A blog a day keeps the writer at bay!

It's hard for me to think that I haven't written since February this year. What have I been doing? It feels like I have been writing, I wonder if writing on Facebook counts? :)
The good thing about this time of the year, is that we get a chance to reflect back, and consider everything that has happened. This year a lot happened, for everyone!
Many runs, trips, deaths, traumatic events, illnesses, visits, teatimes, and courses. Mind you all of this didn't happen to me directly, but did happen to my larger circle.

Personally, I went on a train to see if I could be a writer, I flew in a plane to visit my dad, I went on a bus to run from the Cango Caves, flew on another plane to get my second Comrades medal, attended a writing course which knocked my novel back by 20 000 words, my niece and great nephews visited me, counselled, laughed, cried, ate, drank and said goodbye to an Aunt.

My year sped up as I slowed down, and I'm sitting suspended in the belief that I do 'know it's Christmas' (thanks Band Aid) but shaking my head, because I don't feel ready for it. My tree went up with me putting up the decorations on my own, the first time in years that I haven't had a sibling's offspring help me. I must admit, it wasn't half as much fun on my own. I'm still planning where I'm going to go for the day, meanwhile that decision was has already been made. Even the Christmas cake 3/4 (finished) hasn't really convinced me of the time of the year, although I am solely responsible for the 3/4's demise. Such is the burden of the only one in the house that eats fruitcake :)

Hubby is doing his neighbourly thing, by cleaning up pavements of last night's wind storm, our lawn, he mowed, and readying for the visitors. Wait, we aren't having visitors, we are doing the visiting! The cool weather is a welcome relief to the oppressive heavy heat we've been having the past few weeks. The mid-season marker has been and gone, and yet, it still feels like mid-October. Sigh. I wonder if another piece of Christmas cake will shake me out of this time restriction, let me give it a try...

Merry Christmas everyone!