the appointed day
All you folks out there who've never read or even heard of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time might find this boring, but I ask that you bear with me here, for the appointed day has come. By which I mean that the long-awaited twelfth book in the series was released in the United States today, four years since the last was published, two years after
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Chatting was so much fun back then - and such a great way to while away the hours at a boring job. This was back when you could still have a smallish community that talked about itself, before the serious inroads of blogs (which is mostly where I read stuff these days). Even though I didn't actually meet my husband through WoT it was this era that actually boosted my social skills and confidence enough that when I did finally meet him (online, but more as a local Minneapolis personal ad than an online community) I was much more confident as a woman and ready for the 'marriage plunge'. Hm, that would have been 2001 that we met (in fact the same week as 9-11). I did go to one freak out - Vegas, in 2000, which was fun.
I have drifed away from the PoP community. i have tried to get involved but it always falls flat because I just don't have much time. and the community isn't quite the same as it was. Plus the single most important thing of my life happened in 2005 - the birth of my wonderful, beautiful son who happily takes up a lot of the spare time I have. I work full time on top of being mommy to a crazy 4.5 year old. He is my world (I suppose my husband is too ... but my baby? oh yeah). a #2 has not since materalized - I'll be 39 next week so I'm not holding my breath - but I find that becoming a mom has centered me in ways I never thought possible.
I have no idea right now if I'm even on the most current book. When I do get time to read i tend to read a lot of 'fluff' as I consider it - modern romances, stuff easy to just read and set down. Because I'm a reader, always have been. I'll have to figure out if I'm current on WoT and ask for the book for christmas. I needed stuff for my christmas list. :-)
Anyway, this is a really long post. thanks for the opportunity to share. Even though i think the series had more of an influence on you than me, I do still give the series and the online community a lot of credit for helping me become the person I became in my 30s - a great mom, to a great kid, and a great wife to a great guy.
and thanks for being online still! It is so cool to catch up with 'old friends'. One of these days I'm going to stick to my threat of setting up a blog and sticking with it. I set up a ... erm, myspace? account in Feb but can't access it at work so unfortunately doesn't get much updating. Most of my internet time is still at work. sad, but true. :-)
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See you around Jeffy.
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I do remember you. :D
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