October 29, 2003
A while ago, Blogger offered free sweatshirts to BloggerPro users (which is what I was before switching to MT and which I guess I still am in their records). I ordered a Large, since I like my sweatshirts baggy. I washed it. I should have gotten an X-Large.
Everything seems to be shrinking -- the clothes I buy, the distances over which I reach out, the time and energy that I have to take care of the things I have to take care of, the spaces in my spinal discs through which the nerves wind their (not so merry these days) ways. I’ve even managed to get my weight and my blood pressure to shrink a little. But I just can’t seem to budge my midriff.
Everything feels stuck in the middle.
And that’s why I’m going to take a break from blogging -- something I never thought I would ever feel like doing.
I’ve got to start physical therapy for a herniated disc and check in with a neurosurgeon to make sure that I I don’t need surgery. When my new Dell computer arrives, I have to set that up and transfer files from my old barely functioning machine. Gotta do some house cleaning, especially my refrigerator, which hasn’t been cleaned out since I moved here three years ago. Maybe if I get rid of the clutter, I’ll feel better, be able to clear out my head as well, start thinking creatively again, start writing again the way I used to, with clarity and craft -- with personality and purpose -- with poetry.
So, with this post, my weblog shrinks, temporarily, into nothingness, the Void before the Word.
Don’t forget me. I’ll be back. Bigger and better, I hope. Except for my midriff, for which I will continue to have other eternally-springing hope.
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Old Comments (11)
ARJ on 29 Oct 2003
Your blogpresence will be missed, Elaine. But I suppose fall is an appropriate time to go to ground and recoup. I'll be glad to see you when you return.
Loren on 29 Oct 2003
Good luck with that herniated disk.
Hopefully physical therapy will take care of the problem. It helped a lot with mine, but I still have problems when I sit at the computer too much.
Elayne Riggs on 31 Oct 2003
I'll miss you, Elaine! Drop us an e-mail when you're back!
Elayne Riggs on 31 Oct 2003
I'll miss you, Elaine! Drop us an e-mail when you're back!
jeneane on 31 Oct 2003
have a good rest--you deserve a break!
go to someplace warm if you can get away. And be careful with that back. We're hoping for no surgery for you!
jeneane
Vict on 01 Nov 2003
Oh dear, and I only just found you.
Well, I suppose that will give me time to go back over your archives!
A skunk visited me recently, and though I was oblivious to any 'meaning' behind the visit (I've been spiritually myopic lately), a friend did some research and filled me in yesterday for my birthday.
In beginning my own search, I found your Eastre Skunk entry - and from the instant I saw "Kalilily" I was smitten!
Now off to read-and-link until your refreshed return!
Vict on 01 Nov 2003
Oh dear, and I only just found you.
Well, I suppose that will give me time to go back over your archives!
A skunk visited me recently, and though I was oblivious to any 'meaning' behind the visit (I've been spiritually myopic lately), a friend did some research and filled me in yesterday for my birthday.
In beginning my own search, I found your Eastre Skunk entry - and from the instant I saw "Kalilily" I was smitten!
Now off to read-and-link until your refreshed return!
The Dynamic Driveler on 02 Nov 2003
You take care of yourself there Elaine - that's certainly the most important thing! Have a good rest and let us all know when you get back - you will be missed.
Ken on 03 Nov 2003
Get some good R&R and come back. I'm close enough I'll drive down to Albany and drag you back online if necessary. ;-)
You'll be missed.
Laura in DC on 06 Nov 2003
I hate washing sweatshirts. Not only do they shrink, but they are not as soft after they are washed.
deddette on 07 Nov 2003
Vi khateeye moiy nomyer?
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