Catching Idle Butterflies

Blech!

I'm bored, not with life bored, but with my writing bored. I look at my words and think, "Blech!" It's not that my words are terrible, just anemic. Flat, passionless, forced and . . . well . . . blah.

After writing 30 days straight, plus my blog and commenting in all of yours, I've done run out of gas. It's a bit frustrating, but I've endured enough of these I see it as a natural way of things. We all need a break, even from the things we enjoy the most. If we don't, then it's more work than fun; we push ourselves more out of habit than passion, and the end results show that. I'm seeing it in my words and have for the last three days. It's presented itself in much of my writing, not only my blog. Plus my tush is telling me I've been sitting on it too much lately!

I'm not saying I won't continue to write entries, but I'll no longer try to come up with a subject simply to say anything day after day. I don't like to force my words, because in the end all I want to do is delete them. Surely I can find better uses of my time than wearing out my delete and backspace keys.

For instance, I haven't finished reading a book in months. I have three started now, and not even half way through a single one.

Creating graphics has helped, but again, I'm still sitting on my butt in front of a computer.

Today I walked the three blocks to City Hall to drop off a set of plans, and even though the temperature hung at 30 degrees farenheit, I enjoyed every step. The sun shined, and nary a breeze blew. A beautiful day I almost missed.

One thing about North Dakota winters I don't care for are the short days. I go to work in the dark, and I go home in the dark. Today, for instance, the sun rose at 8:19 and set at 4:55. If I don't step outside during lunch or to take a break, I forget the color of the sky. Plus, not having any sunshine affects people's moods. They even sell sunlamps around here to help replace what our bodies are deprived of from not having any sunshine. That could also account for my writing blahs.

So if I don't update my blog much for the next few weeks, you'll know why. I'll still be visiting yours, though. It's a great escape from boring little me, if nothing else. Who knows, I might even steal a subject or two from you!

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Whew!! I broke my cardinal rule by not writing my entry in Word first. Then, to my utter dismay and muttered profanity, I hit send and get that dreaded, Please Login message! Ahhhhh!

But, apparently WdC logged me out 0.002 seconds after I hit [Save Entry] because I didn't have to retype a word!

Have I now learnt my lesson and never try to beat that login cookie again? Doubt it .