It’s been a nice blogging semi-break. And I think I’m back. I say I think, because my brain feels like it has turned to mush, at least as far as blogging goes. The thought of putting 200 or 500 words together in a way that makes sense and is even mildly informative or entertaining is overwhelming to me. I have a list of “blog ideas” but when I look at them, I can’t figure out how to form sentences about them, and so I just close the list and decide to return to it another day.

I’m sure I’ll get back in my groove. And I’m sure you’ll forgive me if my first few posts are incoherent, choppy, confusing or otherwise annoying. I’ll keep putting fingers to keyboard and hopefully will be back on track soon.

In the meantime, I’ll resort to a list format for this post.

And I’ll call it:

1. Went on short trip with Chad and the boys. It was nice. We had a minor run-in with overpriced cheeseburgers and soggy bacon, but we also enjoyed several hours at a (an?) historic battlefield. Chad and C. also managed to go for a hike and check out waterfalls that afternoon while L. and I napped.

2. Picked up knitting again. Remember my brief baby-hat-knitting craze? Well, I put the needles down in May and didn’t pick them up again until last week. I was pretty sure I’d have to teach myself how to knit and purl all over again. I did have to refresh my memory, but it wasn’t too bad. I’ve already managed to nearly-complete one gift project, and I learned how to make socks. So far I’ve made one. Except I haven’t finished the toe section. Clearly, I need to work on my finishing skills. But it’ll be nice to plan some knitting projects for this fall and winter.

3. Completed the very important task of getting lunch money to the school on time (5 days before school started) so that 1) C. did not have to carry a lunch every day for that first week and thereby miss the very yummy lunches of fried cheese sticks (Thursday) and pizza (Friday) and 2) I did not have to pack a lunch every morning, when I would still be re-discovering what 6:30 a.m. looks like after a summer of not seeing that time of day.

4. Survived the first day of school. C. likes his teacher very much, and we’re getting into the homework routine again. School bus transfers were successful and friends were greeted enthusiastically. The person who’s had the hardest time? L.. He’s doing okay, but he’ll occasionally pause in his playing to look around and ask, “C. go?” He can’t figure out where his daily companion keeps disappearing to every day.

5. Uploaded 2008 pictures. I am absolutely horrible at dealing with pictures. Thousands of them just sit on my computer, in digital form, waiting to be dealt with. But I did manage to upload nearly 8 months worth of them in the last two weeks. Now I just have to order prints and organize those prints in photo albums. Except I still have my 2007 prints sitting here, un-organized. Better do that first.

I’m sure I did more. But that’s all that comes to mind right now so I’m afraid that’s all you get. Stay tuned as I figure out how to write actual posts on actual topics. I hope, anyway.

It’s good to be back.