Where I've been...

Hey there Internetz! I know it seems like I never call, I never write and I stay away for weeks at a time but I've been out "becoming" and doing less "being" which probably doesn't make much sense but I come back to my little piece of internet real estate where things are familiar after I've been out wandering so that has to count for something.

I've been writing a novel. I've been out in the real world (instead of my comfy virtual world here) meeting people and (at least I hope) making friends. I've been talking and listening and writing and coming home very late at night and trying to make it on 3-4 hours of sleep and I am exhausted and excited and breathless with anticipation simultaneously. I've been doing volunteer work and going to YELP parties and drinking wine with people who "get" me. Just South of Nowhere is, after 2 years, more "home" than The Frozen Tundra ever was. I may not totally fit in here (I remember my first job here and it is not a fond remembrance) but I am finding people I can talk to and listen to and write with and it's good.

All of which serves to distract me from Mr. POSSLQ's absence and I wonder sometimes if I am not burning the candle at both ends to avoid facing the engulfing emptiness that I now call home. I have been trying to not dwell on the fact that I will be alone on Thursday. No family. No Mr. POSSLQ, just me (the crazy cat lady), the kitties and the chinchilla.

I do have projects scheduled and sleep to catch up on and novel writing to do and I am more tired right now than is even possible for me to articulate. And given that it is after midnight, I am going to sign off and go to bed. But, dear Internetz, I wanted you to know I've not abandoned you and I appreciate your patience. Rock on and have a fabulous Thanksgiving!