Hello World, It's Me Again

photo edited by Graham

I realize this blog has gone to cyber-hell over the past year. It has become little (nothing) more than a place to post pictures of the cutest baby I ever did know. My scarcity of words was due partly to the fact that I have had my maternal hands full AND because I no longer sit in front of a computer acting productive while avoiding the task of writing a book. But I will likely get more loquacious as the days go by. This is because even though I don't have an external force driving me to write (grad school) I have a new and improved one --ME! I've decided to say this word more often -- "Me." It sounds good in the whirlwind of labor-intensive baby-making days; and to a soul that often feels "You" should take precedence. Well, not anymore.

Back to Me!

I've decided to schedule my days rigidly, something that doesn't come naturally to me, so that I can feed myself, husband and child, exercise, take a shower, and have time to write. (I'm guessing I'll post blogs in an effort to avoid the real writing that should be taking place.) I believe I have a crazy amount of potential and a lot going for me -- brilliance, a couple of degrees, wit, sass, general coolness, not to mention sex appeal -- that if I didn't live up to my full potential in the world I'd have no one to blame but my arch-enemies: Self-Doubt, Apathy and Procrastination (those bitches). Don't get me wrong, I'm quite accomplished already. I'm a Nail Technician, an Esthetician, a Hair Designer, a Barber, a Bachelor as well as a Master of Arts. I've been very busy over the past 12 years. But I'm realizing that if I want to maintain a sense of self during the baby-making years I'll have to be strategic. Willful. Rigid with my time.

I've run out of time to say anything more in this post. I should have been exercising 15 minutes ago.