Today is just one of those days.
I sit in my cubical and think of the ever-growing to-do
list. Nothing seems to go right, and everything seems to be falling into place.
As a writer sometimes inspiration comes. Sometimes I stare
at the wall. The last little while has been seemingly never ending. I blinked
and it was October. Granted, I was out of town on a story-gathering trip for
seven days. But still was it not just the 4th of July?
Story-gathering trips are always so fun for me, but they usually knock me down
a bit. This past jaunt was no different. I covered over 2,200 miles. Four
states. Seven different companies. Loggers, timber processers and foresters, oh
my!
I’m so lucky to have the opportunity to meet with guys (and
their lady counterparts) at the end of dirt roads that are really making a
difference in our world. Don’t get what I mean? Don’t support the logging
industry?
TRY WIPING IT WITH A
PINECONE THEN.
But I digress. Some big things are happening around little
1213, and I am excited for what’s in store. Things aren’t firm yet, but I will
more than likely be going back to school in Fall 2013. I couldn’t have found a
more perfect program for me and cannot wait to bury my nose in a textbook
again. Could I be anymore of a dork? Probably, but oh well. I love certain
elements of school and cannot wait to get back into an English classroom.
Master’s of Liberal Arts program, lookout!
This past story-gathering trip lead me to some awesome
places, which really means lots of awesome treasures were loaded into the back
of a Ford hatchback and made their way from
Mississippi/Arkansas/Louisiana/Tennessee to Montgomery. I have so many ideas
for the things I found. I keep telling myself I am going to post all my
projects up here, and then never seem to find the time. Well, next week will be
the time. It’s therapeutic for me to do my little crafts and what better
platform to showcase them?
It’s also about time I bought myself a chest of
drawers/bedroom dresser. But that’s being held off another month because I
desperately need to chunk some money into the new computer fund. Plus the
holidays are coming up. But again, I digress.
One of my absolute favorite people in the entire world is
Brian Oliu. Writer, comedian, all around stand up man. Oh and did I mention my
saving grace this last year? (…and probably years to come) He has started a
social media campaign called #posiweek. Each day he has postings designed to
uplift the spirit, make you smile, and just all around warm your heart. Which,
honestly, who doesn’t need that every now and again?
Seeing these posts made me want to be positive about
myselflifethings. Difficult, given that for the first four days of this week
I’ve battled a terrible head cold. But each time I saw one of the #posiweek tweets/statuses
I saw myself smile. I sure hope that the #posiweek stays with me into tonight,
as we all watch or in my case don’t watch the VP debate, and into the weekend,
where I welcome to Montgomery one of my best friends from college. It’s a good
week y’all, it’s #posiweek.
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