I'M DONE

I like this break-from-blogging thing way too much.

Don't expect me back too soon.

Seriously.

It's fun, but, after 788 posts over a little more than two years, I think I'm in need of a break.

UPDATE 1.12.10 • Abrupt, yes? (Dontcha ever get in a mood like that?) Apparently so according to the many great emails I've received from readers. Gosh, can't thank you enough for liking me so much. Much more of that obsequiousness and my already huge head isn't going to be able to wear those great hats Rabid made for me.

Is the blog dead forever? Naw. But for now, it's in the grave. It's nothing more than a rather in-depth two-year chronicle of a girl in Sparks. Pretty entertaining at times, if I do say so myself (and I do). And rather well-written at times, if I do say so myself (which, of course, I just did). In fact, many posts are serving as great fodder for retooling exercises as I try to do some real writing. But essentially, this is a whole lotta nothin' on what I think. No shyness, that's for sure.

Maybe, when I come back, I'll rename the blog Lazarus.

Why did I take this major hiatus when we were having such fun? Well, I didn't want to do it for a time. I woke up one morning and, well, I was just done. And because life is so full of things that are obligations, things we can't just opt out of, and blogging is optional, I took advantage of the optional status and opted out for a while. Can't so much opt out of my job. Can't opt out exercise. Can't opt out of family drama. Can't opt out of so many things. But blogging was a different story. One less thing on my ever-full plate. Though I'm a hungry girl, turns out I couldn't eat that much.

So, to the many of you who so graciously took the time to email me and say thanks or express regret, a big fat thanks right back atcha. Maybe one day I'll perform a miracle and we'll meet here again.