A lot of my friends who blog (ok, there are only 4 or 5 of them) seem to have slowed down their updates lately. It makes me sad because I so look forward to catching up on their lives everyday, especially since they are scatterd across the globe. I love finding out what is going with people I know (and those I haven’t met) who are living in Bermuda, Scotland, Victoria, etc. with the click of a mouse.
But I can’t blame them. I, myself, was VERY lax in the update department over the last couple of months. With prep for Liz’s wedding, hunting for the right daycare, illness, house purchases, getting ready for work, blogging was last on the list. It’s funny that when there is that much going on to blog about (not always the case in my life), I can’t spare the time to type it out. Nor do I want to sometimes. Especially now.
Moments not spent working are so cherished by me right as of late. I think you really take for granted staying home with a little one and not being ‘forced’ to leave everyday. The new routine includes getting a quick kiss from Jaia in the morning and then I don’t see her for 8 long hours. And just 2 weeks ago, those 8 hours were spent with her…so the adjustment is not an easy one. When I get home I want to play hard and spend the next 3.5 to 4 hours enjoying every new word, every new facial expression, and every new skill (it’s elephant sounds this week) that she’s picked up that day while in someone else’s care.
But coming back to work forces me to manage my time and in turn allows me to sneak in some blogging, more so than when taking care of a toddler all day. And I’m enjoying putting fingertip to keyboard again. Blogging allows me to jot down important and not-so important parts of my day and I find I feel sad at missed opportunities to journal. Since Jaia has come along, I find I am already looking back quite a bit on her life and how I was feeling over the last 16 months. So when weeks go by without a post, I won’t be able to look back on it the same way. Not a big deal, but just reminds me of how much I enjoy keeping up this website as a way to organize thoughts and as a way to keep our faraways as close as possible.
I hope to be on the ball much more now than I have been lately…and maybe my (hopefully) daily updates will spark some of the others to give me something to read everyday.
rachel Edwards - I am going to streamline my blogging in the very near future. Wait for big changes and hopefully more updates! I too miss blogging, especially now when there’s so much to record!
Kris - OK, ok. Point taken. I agree…when life is at its most interesting, there is no room in it for the blog. But even without a baby to track, it’s a pretty awesome journalling tool. OK. You’ve convinced me. Daily updates it is.