Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Happy Wednesday!

And here's a healthy dose of corny for the day:

"Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground.  Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it..."
-WILFRED PETERSON

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

9 things I realized today

That...

(1)
I'm going to be an aunt.  Like really.  An aunt.  I can't believe it and am overwhelmed with joy for my brother and Nat.

(2)
Fall is here!  Okay, well the fall equinox isn't until tomorrow night at approximately 11:09pm, but hey,  that's pretty damn close.

(3)
This blog has been in existence for over one year (even if there have been unexpected hiatuses).  One year!  Wowzers!

(4)
Knowing that someone truly believes in you can be one of the best feelings in the world.

(5)
Smiling with your whole being really makes you feel happier too.

(6)
Even though I don't like to admit it, somedays, I really miss Switzerland.

(7)
Yelling at traffic violators inside your car doesn't do much good.  Unless your window is open and you're stuck in traffic next to the person.  Awkward...

(8)
I cannot go to sleep before 10pm.  I don't even know why I try.

(9)
World Peace Cookies really could bring peace and love and harmony to the world if everyone had one.  Or maybe it's just the chocolate.  Who cares, they're delicious!  I wonder if Maile could introduce a new strategy in Afghanistan... Hmm.  I'll do some research.

Dear Reader,

Yes, it's me.  I'm back.  I bet you thought I was gone for good, huh?  Well, considering my lack of posting in, oh, let's see... the past five months (oops!), I can understand if maybe you wrote me off a bit —or completely.  I actually did myself, if that even makes sense.

I guess my life of job searching and interning didn't leave me with the kind of positive material that I wanted to write about.  That's no excuse, and I don't plan on digging for one because that would require me to discuss in detail the hours I spent hole punching.  Or staring at my computer screen willing it to give way to some magical, transformative experience that would take me to some land far, far away from the walls of my cubicle.  Instead, I spent most of my free computer time diving into other people's blogs, letting their inspirations build inside of me until it was finally time to jump back into my own little world.

And thanks to Ellen, one of my favorite people whom I do not speak with enough, I thought to myself, "Hmm... Today seems like a good day to write."  Alas, here I am.  Back in the groove and leaving any last trace of writer's block behind in the dust.  Oh the feeling of my fingers gliding sans-hesitation across the keys.  What a thrill!  I missed it.  I missed you, my fair--though few--readers.

I promise more.   And I have a good feeling that life is about to get spicy(ier).  Interested?  Yeah, me too!

With love,

Mel