Hiatus

So....since I started blogging, I have enjoyed it. I started out with our private family blog, and I loved giving updates on my Bug. But I felt like I had so much more to say, so I decided to start a public blog, keeping private details well, private. And I have enjoyed it.


But recently, it has kinda felt like a chore. And I don't need any more chores. I have felt like I need to post a minimum of like 4 times per week, and each post needed to be on something funny or interesting. Otherwise no one would read.

But I have now decided I don't care. I am going to write when I feel like it. It might be once a week. It might be once a month. It might be funny. It might be boring. It might be random pictures of the Bug. But that is what makes me happy. And I hope you will all still read. And I will read yours when I am in a reading mood. And I will comment when I feel like commenting. No more obligations. No more commenting so you will come comment on my blog. It is waaaaay too exhausting! And I love to write. And read. I want it to stay fun!

On my backpacking trip last weekend, I was in the middle of nowhere, with nothing but the stars to stare at after dark. No electricity. No fires allowed. My backpacking tent has a mesh top and sides, and for the first time, I saw the Milky Way. I never knew that you could actually SEE it! It was awesome. And as I lay in my sleeping back, feeling every rock and every red ant crawling under me, I felt RELIEF. I couldn't blog. I couldn't facebook. I didn't HAVE to. I could lay there and listen to MoTab on my ipod and just stare at the stars until I fell asleep. And I loved it. I came home after a few days to a snotty-nosed, clingy toddler. And I loved it. And I need to spend all my home time with him. Which I am actually really good at. But when I am at work, I miss reading the news. And working on my novels (yes, call me Earnest Hemingway. I'm the psycho, silent writer-type). And, well....working.

So, I hope you all understand. And don't worry, I'm not going to stop! I'm just not scheduling my online life anymore. And for a while, I think I will be on Hiatus. I need a little detox.

Until then, here are some pictures from my trip. It was beautiful. And there were no other people. Just us. (P.S., I couldn't figure out how to stick the slideshow in this post, so scroll down to the previous post to see them!)