May 4, 2009 | Filed under: Is She Still Talking?

Well then. That was a slightly longer break than I’d anticipated, but I think it was worth it. Thanks to all of you who’ve stuck around this long.

I’m not going to lie to you, there was some serious angst going on, followed by some all-out moping, and really, it’s better that I didn’t spread it all over the Internet, convincing you to dye your hair black and listen to Nirvana for days on end.  And then once I bothered having a life again, it kinda got in the way of blogging. I have stories I haven’t yet told, so I will (slowly) roll them out here. Fair warning: a select few of them will probably be thinky-bordering-on-mopey. I see no reason to sugar-coat my life for you. You all know better, anyway.

I’ve been learning — well, re-learning — a lot lately.  Things I’d forgotten in the tangle of winter and work and melancholy,  like how much I need to spend time outdoors; how much tree pollen and I don’t get along, at all; how physical activity makes me happy; how February contains all of the worst, darkest, bleakest moments of the entire year, all strung together in a deceptively short month and for the love of god I have got to set that as an annual reminder in Outlook and stop making life-changing decisions then.  (Hello, end of two long-term relationships and a job!  Aren’t I brilliant?!)

Also, and I can’t believe I’m saying this, I’m considering Twitter.  Because even if I don’t manage to write a whole post here, most days I can manage 140 snarky characters about SOMETHING.  Thoughts?