So long...

I don't know why it took me so long so update this blog. Maybe it's because I didn't think a lot of people were reading it. Maybe it's because I'm not "techy" at all. Maybe it's because we seem to get busier each week. Maybe it's because sometimes I feel like I have nothing interesting to write about. Nothing that would seem to interest other people. Or maybe, I don't have any good excuse at all. I just haven't kept up with it.
I have been trying to figure out why it is so hard to stay connected with people that you don't see often and how difficult it is to set time aside to write or call. I have also been thinking a lot about adjusting and reorienting my schedule. I feel like I do a lot of things because I have to (or feel like I have to) but not because I really want to. I am trying to figure out how to separate what I need to do and what I could let go of. I am longing to achieve a balanced life.
I am not promising a new update every day or even every week but I do want to keep better touch with the people I love but who are so far.
So let me start by highlighting a few things that happened since I last wrote...