Six-Month Recap

I guess I could pretend that it hasn't been six months since my last post... but I have to explain away my guilt because it's who I am.

For the most part, I've just been caught up with having a life, which is good and bad. My "new" job at SLUG as Editorial Assistant has kept me incredibly busy and happy. I was afraid that I would never find my dream job, because I couldn't ever remember the dream, but this is it. If you wake up every morning dreading going to work, quit now, because believe me in that it'll make an enormously positive difference in your life when you find a job you're happy with.

SLUG is also responsible for my exceptional boyfriend. I started dating the handsome and wonderful Chris Proctor around the same time as my last post (I'm totally putting most of the blame on him for my lack of posting). It was a little awkward at first because I'm technically one of his supervisors at SLUG, but we've gotten used to the teasing, and believe me when I say that when we're at work, it's like we barely know each other... I think Chris was a little bit surprised by how serious I was about remaining professional at work, but I think it's 'cause he's the guy who sits in the back of the classroom chatting with his friends during the lecture, and I'm the one sitting front and center furiously scribbling notes. And this is why I love him :)

Those two things, in combination with my many writing assignments for SLUG, social engagements and moving twice in the past six months, have pretty much left any leftover thoughts and feelings just floating around in my brain while I veg out in front of the TV in the brief dust-settling moments. This is the bad part: This blog and the poetry I used to write in my spare time were necessary outlets. It was me time that I've always needed to stay happy and sane. Not that I'm unhappy without it... just not quite as whole as I could be.

So, since I'm finally settled into a place that feels comfortable, I'm confident in my job and my relationship, I think it's time to bring this back. I don't think anyone reads blogs anymore, so I think I'm going to make this private and if you want to follow it, you'll have to subscribe. Probably not for another week or so, though.

Anyway, I know this post wasn't as fun and sarcastic as you might like it to be (and I'd like it to be), but it's just a warm-up. Thanks for reading, if you are.