[Pash'nar's Scrapbook] I Make Things Look Pretty

[Pash'nar]

Posting will resume in the morning. Stay tuned for words.

[Sariana]

yay!

[Pash'nar]

Indeed. I guess "in the morning" was a little ambitious. Let's say: "After breakfast, after a walk, and possibly after a hot shower." I have a few posts started, so it will feel good to catch up.

Then, well, I have clients to attend to.

[Sariana]

Well...still yay! I'm glad your back. I take it the power is on?

[Pash'nar]

Nope. Not at my house. Staying with family in another city. Thursday or Saturday...

[Lilium]

omg!!!! The only time we lost power for this long was when a cyclone hit darwin! uncoolness.

[Pash'nar]

Power came back on Thursday. My loyal Macbook went into the shop the same day for a new optical drive. We came home to the Burg on Saturday night after picking it up. Today was spent cleaning, restocking, laundering, and trying to nurse some plants back to health.

While not catching up to clients tomorrow after such an unexpexted but not unwelcome vacation, I will be writing a ton of posts.

Thanks for waiting, people; I really appreciate your patience.

I had no idea how much of a break from regular life I needed until the power went out. It was really nice.

[Minerva Agatha Zipporah]

I don't know how you survived that long without power my dear. I can't remember the last time I was more than five feet from an operational electronic device for more than a few minutes.

[Pash'nar]

We went to stay with family who had power, and my phone sometimes still had internet when it felt like getting a signal. It wasn't too bad, but when staying with family I had little time to be 'round the computer since there were cousins to play with and swimming to do.

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So, my posting is slow. I feel like I should apologize for that, but things are ... happening here. Family things. Work things. Marriage things. Things. It's a lot to detail and share, but I've been forced to come to the conclusion that I need to re-assess my priorities in general. That doesn't mean I'll stop posting entirely, but it does mean I need to shift my focus. I put entirely too much focus here, mostly because working for myself often left me feeling alone and it's nice to not feel alone when you're around great people on the internets. It's easy to radiate toward something that feels so much like activity, even when it leads to inactivity in the important places of daily living. It's not an uncommon theme in my life, but one I find myself constantly having to relearn and rectify.

I've got replies to catch up on, so I'll do my best with those.

Right now, we've been talking of moving to a bigger city, of getting a full-time job again to get settled in and make contacts, of finally finishing up the letterpress in a town with more of an appreciation for all things creative than ours. My leads here in terms of freelance have slowed down a bit, which could be the season, or it could just be the location. I haven't been tending that fire as much as I should, in terms of seeking new work, so part of that is my fault.

I live and work at home, but my family seems to miss me. I need to fix that, too. It's easy for me to feel "busy" but not actually be doing what I should be.

Anyway, all that to say I need some breathing room. Here, at least. I'm happy to post and reply and start new threads, just not at a dizzying pace. I need to be careful of where I choose to invest too much of my time, lest I miss out on things happening around me away from the computer.

[Montaine]

Family first, then work, then everything else.

Don't worry, we'll be fine. You do what you have to do, and have fun doing it.