Right, then.
I have been hearing the same question a lot lately, whenever I venture out of the house... "Where have you been?" So. Regarding the 2-yr social hiatus, please insert the following where applicable:
Yeah, it really has been a long time since I was out in the world... I know, it's appalling.
No, it's not just you... I haven't been seeing much of anyone outside my own household. I do that sometimes... get out of the habit, and then it takes ages to get back in. I think that I'm cycling round to social again.
Why did I drop off the face of the earth? Well to recap, first there was a month of being really sick... back in October 07. Then I was sick for a second month, waiting for surgery to fix me. Then surgery recovery... and then the month after that I lost my job. (You all remember this.) Then, I was job hunting and not spending money on non-essentials (like going out for shows, social events, etc) and being in a pretty constant state of panic and misery that I didn't want to inflict on perfectly normal people. Then, once some semblance of normal had returned, money was still tight and anyway the boy didn't want to go anywhere ever. And then after a LONG period of that, right about the time boy was out of the picture and money was finally no longer a constant issue, which was... um... this May?... my car elected to begin dying in earnest, and in an unfixable fashion. Enter panicked car search and saving money for that. Also throw in some "oh god where am I going to live" to make things interesting and properly preoccupy me. And a lot of interstate travel. And then, PRESTO...
It's October 09, and my world has settled into a new orbit. I love my home and the people in it, I have a car that lets me finally enjoy driving again AND go visit people without worrying about whether it'll break down, a job that covers my bills and makes me really happy, and freelance work that lets me go out and be frivolous while still maintaining a savings account... I can finally get my eyes checked! so I can SEE again! Money for glasses, hooray!
So... I'm happy again for the first time in a long, long time. Happy... and safe. Things are good. I'm good. I'm ready to be in the world again.
Just wanted to say hi! and I missed you all!
Yeah, it really has been a long time since I was out in the world... I know, it's appalling.
No, it's not just you... I haven't been seeing much of anyone outside my own household. I do that sometimes... get out of the habit, and then it takes ages to get back in. I think that I'm cycling round to social again.
Why did I drop off the face of the earth? Well to recap, first there was a month of being really sick... back in October 07. Then I was sick for a second month, waiting for surgery to fix me. Then surgery recovery... and then the month after that I lost my job. (You all remember this.) Then, I was job hunting and not spending money on non-essentials (like going out for shows, social events, etc) and being in a pretty constant state of panic and misery that I didn't want to inflict on perfectly normal people. Then, once some semblance of normal had returned, money was still tight and anyway the boy didn't want to go anywhere ever. And then after a LONG period of that, right about the time boy was out of the picture and money was finally no longer a constant issue, which was... um... this May?... my car elected to begin dying in earnest, and in an unfixable fashion. Enter panicked car search and saving money for that. Also throw in some "oh god where am I going to live" to make things interesting and properly preoccupy me. And a lot of interstate travel. And then, PRESTO...
It's October 09, and my world has settled into a new orbit. I love my home and the people in it, I have a car that lets me finally enjoy driving again AND go visit people without worrying about whether it'll break down, a job that covers my bills and makes me really happy, and freelance work that lets me go out and be frivolous while still maintaining a savings account... I can finally get my eyes checked! so I can SEE again! Money for glasses, hooray!
So... I'm happy again for the first time in a long, long time. Happy... and safe. Things are good. I'm good. I'm ready to be in the world again.
Just wanted to say hi! and I missed you all!