In Other News...

Let's see. Where to start? I know, it has been a while and some stuff has happened since I last posted, stuff that maybe I could have written about. We went to Asia for two weeks, I've done a few touristy things around London, I've been enjoying the start of fall and the changing colors of the leaves, although I have not been enjoying the rain. Riley spent two weeks with her dog walker and luckily wasn't too mad at us when she came home.

She also got a haircut.

She got sick. And stayed sick for about two weeks. Notice the uneaten bowl of food behind her?

 She got better. Finally!

And here we are today. You're all caught up and I don't need to write anything else for another six weeks. But I am going to try. I have been meaning to write for a while, just like I have been meaning to sort through my 900+ pictures from Asia, but I keep putting both off.

I once discussed procrastination with a friend who had just read a book about organizing and decluttering and she mentioned that often people who procrastinate do so because they are perfectionists and don't want to start anything until they think it will be perfect. I must admit I can be guilty of being a perfectionist. I have always procrastinated when it comes to writing, in college, in law school and now even on this simple little blog. At school it was more intimidation, being nervous about writing a really good paper so as to get a good grade. Here I am ambivalent about setting the right tone, letting my voice come through, not making any grammatical errors, making the posts entertaining and informative when they should be, writing so people will want to read what I have to say. I love making things, I love taking pictures, and often I try my hardest to make such things perfect. I have been a bit more forgiving as the years have gone on, but since writing is still rather foreign to me, and not yet fully enjoyable, I try way too hard to get it right. I think I need to relax a bit and just go with it, just as I have started to do with my knitting when I drop a stitch here and there and keep going rather than unraveling the whole darn thing. Some posts may be boring, some really witty as you'd expect from me (just kidding), but I will try my best to be better about writing. And to misquote something I recently saw, to be a better writer you have to write today, not tomorrow. So here I go...