The blog drought - not some other kind, you naughty bloggers! Anyway, coming back after such a long time away is hard isn't it?! What to say? It has to be something fabulous, so it doesn't look like you have been away from your blog doing all these other things and come back just boring and bored. Sometimes though, there just seems to be nothing to say. For someone like me, who likes to talk (and used to be paid to do a lot of talking), this is a scary prospect.
I was thinking about all of this whilst I ate my breakfast at work this morning, whilst also reading the AFR (yes, I do try to multitask). I do love the Friday AFR - lots of legal stuff, to make me still feel a little bit important and connected to the REAL business world, interesting world and financial news, good pics and if I'm lucky like today, the BOSS mag. Mr S usually hogs the papers at home (is this a male thing?), so when I get a chance to read it, I take it! Anyway, whilst chomping on my bacon and egg muffin with cheese (I know, not healthy, but very satisfying) - which I washed down with my decaf skinny latte and OJ - I browsed the job ads and read about a woman who started working at Estee Lauder as a secretary and was now manager of operations at Origins, the new Chief at VISY, and a former hair care guru's mansion for sale in Sydney for $30 million.
This was all extremely inspiring and I folded the paper up feeling very happy and focused. The way I usually do after I read stories about successful executives or luxury goods. The problem is how to harness this feeling and keep myself motivated and positive. I have not had much luck with this particular skill (is it a skill?) lately, but I suspect I am not alone. I also hadn't realised it has been almost a month since my last post - what a month it has been!My Mum came down for a visit - great but tiring, then back at work for a few days, making lots of stock (yes, I will post pics and updates soon), and then I got sick, again. Really sick too, the type where I actually thought for a few minutes that I'd rather be dead than feel this way for a second longer. OK, maybe a bit melodramatic, but you know what I mean! Better now (not 100% but on the mend), but I was woefully behind at work and with my study,the house was a mess and I hadn't eaten properly for about a week; after two days back at work I am pretty much caught up, but still behind in study, the house is a bit tidier and I am back to eating normally and reasonably healthily (if you don't count today's muffin), except I still can't handle diet coke, which I usually drink like it's water. Maybe this time I can try to give it up for good, or at least cut back. And alas, work and study (and a clean house) must come before my blog, hence my prolonged absence!!!
Take care fellow bloggers and try not to get sick this coming winter (for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere), for it is only when we are sick that we truly appreciate good health!
welcome back Shabby – maybe get a flu shot? I got mine at work on Thursday and am hoping that means I won't get sick this winter. Maybe you were hibernating?
Posted by: greenolive | April 14, 2008 at 07:10 PM
Maybe - to both things.
Posted by: Aunty Shabby | April 20, 2008 at 06:53 PM