Well, good day to you faithful reader. It has been a long time since I have created a new blog post. I had started a new job, lost a pet, and life in general kept pulling me away from writing. I have also self-diagnosed myself with a form of ADHD/Autism. I will go into that in a later post.
My “new” job has me writing most of the day, or at the very least generating documentation and it is a weird thing to write all day and then try to find the motivation to write in my off time. I just want to avoid the computer and keyboard after I’m done for the day. Don’t get me wrong, I love what I do, but some days I just want to go outside and walk.
Outside of that, I haven’t been reading either which is a bummer, but I have climbed back on that wagon and I am finding that I am getting better and more sleep than if I laid in bed and stared at my phone screen until midnight. My dreams are getting more vivid again and I am feeling more creative! So that is why I am here. I need to climb back on the writing wagon again. Give me strength!
I have found that structure is what I need and with that in mind, my blog posts going forward will be of two sections: Diary entry / thoughts dump and Week in Review. This may change as I go on, but for now it is a rough foundation to build on.
Week in Review
This past weekend was really jam packed. First off, it was homecoming week. My little girl is a senior this year and she had her last homecoming game to perform with the marching band, and then on Saturday was the dance with her boyfriend. Yeah. Boyfriend. I am not sure how to feel about him. He seems pretty nice, but I really haven’t had a chance to speak to him in any meaning way. But I believe I will.
The homecoming game was pretty cool as it was our second year of performing with the Alumni Band! I wasn’t the oldest person there, but I wasn’t the youngest either. I found that I will need to start practicing my trumpet skills if I want to hold my own next year. I have added a new task to my daily list of doing just that, for 15 minutes to start.
While my daughter went to dinner and then to dance, my wife and I went to a local cafe, The Raven in Port Huron, MI. It was really cool inside, with all of the books and Edgar Allen Poe memorabilia and Halloween vibe! The food was good too! Afterward we walked to the RPG store, the Border Keep. We talked with the owner for a while and it, too, is a pretty cool place to go back to!
Sunday was another great day, we went out to Oakland University to listen to my son play with the Brass Band in his first concert! They sounded wonderful and then we went out to dinner. On the way to the restaurant we witnessed a police officer take down a guy running between the cars on a 5-lane highway! Our friend, Emily, is a true crime nut and was absolutely thrilled!
Well, that is all for now.
TTFN!