I'm ashamed that I haven't posted, or written anything, for that matter, in a long while.

On vacation I did a few journals, but with all the driving and sightseeing I was doing, I didn't do very much. But I've been back a week. Since I returned, I've been feeling just a little lacking in energy. I think it's a combination of post-vacation let-down, jet-lag, and the heat. I haven't really been very productive at all since my vacation. I did a little yard work this weekend, and a little cleaning, but not very much of either.

Vacation was good, but maybe I'm arriving at the age where I want to go away on relaxing vacations as opposed to moving around from place to place. Although I really liked being in different places. Maybe it was just all the driving that wore me out. Still, I'm thinking about planning my next getaway as a long weekend of luxury and pampering to celebrate my mid-century mark. That'll be a new and different experience for me.

For now I've got to get myself back into a discipline of writing, exercising, and doing household chores. I still haven't repainted my front door, and I need to paint the front porch and stairs too. I don't have a cleaning service any longer, at least for the time being, so I need to get in the regular habit of cleaning house.

And I have a few stories I need to be sending out. I recently did a new version of "In These Things Do I Delight," which I'll be bringing to an upcoming meeting of my writing group, and I have "Dance" ready to send out.

Much to do. Snap to it!