Bits and Pieces

It figures that I would commit myself to three blogs and then immediately stop writing for two weeks.

Well, it's not that I haven't been writing at all. But I've written very little and posted nothing at all.

Kevin's business trip got cut short, so he came home shortly after my last post. Then I went home for the holidays and spent all my time drinking wine and visiting with family. I got home late on Sunday, and now I'm in the midst of a string of 12-hour work days without a computer. So I'm squeezing this post in in the evening.

I'm behind on my book reviews, but those should be easy to bang out once I have some uninterrupted time with my computer. I'm falling behind on my alphabet project. Or rather, I've been having a hard time getting started. But I think I can catch back up before they're due to start posting this weekend. Maybe. I'm not giving up yet, though.

I've been considering getting a chromebook or a cheap laptop to give me some more mobility with this whole writing thing. It would have been nice to have something along my Thanksgiving trip home to keep me from falling quite so far behind. And it'll be nice to carry it to the couch and such. I've tried writing on my tablet, but it doesn't really offer everything I want (a full keyboard, the ability to schedule blog posts).

Of course, I also recently lost my phone, and it's showing no sign of returning to me. It's looking like I'll have to buy a new one this weekend. And we just bought a TV. And we need a new water heater. And it's nearly Christmas. Now probably isn't the right time to buy a laptop just because.

Then again, sales. And convenience.

I'm on the verge of rambling. There's so much going on and I have so many thoughts that it's hard to wrangle them all. But this has been an update on the basics. If I'm able to work a short day on Friday, you can expect more then.