It's storming hardcore...

...thus the title of my new blog. So I realize that my new blogging obsession may be... a bit excessive, but I don't care. For the first time in a long time, I have both time and energy to focus on creativity--which for me means writing and taking pictures. It's going nuts outside: I love these afternoon summer storms in Albuquerque. The mountains turn dark and the trees start whining from all the wind. Most importantly, there is a cool: read, COOL breeze. Rare in July.


Here's what it looks like right now:






Very cool. Considering having either an iced coffee or a beer, as it were.

My whole summer hasn't been like this. No, no. I slung blades and sold knives in people's homes for a flabbergasting three months. During that time, I accumulated enough little antidotes to fill up ANOTHER blog... but I won't go there. Needless to say, that job got old real fast. So I decided to give other stuff a shot--namely, finding another job that didn't eat my soul and work on my potential writing business. Also on the list: finish the house, read more fiction and do more art.

Since I quit my nasty Cutco habit, I've had lots of time to do these things and also whatever the hell I want. First things first: I got a part-time job as a food runner at Slate Street Cafe, where Katie C. and I cater occasionally. Easy, fun, and at least a trickle of dependable income. And yesterday I came up with a business name and wrote the copy for my new copywriting website: cbwordsmith.com. George helped me out with his brilliant knowledge of search engine optimization, and Katie C. helped me finetune the writing. So now I, the technophobe, have realized the fine (and yes, easy) art of linking. Get ready for lots of that. :)

But more importantly for my soul, I've had time to write. And energy to WANT to write. As most of you know, I've started another blog revisiting my old journal, which has been interesting. It's made me want to write a lot more, but as Nic SO frequently reminds me, I should probably take it slow to ensure the blog's longevity. Apparently I have been known to get really excited about something right off the bat then soon lose interest. Who knew. And, since my old journal keeps getting more and more interesting (to me, anyway), I don't want to fall into that old pattern. So slow and steady and all of that. Which is why I'm turning my energies here.

Eery light outside. Thunder and crazy shadows.

I have Scrubs on in the background. I drank a smoothie earlier. I'm gonna work out after this, then shower and try to resist the urge to wash my hair. (Can't do it every day; dye comes out too fast. Just re-dyed it dark again, and trying to grow it out. I know some of you are excited to hear this--you know who you are.) I list these few simple things to give you an idea of what my week has looked like: it's ROCKED! I've slept well, started working out, gotten regular (had to say it: HELLO, berry smoothies!), and spent hours focusing on my career and creative goals. I've talked to friends, made drinking plans, worked on making the house AWESOME with Katie, and read through almost a whole novel. Some of my favorite people and I are getting ready for a cool photo project next week... I need to get on that! And tonight we're going to salsa lessons (the dance, not the delicious snack). How exciting! :)

Ok... should probably get to those pushups, etc. It's been real. Looking forward to it!