I Live!

*Blows the dust off this blog*

I have been busy.

I moved from South Carolina to North Carolina in August in only one week after finding a suitable rental property at the very last minute. The last couple of months have seen me settling in here while taking a couple of huge financial hits in the form of helping my mother put a new roof on her house, new tires on my truck, and setting up utilities and cable here. On top of that, there's been some family drama that I won't go into here. Obviously, writing took a hit and given that I wasn't able to read as much as I'd like, inspiration took a huge hit.

The good news is that for the first time in our relationship, my boyfriend and I are living in the same state and get to see each other at least once per week versus driving five hours and seeing each other only once per month, if that. My son is attending a very good school and won the Principal's Award his first month there and, thus far, he has been thriving here.

This week I returned to my outline and started work on it again. I've found writing and writing-related activities help calm my anxiety levels and allow me to work through the overwhelming stress that's been happening.

In other words, I'll be using this blog again and probably sharing some of my thoughts on world-building and also getting back to the theme of this blog: Why I write.

Also, I'll be back to visiting the Absolute Write forums and probably contributing there again.

Still Here

No, I haven't forgotten about this blog. May has been a busier month than expected this year as my son has been playing t-ball and we've had to tend to various end-of-year school activities. With the added stress of a possible move to North Carolina this summer, I've been a little stressed to say the least. Even my LiveJournal has taken a hit. It's not that nothing is happening, it's that too much is happening and what free time I do have has been spent pursuing activities that don't require much brain power, though I think I should look into making sleep a priority if I don't want to fall over dead at some point.

I have been writing here and there. What I have written has been substandard in my opinion, but I hope to turn that around tonight or tomorrow by finishing up a little erotic ficlet based on one of my role-play characters. That is, if I can stop having some computer issues and the weather behaves and doesn't cause a power outage. (I swear Murphy, of Murphy's Law fame, and I are bosom buddies by this point. He likes to crash at my house all the time.)

At any rate, I plan to produce another post before the end of this week. The subject of the post is up for debate at this point, but I hope to keep it in line with the general theme of this blog.