I Will Try...

'Try what?', you may well ask.

First and foremost, I will try to explain where I've been. I haven't been around in a very long time. Yes, I know.. only a few months, really, but in the blogiverse that's, like, forever. I can't hope to get caught up on everyone's blog - in fact, I'm not even going to try - but you should all know that I missed you, yes - all of you, over the summer.

The summer didn't start out well. A major argument with another blogger effectively ended a friendship that I had valued. A bad joke that I didn't let slide, an even worse reaction to my apparent lack of humor, and I was done. The whole episode left such a bad taste in my mouth that I stayed away for an entire month. From all of it - emails, blogging, reading anyone's blog at all, in fact.

The end of the school year brought a HUGE change to my life and household. Those of you who actually know me have some inkling what I'm talking about; for those of you who don't, the gist is that I had two more people living in my home. The summer was fraught with stress and I was completely caught up in a schedule no longer my own. Time to sit and watch some TV? Not likely. Time to blog? You can hear the laughter, right?

I lost thirty pounds this past summer... mostly because I was too stressed out to eat. Not my preferred method, but I can't deny that I'm glad the weight is gone...

The start of school again brought another change... but not without another healthy dose of drama and stress. The end result was that I was returned to my former way of life, and our household was back to two residents. The weeks since then have been filled with setting things back in order, and reclaiming my (as I call it) shallow and selfish existence. I also managed to reclaim five pounds, but for once I was not worried about gaining weight - I needed it!

That's all I can (or will) say on that topic. To reveal more would reveal entirely too much.

I will try, also, to be here more. I make no guarantees. I won't be one of those bloggers who promises to start writing every day again, and then disappears forever. However, there are several new developments in my life on which I need to update you - none very dramatic or earth-shattering or possibly even very interesting, but this is place where I may share this part of my life, so I will. I may, in fact, not be around much, but I will try to stick my head in now and then. Even if it is just to lurk quietly on your blogs.

Because, my blog friends, I have missed you. So very much.