Hiatus

I never meant to have such a large gap between blogs. I knew things were going to get more difficult to keep up a daily regiment as I had done for a month (super proud of by the way), but the hope was to have some sort of daily interaction with the blog. I was thinking quotes, poems, and short thoughts mingled with extended blog posts. The fact is, life happens and sometimes depression.

These last few weeks have been a mangled mix of emotions. I took my wife and kids to visit family on the other side of the country. It was really nice to see family for a short time, but my time was shorter than the rest. I had a sixteen hour drive back home leaving my wife, kids, and dog in Utah. If you’ve followed the blog you may have read Country Music. This “poem”, constructed more like song lyrics, was inspired by the drastically different car ride from driving with my family to driving alone. In a lot of regards the freedom of gas being your only restriction is nice, but the freedoms were not worth the trade.

Walking into an empty house is surprisingly hard. I have never lived in my house without my family and the quiet was daunting. You don’t realize how much those surrounding you inspire you, until they’re gone. I had all this time for writing and no inspiration. Even my Jesus and Rome posts, which took a lot of focus, were extra challenging.

The entire two weeks I found myself fulfilling random chores just to keep my mind off of the emptiness. Everytime I thought to sit down and write my mind would be reminded of the emptiness. I don’t know how many times I wrote while they were gone, but their arrival home didn’t leave me much ability either. That same week we had carpet and flooring replaced with the task of moving furniture from room to room.

All of this is just a long winded way to say, I have some other projects I’m working on that may make blog writing thinner than before. I like writing poems and looking up inspirational quotes. While that was typically meant to fill a day to keep up a daily post, it may be more of a weekly thing as I focus on some other projects. My post on Jesus and Rome really inspired me. The study involved brought up a lot of ideas that I couldn’t contain within a weekly blog. I thought I might write even more on the subject, but that is to be seen.