Life has changed a lot since Gavin was born. And at the same time it hasn't. Things are starting to get back to the way they were before. I'm figuring out how to find time for myself. I'm back at work full time. And I want to get back to blogging regularly.
My biggest regret of the past couple of years is how infrequently I've updated this blog. A lot of the day to day stuff and some small milestones have fallen by the wayside. And now I find myself wishing I had more of a record of the beginning of Gavin's life.
But I'm rusty. I don't know how many times I've sat down to write only to be distracted by something else. I compose entries in my head only to have all the words flee as soon as I get to my computer. Writing has gotten hard.
In an effort to jump start this blog and get me back in the habit, I decided to do another month-long meme. These have worked well for me in the past. Having a set of writing prompts and a set schedule to post them should help me shake out some of those disused writer muscles. And hopefully I'll find my way back to writing about more mundane things.
Bookriot (somewhat) recently published a list of 31 bookish prompts, which is what nudged me in this direction to begin with. So every day in July I'll post about one of those questions. And by the end of the month I'll see where I am. Ideally I'll have written about other stuff in there as well (like taking Gavin to Boston on my own or his growing awareness of gender or returning to work full time or everything I want to do when Kevin takes Gavin on vacation without me next month). I have a lot of ideas, I'm just having trouble actually turning those ideas into blog entries.
So wish me luck. And prepare for me to wax rhapsodic about books.
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