September Thoughts

This month has been a big change and adjustment. Getting used to living up here, and now the changing seasons. Working from home most of the time is a challenge, I miss the camaraderie of being in an office, and learning things by just listening and hanging around. It's quite the learning curve. Being at home, sometimes the cats drive me nuts, especially now the weather is a lot cooler than before.

It's weird to not be in school, since I've been there for so long. I'm grateful to not be in school! I was getting tired of the grind but I miss information. I sure wish I would have taken more writing classes and maybe fewer video/audio classes. Some were a complete waste of time. I miss my friends at school, that group that treats me like a peer and not like their mom. I watch their adventures on Facebook and read their stories in the Met.

I have found a new car, and I'm sold on Subarus at this point. That thing goes almost anywhere. That's a good thing living out here in the sticks. Dependability is so important, you don't want to be stuck on a dark, very dark road, and have a car that won't go. There's scary things out there in the dark.

I miss my cell phone and now play phone tennis between my home phone and cell. So nice just having one phone. Eric Lansing recorded the message on my home phone, and he used his sportscaster voice. It makes people wonder.

I also attended my first Society for Professional Journalist board meeting as a new member. I'm still not sure why they want a newbie like me on the board. It's a lot of fun, and there's some heavy journalistic hitters that I love talking to and getting ideas about how to think about journalism. All that time in school, and I'm not finally THINKING about journalism, not just reading about it and walking away. It's not just a job, it's a committment.