And to All a Good Night

So, I’ve been putting this off because a part of me was hoping that I would change my mind, but alas, I have not. I’ve decided to stop writing for this blog :( I know, I’m saddened by this too. The thing is that I’ve been working on this novel and I really want to spend all of my free time on it. As much as I love this blog, I find myself even more in love with my book, so I’m diving head first into it.

It’s been fun kids! Thanks to everyone who ever bothered to read any of my posts. And an even bigger thank you to anyone who has ever posted a comment (it’s how we bloggers know we’re loved). I’m keeping the blog up in case I do change my mind ;) And I’ll be sure to let you know when I actually finish my book, which hopefully will be sometime this year. Thanks again everyone. Mawh!

Bright Idea

Friday was a long day… a very, very long day. As I stood in the station waiting for my train to come, I could feel the tiredness creeping down my body and snuggling up inside my legs. I wasn’t sure how much longer my legs would be able to support me as they felt like they were going to give out at any second, and my train seemed hell bent on making that happen. That’s when I had my bright idea. I should invent a pocket-sized foldable chair. That way, when you feel tried and desperately need to sit, you just whip out your handy pocket-sized chair (from your pocket of course) and unfold that baby. Badda bing, badda boom, instantly you will have a place to sit. Genius!

Then I thought, what if the chair had wheels… then you wouldn’t even have to walk around. You could just sit all day and your chair would take you anywhere you wanted to go! It wouldn’t even need to be pocket sized! Genius! Why hasn’t anyone else thought of this… oh… err… (laughs nervously) wheel chairs, right… they already do exist… um…

The Kids are Alright

It’s currently 65 degrees outside... and it’s December, and I’m so happy about it I could scream! This beautiful weather provided me with the motivation to get out and finish my Christmas shopping, and god knows I needed the motivation. And now I feel great! I got all of my shopping done, heck; I even bought some gift wrapping paper to seal the deal. Now my barren Christmas tree can once again be fruitful.



I just need to make sure that we’re clear on one thing here – just because I’m happy about finishing my shopping by no way means that I’m in the holiday spirit. Oh no, I’m still feeling very overwhelmingly bah humbug. This is evidenced by the fact that for a brief moment, just one brief moment yesterday, I actually wanted to throw little children across the room (hangs head in shame).

Well, what do you expect? I was in Macy's and it was so crowded I started to feel claustrophobic. There were these large families everywhere, each with about twenty children a piece. And you know kids, they’re all walking and not looking where they’re going, and they’re slow as all heck. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, the adults would just stop suddenly to take a picture of the decor, or to round up the troops, or just to try to decide where they wanted to go next. I mean really people; there are other people in the store. Ugh, anyway, the children all made it out of there safe and sound, I promise! And I went home with a headache, sore feet, and minus one gift… don’t you just love the holidays?

Bad Mojo

It seems that I’ve lost my creative mojo, and I’m not quite sure how to get it back (sigh). For my few faithful followers, you may have noticed that I haven’t written a post in a while. At first, I was fighting off a pretty bad cold, which I’ll tell you more about in a sec. But I ended up spending a few days curled up in my bed feeling absolutely miserable. After being doctored by my mom (what, I’m not ashamed to admit it), I was feeling good as new again. So, I sat at my desk like an eager little beaver to tell you all about my tumultuous adventure (being sick), but nothing came out. I stared at my screen, willing my fingers to do their thing, but nothing, nada, zip, zilch… hence the absentee blogger thing.

Now, I don’t know if you can will your mojo back, but here is best attempt:

I got sick last week, and needless to say, I wasn’t happy about it. I don’t really consider myself a germaphobe, but I do realize that this is germ season in New York City, so I take certain precautions to avoid being contaminated. I keep my gloves on at all times when outdoors to avoid touching germy surfaces. I keep myself armed with hand sanitizer for those few moments when I do need to remove my trusty gloves. And, I’m a big believer in Vitamin C, so I make sure to consume a lot of it, and I mean a lot; a friend once told me that I would overdose on C. That isn’t possible right…

So, as I was saying, I have a nice system for keeping my system germ free. The problem is that people seem to enjoy spreading their germs, and it seems that they will go to great extremes to make sure they do. No, I’m not over-exaggerating. You’ve seen it or… you’ve done it (looks suspiciously at screen)! Ok, I won’t go pointing an accusatory finger just yet. But you do know what I’m talking about. I’m talking about people who, just because they’re outdoors, do not feel the need to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze. It’s as if they think their germs will just disintegrate when they release them into the air. No! You know what happens? I’ll tell you what happens! When a person sneezes into the open air, their germs get blown right smack in the face of the person unfortunate enough to be walking behind them. That unfortunate person was me last week, and who knows, you could be next.

I say we band together friends, to put an end to this disgusting habit. And if you have been a perpetrator of such behavior in the past, I implore you to simply start keeping a packet a tissue with you at all times. And when you feel that tickle in your nose or itch in your throat, just whip out that handy tissue and put it to good use. What do you say people? Are you with me?