I'm Back!

I didn't realize that I hadn't been online (online here, anyway) for almost 2 months. To all my fans out there, I'm so very sorry. I know how empty your lives must have been without my witty insight and intellectual conversation, and I just feel terrible that I've been the cause of that unrest.

My lack of writing hasn't been a result of a lack of anything interesting happening in my life - quite the opposite, really. I've actually been living in the real world and haven't had the chance to sit down and write anything that would be worth reading. I'm very much of the mindset that I will only write things that are funny (however subjective that might be) and insightful, and I know I wouldn't have been able to provide that. There have been many things that I've failed to mention over the summer, so I'll try to rectify that now. I just can't promise this is going to be at my usual level of hilarity - but there's plenty of that to come in the next few days.

I never mentioned anything here about my trip to England and Scotland with my mom, which was one of the most fun trips I've taken. We drank at pubs every night, were admonished for taking pictures of ourselves in fascinators in department stores, and ate ready made sandwiches at midnight in a grocery store. We slept until noon after a big breakfast and watched sleazy British talk shows. We met lots of Brits and became the most popular people in almost every pub we attended (okay, two. Small ones. But still!) But the best part was spending time with my beautiful Momma.

I got a new job at the psychiatric hospital where I'd been volunteering. I get paid to hang out with my patients and implement programs and activities for them. How cool is that? I've already had my watch been called tacky by a patient, saw one of my patients walking around with her purse strap around her head, and am only referred to as "hot chocolate" by another. The latter could be taken as quite flattering if I was actually black and not known for giving all the patients hot chocolate on Sundays. But whatever.

Hm. I really thought there was more going on than that. I guess not. I've just been really busy with making the change in jobs and attending conferences and meetings (I love saying that - makes me feel so important). I won't take so long to write again, and I promise my next post will be much better thought out and much funnier. You are welcome.

Love,

Bella