1.) Sometimes, writing blogs and communicating with people is really hard.
2.) As more time passes [without a blog post, an email, a tweet, a wordpress comment], it only gets harder.
3.) I haven’t gone running for two weeks.
4.) I’ve also had a cold for the last two weeks.
5.) I haven’t drawn much for the last two weeks either.
6.) I have been writing… in a way. Wanderlust II is fermenting, and coming together in bits and pieces. I’ve also been doing some brainstorming on an older project.
7.) I feel terrible that I haven’t finished the Race to the 8th bonus prizes yet. Absolutely terrible.
8.) The title Race to the 8th, in the context of a silly little contest on my silly little blog, sounds insensitive and unimportant after yesterday. My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tragedy at the Boston Marathon.
9.) Now, talking about anything else feels insensitive.
10.) But there are a few more things on my list.
11.) For instance, I am moving to Portland at the end of the month.
12.) Portland: Maine, that is.
13.) I’m looking for a job.
14.) But not hard enough—see things 3, 4, and 5. It’s been a lazy couple weeks.
15.) I’ll fill out more applications tomorrow.
16.) I read this quote somewhere yesterday: “Tomorrow is always the busiest day of the week.”
17.) Perhaps I should fill out more applications today.
18.) Today is Brother’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Brother! He was up this weekend, and we had a party on Saturday. It was fun.
19.) The ice cream from the party is still in my freezer. I have over-indulged.
2o.) In fact, I suspect I am sabotaging myself and my energies with bad food, and I suspect I am doing it maliciously.
21.) I want to take a nap.
22.) Leftenant Weatherby finished reading Wanderlust! He sent me a positive, one might even say glowing, review.
23.) I finished reading The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling, and I gave it five stars on Goodreads.
24.) It’s a pretty heavy book. Don’t read it if you’re sensitive—I would have found it really disturbing six or seven years ago.
25.) I’m going to try to draw something tonight.
26.) Thank you for reading. I hope I can provide you with more content soon.
Grace Makley 