I haven't had, or taken, the time to sit down and write a post in so long and I miss having the outlet.
My job as a small-town, community newspaper editor nearly consumes my entire Monday-Friday of each week, sometimes spilling over into the weekend, but that's the nature of the beast. News never stops. And sometimes, neither do I.
In my previous job as a news editor of another community newspaper, each week I had the opportunity to basically put a "lifestyle blog post" into the paper as a column. My boss handled the hard-nosed criticism of local government officials, so our columns together seemed to balance each other out.
But now, I'm the boss on the news side of things and his job on the opinion page is now my job. My point is that I don't have that outlet anymore to just write whatever I want. So, in theory, I would bring it here... (here comes the caveat:) when I have the time.
My husband would tell me I always have the time, I just don't take the time. Instead, I take a three-hour nap, but a girl's gotta sleep.
Seriously, though, I'm starting to see how important having a fun, creative outlet is. One of my outlets is my Etsy shop, Yellow Lily Jewelry, which allows me to express creativity I didn't know I had until about six months ago, but this blog is another type of outlet that meets my need to write for fun. So, I'll try to keep it up.
Fun reconnecting facts:
•I made an appointment to reconnect with my hairstylist this week. Hey, trims are important!
•A Facebook post from a dear friend, whom I only see about twice a year, inspired me to sit down and write this morning.
•I'm meeting another dear friend, whom I haven't seen since her wedding three months ago, for an early dinner tonight and I'm so excited.
•I do not wish to reconnect with snow any more this year, but alas, my corner of the world is under a winter weather advisory tonight. Yuck.
See you again soon, ok?
