Hail and well met, gentle travelers of the vast expanse that is the internet. It has been long since I have visited you, here among the homey surroundings of my blog.
Life has been strange and wondrous (or perhaps merely wondrous busy), and more time has passed than I had intended since I last set pen to page. Granted, my prior dabbling in writing here has been rather underwhelming, but still, I had not meant to desert my scribblings so entirely.
Where to start, then! I have since changed professions not once, but thrice since my last post, having worked for a physician, walked the endless streets of Austin as a meter reader, and finally joined the desk-bound ranks of corporate, office-slaved America as a gopher (also known as a customer service rep, den-mother, or simply, the person who takes care of everything). I have also moved from south of our fair river, to the edge of the town near our lake. This spring I survived the roiling floods over Memorial Day, and am most glad to see the blast furnace heat of summer begin to soften into milder temperatures.
Fall, it would seem, is just around the corner.
Which is absolutely fine with me, I hurry to assure you. I adore a warm summer's day, spent under an oak's dappled shade while dangling my feet in the chill water of Barton Springs Pool, but there comes a time when change, just for the sake of change, is a thrilling thing. Well, as far as weather goes, anyways. Regardless, I am ready for cold, wet weather, perfect for sipping hot tea, and reading fantastical tales of adventure, or better yet, for hiking amongst the falling Spanish Oak leaves at the base of Enchanted Rock.
I have been endeavoring to use my move as an opportunity to re-prioritize my life. It is so easy to get side-tracked, and not take the time to do things you say to yourself you will eventually do. So this year I have started dabbling in photography again (picked up a cheap DSLR in the spring), attended a painting class (acrylics are more fun than I expected!), and am ensuring I spent at least as much time reading as I do watching addictive television shows.
I still have a whole list of things I need to do - visit places, go camping, photograph things...I've set myself a deadline for some of them, because with my time management skills (I'm skilled in procrastination to a frightening degree), if I don't set deadlines, things simply will not be accomplished.
My lesson learned this summer was this: don't allow people or circumstances to lock you indoors, to shut your true self away. Take time for yourself, and especially take time to be creative, and walk among the trees, and soak up starlight on warm summer nights. And finally, be aware of your limitations, but stretch out of your comfort zone.
Until next time, dear friends.
29 September 2015
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