R U at it again?

Yeah, I guess I am.

I enjoyed writing my previous blog, but it's tough to write on a daily basis. Particularly now, when I have to average 45 hours a week at work, and for a few weeks in the past and a few weeks in the future, I'll be working 50+ hours and working half-days on Saturdays. In addition, my job is writing - training materials (one of my co-workers opines that she writes fiction, since the SMEs [subject matter experts] don't know what they want to say until you say it for them, and then they don't like what you say and tell you want they want you to say. I'd say she's about right). I spend 10 hours a day writing and I'm often bleary-eyed by the end of the day.

So by the time I get home - typically after 7 p.m. - I want to eat, check my e-mail, watch a little TV, and go to bed. There's really not a lot of time to do much else. If I've learned one thing from this job, it's that my free time is worth more than anything else. I need time to dream. Time to play. Time to enjoy nature. Time to spend with family. Time is a precious gift. And I'm learning as I get older, it's priceless.

So a little about what's here . . . you'll see some links to blogs over on the right, particularly my friend Roger's. He writes for several blogs, including his own. I spoke with him on the phone a few days ago at length, and he gave me some ideas for how to keep up with blogging. I don't promise a daily post, but I promise to write at least a few times a week.

There's also some web sites I like to visit - no, I don't like to visit the National Hurricane Center, but when you live in Florida, the Center's web site is your friend, especially this time of year.

Down at the bottom are some famous Lori's and famous Lakelanders. No links here, but if you're interested in any of them, just google 'em.

I guess that's it for now. It's 8:10 in the evening and I haven't eaten supper yet. Such is my life.