I've been able to find the inspiration to pick up on my writing, not just here but on my latest novel-in-progress. I also worked very hard on a grant for myself that I hope may take me down the road to my next adventure. I won't hear about it until spring, so I need to keep working on my long-term goals in the meantime because waiting for something that may never come to pass is never a smart idea. I still have hope that I'm in the running, but I'm realistic enough to know that with such stiff competition the odds are uncertain for now.
I also seem to be finding my way when it comes to better and healthier habits. I still have a long way to go, but I feel good about my fitness goals - I just need to work on the nutrition part more diligently.
As for those long-term goals, they've been on the back-burner a little bit the past few weeks, but not at all forgotten. It's time to start planning for some other positive steps... there's a small business class I want/need to take... research to do... blog on our progress on that site... we're still very much in the pre-planning stages, but I think we're ready to start taking some tentative steps forward!
January is nearly half over, but at this time of year I can't help but want spring to get here soon! The wind is howling outside and we've been deluged with rain the past several days - it's better than being stuck in the house because of two feet of snow (yes, there's been A LOT of rain) instead, but this isn't exactly tempting me outdoors either. Thank goodness we had a warm, sunny day yesterday!
