And I'm back!

It's been ten months since I last wrote on this blog, but I plan to finally make a go of this for real. My original intention in beginning the blog was to chronicle my progress through National Novel Writing Month 2008, but, seeing as that was such a limited objective, I can now see why it failed. I didn't have a projection for its future; I didn't have a plan, but now I do.

I have long wished to keep up a blog, but I lacked a purpose. You see, I want my blog to have a theme. The problem was I couldn't think of one. I'm a writer, I'm interested in nutrition and exercise, I even love cats, but am I an expert on any of these subjects? Expert enough to be able to write about any of them with authority ... every day?

Then, two weeks ago, I got my answer. My co-worker who has been very sick lately and in and out of hospitals called us at work asking for help. I drove to her house and found her in a really bad state and ultimately had to call 911 to send an ambulance for her. She has since had two surgeries (and this is after the two she had had for her initial illness.) Looking at her that day I realized that I have no excuse for not accomplishing everything I want in life. Whereas she's weak and unhealthy and has been bed- and couch-ridden for weeks, I am not afflicted by any of those handicaps. She can barely walk. I can run if I wish. There's nothing standing in my way except my own insecurites.

So, this is what I have decided on as for the theme of my blog. I will write about writing AND nutrition AND exercise and, hell, even cats. I will write about life and everything that makes it great, beginning today.