Trying to get back in the habit

OK, so I've almost hit the one-year anniversary of the day I wrote my last blog entry for about six and a half months. Can't believe I let all that time lapse. No blogging during the last half of the winter, nor the entire spring, nor more than two months of the entire summer. And a lot went on during that whole time. And I had plenty of time to spend blogging, but didn't do it. So let me see if I can change that this time. I sure hope I can. But does it matter to anyone, besides me, the one who's trying to do more writing instead of 90% emails, which comprises most of my writing at the moment??

Who am I even asking?

Who am I even kidding?

January was the warmest month on record in the United States, yet for some reason I remember this January as one that was colder than last January around here, even though last January was among the nastiest in years, with bitter cold, a major blizzard, gray days, strong winds, etc. You name it. It was Winter with a capital W. This year, though, I think I got a little cocky. I went out without as many warm clothes, whereas last year I really bundled up against the cold and worked on my layering, which I'd only had to do once before for any extended period of time, and even then it wasn't regularly below freezing (as opposed to last year, when the temperature didn't rise above freezing for two weeks in January). So I left myself more exposed to the elements. I got sick. I was more tired. I tried to change my habits, but for some reason I just ended up making things tougher on myself. I think I should try to settle myself down a little bit. Just because it was the warmest month doesn't mean it was warm! Well, OK, it was for a few days, but it was also mighty cold for a few of those days! Yes, indeed.

Yeah, so anyway, even if I haven't been quite myself recently, I will definitely be back. It's only a matter of time before I can recuperate. The blogging could be part of that.. who knows?