DOH!

Remember when I said I was going to try 30 days of writing every day? And then I even invited everyone else to join me?

Yeah... I stink.

In my defense, the day I decided to write that post was the beginning of something akin to insanity with Mike's work schedule... like 15 days of non-stop craziness. I had NOOO idea. And, even though I was in a "funk" for awhile and thought it would help me pull out of said funk, it became clear that my funk was a little more than just needing a creative outlet. I needed a full-fledged break. One that, honestly, couldn't be provided until the kids went back to school. They needed to walk out my door and into someone else's for a teensy bit of time.

And, now, the kids are back in school. I may have flunked my own challenge, but I'm feeling so much better. It turns out the bohemian lifestyle is not for me. I need a wee bit of structure and definitely a little alone time in order to function in a healthy manner. There you go. My truthiness.

The point of this blog was originally to update family and friends about our life and post pictures of the children and our little family adventures. More and more I find myself wanting to use the blog as a personal reflection space, which doesn't always involve the kids and may be of zero interest to anyone who reads this thing.

It's not clear whether I will continue to post my "thought" here or just use it as a place to post pictures of the kids for family and friends. I doubt it actually matters to any of you, but I do ponder it quite a bit. What is my goal here? Does it matter?

I have to say that I do love blogs. Even still now, despite the fact that there are 7.9 billion trillion blogs out there, I love reading them. I love the pictures, I love the creativity I get to witness every day and I find them to be inspirational. People live lives in such drastically different ways. One blogger I love is going to travel the world with her family and some backpacks for one year. Another has been living in a remodeled school bus with her hubby and two children. A-mazing. Blogs remind me that we have choices about how and where we live. There is no one "right" way. My life may be rather conventional, but I've still chosen that path for myself. I could chose another one (right, Mike?) and even if we don't depart on a wild adventure next week, I love the constant reminder that I could. Life is a choice.

So this post is really just a bit of an apology and explanation for my AWOL behavior. Nothing more, nothing less. Enjoy the rest of your week. You may bash me in the comment section, if you like. I do loooove reading comments.