Hi honey I'm home

I'm back.  Finally.  It's funny how a person misses things he/she didn't realize he/she was missing until the thing he/she was missing isn't there.  Awkward, I know, but grammatically correct.  This she missed having a washing machine, coffee pot and toaster.  Not major applicances (well except the washing machine), but definitely things that make life a little easier.  Being on the road, I find there are all kinds of things I miss, mostly things of convenience, like a good cup of coffee first thing in the morning, or being able to drop a load of laundry into the washing machine any time I feel the need, or urge, or lack of clean clothes.  It makes me wonder how women in the past managed, but then I'm sure there were "modern conveniences" that were available that they also missed when they got to travel, which wasn't often.  I've missed blogging, not because I couldn't but because life, as always, seems to get in the way of things I want to do. It does that, you know.  Get in the way of things that are interesting and/or fun. The last few weeks have been hectic.  Getting a visa, travelling, settling into a new place, new language (my dab of Spanish is semiuseful here) and new school routine.  It takes up more time and energy than a person realizes at first.  Eventually I'll be so settled it will feel like I've been here forever.  Which of course is one of those time folding things and before I know it the year will be over and I'll feel like I've just started.  In the mean time, I'll get back into the routine of doing the things I enjoy, and will be here much more often.  Until next time.

Excuses, excuses

It's been a very long time since I last posted a blog.  Not because I couldn't (well, ok, it was difficult to get online in N Ireland for some bizarre reason), but mostly because intertia took over.  It's very hard to overcome the need to do nothing - or at least to convince yourself to do something when doing nothing is much easier.  I can list tons of excuses for not writing - that's easy.  What I can't do is give good, solid reasons for not doing my blogging.  Kind of like my students when they have tons of excuses for not doing their homework, but no real reasons.  As such, I would appologize for my laziness, but in truth can't because sometimes being lazy and enjoying doing as little as possible is often exactly what we need to do.  I was far too busy visiting family and friends to bother, and that was important.  I got to check up and check in with my sister, my mother and my sons (though the one in Canada missed out on a one to one because of circumstances, but next year we'll do better).  I was also able to spend quality time with my lifelong friend and her family - something I haven't really done for a very long time.  Which brings me to visits.  Some visits you can't wait to be over and others you wish would last for much longer. Case in point - my lifelong friend's hubby has relatives up the hoop, and this summer was the summer of the dreaded "drop in on short notice and visit".  This made for a lot of congestion and a lot of tongue biting on my friend's part, but she survived and will probably not have to do this again for another two or three years.  The second was indeed the case this year.  I enjoyed my month of visiting, but it is time to move on, so I head off into the great blue yonder to my next adventure in living.  I'll be out of circulation for a little while longer until I get internet connected at my new home in Colombia, so consistent commentaries will have to wait - again.  They will come, just not for a bit.  Until next time, I'm dashing off to the airport.