I realized that I have been A Bad Blogger. Actually, I’ve been A Bad Blogger for pretty much all of the entire last year, but now that classes are over I no longer have graduate school to blame for it. And I realize that if I don’t force myself, my internal monologue may take over (which may or may not have been the plot of the most recent episode of House).
Well, here is what you haven’t missed: I moved last week, out of the house in Round Rock that I lived in for ten years. Although Ray and I ‘officially’ separated in January, in many ways this was the actual physical manifestation of that separation, delayed four months. And it was hard. I’d really rather not talk about it, so I’m not going to. There was some weeping on my part, and Wednesday, the day of the actual move out, was a very hard day. So was the next. But the day after that was a little better, and I had a good weekend, and slowly, I’m moving in a generally upward direction, and that’s really all I can ask for right now.
The place itself is coming together very slowly. Not surprisingly, the days until my phone and internet got turned on (Saturday) were significantly more productive in the unpacking department than afterward. I’m pretty much down to the point where I’m suffering from the double-whammy of needing one more bookcase in the office as well as a similar sort of storage/display thingy for the dining room, plus the fact that just about everything critical has been unpacked and what’s left is inspiring this process:
- open box
- move top item to look underneath
- sigh
- replace top item
- close box
- open beer
- turn on television
As for the photos of my new place that some folks have demanded, those will have to wait. My friend Kristi, who is a designer, has absolutely forbidden me from hanging any photographs without her expert opinion. I’m inclined to believe her, too, since right now I’m not too thrilled with the arrangement that I had in mind originally, so I’m gonna let it go until she comes to help me with that.
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, let me tell you about the play.
Oh! I got A’s in both of my courses this semester. Not that it’s any huge surprise, but it’s always nice to be vindicated – somehow I did manage to get through this semester successfully, emotional turmoil and all.
So, I’ll try to be a better blogger this summer. We’ll see how I do.




