Well, I’ve been quite neglectful of my little blog lately, haven’t I? I tend to go in fits and spurts with my writing, as I do in many things. It’s always been a character trait of mine, and one that annoyed my mother no end. I’ve found, though, in my reading, that those who are NF’s in the Myers-Briggs tend to work in this way and tend to work best in this manner. ST’s, though, of which my mother was an extreme, tend to work hard at one thing until it is finished and then move on to something else. Hence my workstyle driving her crazy. I spent a good deal of my life thinking I was quite lazy and had no internal drive or ambition until I started reading about the Myers Briggs types. Now I know that is the way I work best and try to honor that, although it can lead to serious procrastination if you don’t watch it, which is why my blog here has been unattended since February *laughs*.
So, what have I been up to you ask? Well, the short answer is working! The job has been very busy. We had our big fund raiser at the end of April, so I was working a lot of overtime for about 6 weeks before. The week of the fundraiser, I probably spent about 60 hours at work. And, of course, given my generally low energy levels, once I got home I pretty much did nothing else. For me, writing takes energy, and I just haven’t had it to spare these last 2 months. But, the fundraiser and all the work after is done (well, most of it, but what is left isn’t urgent and can be done over time), so I have more energy to devote to other pursuits. So, on with the writing.
First of all, for all those who have asked after my brother-in-law, I very much appreciate the concern. He had his surgery on February 13th and came through it quite well. His recovery was slow but steady and he is now back at work full time and doing well. The doctor has been caustiously optimistic, but thinks they got all of the cancer and there is no spread. He is stopping just short of saying it is benign, because…well…doctors are in general cautious people. But he believes there is unlikely to be a recurrence. Cliff required no radiation or chemo and has now been referred to the Cancer Clinic for regular followups over the next few years. Thanks again to all who showed concern and sent energy to Cliff for his surgery and recovery.
When ever I spend so much time working, I like to spend most of my off time with Mark, so we’ve been watching a lot of DVD’s over the last couple of months. It’s something we can do together that requires no real energy on my part. So, we went back and watched Farscape again (one of our favorites). We also got into Lost. We’ve watched it twice and are eagerly waiting for Season 3 to come out on DVD. Of course, we watched Battlestar Galactica while it was on. The 3rd season started a bit slow, but really picked up again in quality towards the end. Now we are watching the first season of Law and Order. It’s a show we have both always enjoyed, but I didn’t start watching it until later in the production, so I’ve actually not seen any of season 1.
I’ve also been back on my reading kick. I picked up a number of books when I went to help my sister after her surgery. I’ve read The Known World, The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, Wicked, and I’ve reread all the Harry Potter series in anticipation of the final novel coming out in July! I’m so excited!
I’m now reading Sacred Contracts by Carolyn Myss. I’m 3 chapters in, and I have to tell you that this book resonates with me and my beliefs like nothing has in a very long time. You’ll probably be reading more about it as I go through, because it is something that is really calling out to me.
On the writing front, I got a notice of a pagan short story competition with a June something deadline. I’ve got a story wandering around in my head, and I need to see if I can convince it to inhabit paper. I have no real anticipations that it will be good enough to win or even print, but having something like a contest always spurs me to write, since it’s something I tend to be lazy about. So, don’t let me get lazy! Stay on my back until I get it written and submitted.
Let’s see…what else have I been up to….Oh, of course, how could I forget! I’ve joined a campaign. I figure now that I have more energy, it’s time to put my money where my mouth is politically. I am officially endorsing and campaigning for Barack Obama and have joined the local campaign here in Bellingham.
Well, that’s about all that’s been going on with me. Anyone else doing anything interesting?
