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Apparently, I've been on hiatus
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 You know what it is like when you come back to the office after a vacation and everything is just a little bit different? How you have to ease back into the conversation with your lunch buddies and dust off the surfaces of your cubicle? How you feel just the slightest bit out of synch, like you've missed the one detail you need to feel really in, at least for a few days?
That's how I feel. I feel like I have been on vacation from my favorite blogs and most of my work and a lot of my life for weeks - no, months - now. I've needed to focus my attention in other directions and this time certainly hasn't involved nearly as many margaritas and bottles of SPF 30 as it could have.
Maybe it was out of exhaustion from the NaBloPoMo self-competitive task-mastering or perhaps being consumed by attorneys and property and preschool and cozying work into the hours when I really need to be sleeping, but I needed to retreat a little more before I got back to the office.
I took a few days off of IMing, didn't even peek at my blog stats, finished up some nagging deadlines and addressed some of the emotional hangover that's accompany the business of my divorce. I've taken a few hot hot baths, reorganized the guest room (again), listened to lots more pre-mommy/pre-wife music, nursed a cold and actually thought about what I might get my loved ones for Christmas (just thoughts so far, don't want to go too overboard). All of this has just been preparation for returning to the real stuff, and yet, all of this feels like necessary real stuff too.
But now, I'm back. Slogging through the slush with a giant cup of very strong coffee, ready to talk about all the not so much that I did during my time away and then, just listen and read patiently while I catch up on everyone else until I am right back where I need to be for myself.
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