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Published on February 26, 2007 By dharmagrl In Blogging

I haven't been very active here at JU for weeks.  Months, maybe. 

The reasons for that are varied and many.  First of all, this having to log in every. single. time. I visit JU is tiresome.  Irksome, even.  I don't like it, and I'm tired of doing it....hence my distinct lack of participation around here. 

Next, I have a family and a job to take care of.  I love both of them, by the way.  I've become very attached to my patients - and that was a decision.  I CHOSE to become attached to them; I could have put up a front and not become emotionally invested in them or their lives, but doing so would have been an injustice to them.  I'm much more effective if I give a rat's ass about them....so I let myself give a rat's ass and everyone's happy.  I get to hang out with two very cool people, and I get paid to do so.  They in turn have someone they trust to always do the right thing for them and by them helping them out when they need it.  It's a win-win situation.

Lastly - and this is by no means the least - I just can't be arsed to write about anything.  I come here with the best intentions, but by the time I've got through the log in-log out-log in again palava any inspiration I may have had is mostly gone.  I have plenty to write about, trust me....like Jaywalker socks knitted in super soft merino with a autum-inspired colorway that are just gorgeous; like the funny things that the Mr and Mrs I care for say (and there are plenty of those, they're a funny couple); like the revamamped living room with the artwork that I made with my own fair hand that my husband really, seriously thought I had bought; like....like.......well, there's that inspiration just evaporating away on me again.  I can't be bothered to write any more today.  Maybe tomorrow.  Maybe tomorrow I'll feel like writing, maybe tomorrow I'll come here and find that the log in issues have been fixed and I'll be able to retain enough inspiration to actually get an article out of my head, onto the cyber-page and published to my blog.  Maybe.

Maybe.

But I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.


Comments
on Feb 26, 2007
Karen,

It is good to 'see' you, regardless. I'm so pleased life has found you too busy to spend time here. It would be a very good feeling, I imagine. I'm sure you'll come back here with plenty of tales to tell, in your own time.
on Feb 26, 2007
I understand how you feel about the logging in issue, it bugs me too. But it is good to see you write something.
on Feb 26, 2007
Miss you. I'm glad that it is happy things that are keeping you from being here.
on Feb 26, 2007
I'm sorry that you're out of the blogging "groove" my little baa-baa black sheep. I *miss* you. But I'm glad that you're finding your "niche" out there in the world. That's more important than this, even if selfish little me misses sheepy little you.

~Moo~
on Feb 27, 2007

Yea, the new job's a hassle and the kids have the flu.....

I have been almost as absent.  Maybe next week (after the DST crunch) I will post more, but good to hear you doing well - if very busy.

on Feb 27, 2007
Dharma: I hear you and understand completely.  Hang in there and I'm thrilled to hear the new job is working out for you.
on Feb 27, 2007
A lot of it is just a case of been-there-done-that. I mean:

1. write something
2. get comments (hopefully 'cause everybody digs feedback)
3. respond to comments and make some of your own on others stuff.
4. Start over by writing/reading something again.


Heh, things get stale and a lot of times we stay and keep on out of habit like someone mindlessly feeding nickles into a slot machine.
on Mar 07, 2007
Hey Karen. I miss you.

Just wanted to say hi.