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Sorry for the downtime; been busy
02 February 2010
[indent]No, the Mumpsimus Blog isn't defunct, as Scoop sarcastically asked last night. I've just been rather busy and involved in several things that have kept me busy and preoccupied recently.
Blogging is work, too, and it sometimes takes several hours to concoct one of these rants. In the last week or two I have had little free time to do it - or I should say, little in which I've felt up to writing. Sometimes, too, the futility of railing against the madness wears me thin.
The store was quite active at the end of last month; too hectic to get the time to write there. Plus we've been in the midst of a rollercoaster trying to sell the store, the first solid offer in more than two years. Between offers and counter offers, legal huffing and puffing from the franchise HQ, deadlines to meet, and meetings with lawyers, it's been a bit of a stressful period, so I haven't felt like sitting down and writing much.
We had company recently, so I wasn't online a lot for three days while our friend was here. And there was the emotional push-me-pull-you of deciding what position to run for next election, replete with heart-to-heart talks with Susan and some friends.
I was working in the store a couple of Saturdays, too, then took one Sunday to visit my mother in her nursing home, down in Scarborough. Plus there was shovelling/blowing snow in there, too. Oh yes, and emptying the freezer after it stopped working - then replacing the faulty receptacle that caused the outage.
And then there was the new ukulele (a Riptide) I've been trying to play and review, numerous additional vintage music scores to scan, collate and post, a couple of new chess books to steal my attention. And a friend in Halifax cajoled me into playing some World of Warcraft online with him a couple of evenings a week. Just enough to sidetrack me (while providing much-needed recreation).
All these things conspired to keep me preoccupied.
No, not defunct, just a bit worn out. But after last night's budget discussions and some of the comments I've heard from councillors this budget, I can't stay silent long. I plan to have a post or two online by today or tomorrow.[/indent]
Blogging is work, too, and it sometimes takes several hours to concoct one of these rants. In the last week or two I have had little free time to do it - or I should say, little in which I've felt up to writing. Sometimes, too, the futility of railing against the madness wears me thin.
The store was quite active at the end of last month; too hectic to get the time to write there. Plus we've been in the midst of a rollercoaster trying to sell the store, the first solid offer in more than two years. Between offers and counter offers, legal huffing and puffing from the franchise HQ, deadlines to meet, and meetings with lawyers, it's been a bit of a stressful period, so I haven't felt like sitting down and writing much.
We had company recently, so I wasn't online a lot for three days while our friend was here. And there was the emotional push-me-pull-you of deciding what position to run for next election, replete with heart-to-heart talks with Susan and some friends.
I was working in the store a couple of Saturdays, too, then took one Sunday to visit my mother in her nursing home, down in Scarborough. Plus there was shovelling/blowing snow in there, too. Oh yes, and emptying the freezer after it stopped working - then replacing the faulty receptacle that caused the outage.
And then there was the new ukulele (a Riptide) I've been trying to play and review, numerous additional vintage music scores to scan, collate and post, a couple of new chess books to steal my attention. And a friend in Halifax cajoled me into playing some World of Warcraft online with him a couple of evenings a week. Just enough to sidetrack me (while providing much-needed recreation).
All these things conspired to keep me preoccupied.
No, not defunct, just a bit worn out. But after last night's budget discussions and some of the comments I've heard from councillors this budget, I can't stay silent long. I plan to have a post or two online by today or tomorrow.[/indent]
