So... anything happen while I was out? :)
I've spent the last 48 hours or so "off the grid" - certainly off the 'net - and it was a nice reminder that real life can be, well, nice and real. I didn't check a blog, or my e-mail (aiee) or my website... to discover that there was a billing problem (due to my change in bank accounts from a ways back).
That's all fixed, and I have been keeping up with general events, so it's probably time to get back to it.
But before I do...
Christmas this year was an adventure. The 36 hours or so leading up to the celebration were full of setbacks and frustration, including a real nightmare at one of my Starbucks stores (I lost the store key - then found it! A Christmas miracle! - and opening was delayed for about an hour), and a horrific trip up 95 to Norwalk Connecticut for the Swedish delicacies we share at Christmas, which nearly ended in disaster (but I got there 20 minutes before the place closed). Then on the 24th we put up a tree and made a full holiday feast... and by the evening we were fully exhausted.
And I worked on Christmas Day. And the next day, the Most Adorable Nephew in the Universe turned 8.
It's not all bad - it was the Christmas Eve I love with family, good food, great music and gift giving - but it was a lesson in planning ahead: more time in advance would have saved a lot of last minute heartache. And so, what had been planned as a day or so offline turned into the better part of a week off the grid. I feel bad... but I don't necessarily think it could have happened any other way. And life is too short for regrets.
The frustration is, of course, that just as I start to make some real progress getting blog noticed and finding the right audience... I vanish just at a crucial moment... only to reappear and rebuild all over again. But that's life, I suppose, when you try to do things outside the usual path, make your own way, try as you can to stay off the grid. In the moments I had to think about this year and all that's happened and the life I have right now... it's the freedom and the independence I have, such as it is, that still makes it all worthwhile... along with the connections to friends and family.
But next year... maybe I can have all that... and a few more days off.
PS - Just to offer a small correction to my piece on my boss having a little faith in me... she read the piece (which was nice to hear in itself) and insists she did not tell me, or the other manager, that everything would be fine and I could handle anything that came up. I stand corrected. Sort of. :)
Yeah, i wish you can have all that next year. finding the right audience in blogging is not so difficult.
-Luigi
Posted by: telehandler | December 28, 2009 at 06:44 AM