Melani Blazer

What a whirlwind.
My kid was gone all summer–BCT for the Army. You’d think I’d have plenty of time to get things done. Oh, what a laugh that was. I wrote her A LOT and found lots of really time wasting ways to well, waste time.

She’s back now. But we got news she’ll almost definitely be shipping out, as in deploying, October of next year after she finishes AIT during the summer.

That wasn’t what we wanted within 1 week of getting her back. Damn hard for a parent to digest when looking at a 17 yr old honor student with high hopes of college. Guess that’ll be delayed about a year while she “sees the world.”

Yeah, I only SOUND like I’m taking it well. I think I’ve half died inside trying to absorb it all. I’ve tried to work on writing in the last couple of days, but that’s not going so well.

Crap. Ferret into havoc. I’ll have diversions somewhere, somehow. I’ll push on. And likely spend the next 14 months enjoying the company of my “little girl” before she ships out.

Wish I had a little.
Only two weeks until I get to see my baby again. I can hardly wait, but the whole trip makes me nervous. It’s also been nearly a week since I’ve heard from her, so that doesn’t help.

Writing is only happening with pen and paper, and it’s slow going. I’ve been dabbling with scene ideas for other stories while I try to figure out what’s gonna happen next with current WIP. I’m at a fill in scene and it’s gotta point things in a certain direction, but I refuse to force it. Then it reads like it was force and who likes that?

Not much else to say. I’m lurking around between writing, working and the other life-things that demand some attention. Ciao!