Creative Writing -- Saturday Mornings

What’s your ideal Saturday morning? Are you doing those things this morning? Why not? My ideal Saturday morning is full of relaxation.  Ideally I would like to sleep into until 9, but with a newborn I just know that won't happen.  Then I would get up, take a shower (a must!), and get dressed.  Then I would make myself a cup of coffee in my new Keurig machine (merry christmas to us!) and eat some type of pastry.  After eating, I would curl up with a good book and read for a few hours.  That's it.  I'm pretty easy.  Just a few creature comforts to get my Saturday started right.

I'm still in Indiana trying to enjoy Christmas vacation (with a nasty cold), so my Saturday doesn't look this at all.  I'm up with the baby trying not to cough all over him.  I'll get my cup of coffee as I bought my mom a Keurig for Christmas, but no pastry.  I'll have to settle for an English muffin with some jelly or peanut butter.  No time for reading for a few hours.  I have a baby to take care of and a baby shower to prep for.  Hopefully we all make it through today...

Creative Writing -- My First Post

Now that you’ve got some blogging experience under your belt, re-write your very first post. I’ve started another blog.  This one is for me…  a place for me to collect my thoughts, share some ideas, be a record of me.  The two other blogs that I write for are very specific.  And while I enjoy writing for them… they are just so darn specific.  If I want to wonder about the weather or share my thoughts on a non-education or tech book I just read, I can’t.  So, this one will be my personal outlet.  If anyone gets around to reading this… enjoy!  Just remember, most days I am fairly scatter brained and random.  Prepare to get ridiculous!

Instead of rewriting the post, I thought I would do a bit of reflection on my first post.  It did the job, but overall is a bit boring.  Of course, I've seen others' first posts that are one sentence.  This one does establish the fact that I've started a new blog for my personal thoughts.  Very quickly the blog morphed into a books and reading centric blog, but that's okay.  I really wanted to document my reading.  Book reviews are still a huge part of the blog.  This past year, I have started branching back out into other areas of my life.  I started Fashion Fridays to play with style (not that I actually own any of those clothes, wishful thinking...).  I did weekly pregnancy updates.  I've highlighted more about my new little one (need to get more about the twins on here).  I've also made an attempt to document my attempt to document our lives using Project Life.  My blog is slowly turning into an all encompassing life blog and I love the direction it's going.  I'm not going to give up reading related posts any time soon, but I don't just want this to be a book blog (not that there's anything wrong with book blogs).  I don't want to limit myself so much that I don't feel free to post where the moment takes me.  My new mantra for the blog: "This will be my personal outlet."

Creative Writing -- Dream Residence

If you were asked to spend a year living in a different location, where would you choose and why? This one is so easy... I would definitely choose Italy.  I've always wanted to experience the sights and sounds and tastes of Italy.  I want to travel throughout the country spending time in the big cities and countryside.  I want to attempt to learn the language.  I want to see all the famous art and architecture.  And I especially want to eat all the food!

Creative Writing -- Loneliness

In January, I am embarking on 30 days of creative writing exercises.  I'm behind by one day, but want to catch up tonight or tomorrow.

When was the last time you felt really, truly lonely?

I randomly pulled this question up today, but almost immediately regretted it.  How do I answer this question?  How personal do I get here on the blog?  I took a minute to think mull over these issues...

The last time I felt lonely was right after my miscarriage in August 2012.  Even though I knew that others had experienced the same feelings and emotions, I felt like I was completely alone.  I retreated into myself and spiraled into a depressive episode.  It took almost two months for me to bring myself back out.  Those two months, I felt a deep loneliness.  It was irrational and yet I felt it.  The thing that helped me reconnect with the world was reading.  It was socializing with other people.  It was becoming engrossed in a fictional world.  Somehow, slowly, I started to wake back up and realized that I had people who cared for me.  I started socializing more and eventually got back into my regular routine.