Lunch Time

  So it's been weeks since the last post.   What good is a writing blog if you don't write?  So much going on.
Got the book to help me study for my GRE.  Heard about a page at the library that got into the MLIS online program at the UW this last Sept.  There is another volunteer at the library who is looking to apply.   I wonder how many spots they actually have?
  Summer stuff is starting.  Just a few more weeks till school is out.  Family reunions this year.  Want to get in some camping and a beach trip.  Is this possible?  To write. . .  Maybe a technical writing class at the community college would help me.  Can't seem to focus on one thing right now.  Reading a Philip Reeve book "Fever Crumb, great teen book.  Also checked out some knitting books and a beautiful recipe book from the library.  Booking the trip to Michigan.  Wondering how we are going to pay for it.  Hoping I can make a big dent in it before we actually leave.
   Feels like my mind is pulled in a thousand directions, nothing I can focus on for long. Almost time for me to get back to work.

Messed up already

I've missed two days of writing already, and here I am at work and remembering that this is something I promised myself.  I believe I need to set aside a specific time to do this.  Organization, the key to success in a busy world.

A Start

     I know I need to improve my writing.  The more I talk with people who should be aware of it, the response has inevitably been "Write."  Practicing seems to be the only way to get comfortable with the words and let the language flow.  So here I promise myself that I will write every day.  Maybe I will even be able to find a few people to read what I write and make some constructive comments.
    Trying to balance my days has been a challenge.  I have an eight-year-old, who seems to need my attention; a full-time job that fortunately doesn't occupy my mind when I am not there.  My personal life, which includes trying to keep up with current affairs, working in our garden and last but not least, pulling together what is needed to go back to school and get my Masters degree.
   It has been over 20 years since I was in an academic setting, and I'm not sure how good I was at it then.  Times have changed, and I am wondering if it is really possible just to step right back into the fray.  It is true that the few times I have been around those in the academic settings I have had no problem feeling like I could keep up.  I think it is just the unknown that is making me uncomfortable.
   More tomorrow.