Non-existent November

For the first time in my blogging life, I allowed a whole month to pass by without one entry. When I look back, November 2007 will be nonexistent. It might sound strange, but that’s ok with me. November hasn’t been altogether bad – Thanksgiving was certainly a highlight with all the food and company. My friends here managed to get together as much as we could during that four-day holiday. And now with everyone taking off in all different directions for the winter or holidays, I don’t think I appreciated the time with friends enough.

The bad part about the month of November was my job. I’ve said it enough but haven’t written about it to the same extent. My radio job. My new, shiny job. I don’t hate it, but I don’t like it. And without going into too much detail or comparison, I loved my job at the paper. So simply. So, to go from that to what I have now, is hard. And the pace and step of my life suddenly changed – I am now someone who doesn’t enjoy their job. And I’ve never wanted to be this person. Who does?

I’m trying hard to classify the whole thing as a challenge, a lesson learned, a lesson to learn. All of it.

But that’s why I didn’t blog last month.

This month – or rather right now – I have a stack of holiday cards that need to be filled in before Scott and I leave for Cuba on the 19th for three full weeks. With the travel days on each end, we’ll be away from Wrangell for almost a month; I’ll be away from my job for almost a month. That’s what I’m focusing on. And I have Cyrus – the yellow lab in my life – asleep on the couch. That’s another great thing to focus on. It’s blowing so hard out there, to make even colder this cold, cold day.