Radio Silence

I have been away from this blog for over two years, since January 2012. I wish I could tell you why. It is certainly not because I got life all figured out - landed the perfect job, became uber organized, or ran 12 marathons in 12 months. More likely it is because I felt like my whine (wine?) was getting old and repetitive. I guess I no longer thought I had anything to say. In a culture where everyone thinks everything they say should get so much attention (thank you twitter, instagram, etc), I just decided I should be quiet, keep it to myself. I don't know.

In the last several months my fingers have begun to twitch again and I feel the urge to write well up in me. So, here I am. I hope to begin to add to this blog, using my voice but not always using my life as the actual backdrop. More social commentary, more restaurant reviews, less poor me and my poor life. Everyone is going through something, after all, and who am I to say that my drama is more interesting than anyone else's?

But a quick update is probably useful. In the last two years I have (in chronological order): met the man of my dreams, got fired from my job, spent over a year unemployed, got engaged, got a job (though not one I love - more about that later), postponed my wedding, buried my father and, finally, got married to the man of my dreams. A blistering two years when you look at it like that. No wonder I didn't want to write anything.

So, with two difficult years behind me, I am back. And ready to write again. Maybe what I write will be good. Maybe it will be horrible. Maybe you will agree. Maybe you will disagree. I promise only one thing - that I will be authentically me. The voice you read on this blog will be authentically mine. And as with everything else in life - you can take it or leave it.

Talk soon.