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Excuses! Excuses!

Posted by AJ on October 5, 2015
Posted in: Blogging, Family, Writing. Tagged: family, friends, kindness, priorities, to-do's. 6 Comments

I’ve been a little MIA recently. 

In case you haven’t noticed, blogging, for the most part, has been put on the back burner lately because my days are filled to the max. This summer, I went back to working full time, I have taken on the adventure of going back to college, and still trying to maintain the role of Vice-President for the Friends of the Library committee. None of that include any hobbies, i.e. writing/reading/writing groups/blogging/gardening – my poor neglected plants. On top of my duties, my daughter is in soccer, my son is in football and my husband & I are doing much needed renovations to the house.

 

Social media has become a distant memory. I try to remember to hit the tweet or like option (commenting is a pipe dream) on the few posts I get to read in the week, though, I’ve read very few lately. I’ve lost touch with most friends, even some family. I think they all understand. I hope. If not – who needs em anyway!

 

Priorities have been rearranged and juggled around, but sometimes what I find to be a priority isn’t agreed upon by someone else. Recently, I had someone make the comment “Excuses, excuses” over me missing a personal writing deadline. They were joking – I hope – but their words still stung and set my teeth on edge.

 

My schedule would cripple most. And I’ll be honest, I am not 100% sure that it will not end up doing the same to me, but I’m giving it my all. It is true, I have missed out on a lot of other things that I’d rather be doing, but you take the good with the bad to get where you want to go.

 

And I have places that I want to go!

 

One might think I am bitching, but I’m not. I really enjoy the majority of what I do or get to experience. There is nothing better than getting to watch your sweet princess-superhero charge the soccer field with full intentions of getting that ball into that goal past that goalie. Or getting to watch your scrawny 80lb. Sevie jump up in victory during the game because, even though the other team scored, he took down that 130 lb. kid on the field all by himself. These moments remind me that it will all calm down eventually, and when it does, it will be worth it.

 

So right now I spend my days crunching numbers, my lunches reading thick college books, my afternoons doing homework alongside my kids, my evenings in a classroom, and my weekends writing essays/ watching games/ doing mundane household chores. But I can handle it, mostly because I have a freaking awesome husband and a family that are Godsends, but this isn’t about them.

 

It is about making excuses!

 

I do not have excuses, I have facts. And the facts are you never know what somebody has on their plate in front of them. They could be bearing the weight of the world, and you would never know. We all hide behind the façade of whatever mask we deem appropriate that day. Instead of lending an unhelpful comment, or comparing your list of “to do’s”, try just remembering this… we are all in it together with the same goal; to better ourselves and those around us.

 

Be patient, be understanding, and most importantly, be kind.

 

Till next time,

~AJP

 

 

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Wordless Wednesday; Lines

Posted by AJ on July 29, 2015
Posted in: Photography, Wordless Wednesday. Tagged: lines, nature, photography challenge, photography prompt. 1 Comment

    

 

~AJP

Don’t forget to check out my post over at Twisted Writers today. 

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Would you rather…?

Posted by AJ on July 27, 2015
Posted in: Blogging, Writing. Tagged: Amazon, authors, Barnes & Noble, blog hop, blogger friends, blogger questions, blogging prompts, Books, ebooks. 4 Comments

I was recently tagged by my friend Mia in a “Would you rather …” blog hop that is going around. I do like a good blog hop, especially with something as easy as answering some questions so here goes…

Would you rather only read trilogies or only read standalones?

Trilogies. If I really enjoy a character, or world, I love to stay with them, or in it for as long as I possibly can.

Would you rather only read male or female authors?

That’s a messed up question. I have never picked a book by its author’s gender nor will I.

Would you rather shop at Barnes & Noble or Amazon?

Amazon. I can get any book that I want from Amazon. Barnes & Noble’s is pretty and full of books, but they do not always have the book I am looking for

Would you rather books were made into TV shows or movies?

Definitely movies. There was a book series, which I really enjoyed, and it had the rights bought by the television network, then the idea was scrapped and nothing ever came of it. And had they left it alone, it would’ve been a brilliant movie!! Everyone always complains of making a book into a movie takes something away from the book, but I disagree. I think making a book into a movie can shine a greater light on the art of writing a book. It brings the same brilliant material to life for those who aren’t necessarily readers, maybe even introducing someone to begin reading. Sure, 8 times out of 10, the book is going to be better than the moviE – but it’s the written word, of course it’s better!

Would you rather read only five pages per day or five books per week?

Five books per week, I’d never get a dent made in my to be read stack(s) at five pages a day! Who only read five pages a day, sheesh!

Would you rather be a librarian or a bookseller?

Oh this one is tricky. I would love to do either in all honesty. The idea being surrounded by books, all day long – bliss. But I would have to choose a bookseller, to have my own shop and meet other book-lovers on that sort of level, ahhhh.

Would you rather only read ebooks or physical books?

Physical books. I have a semi-decent library of ebooks, but nothing compared to my bookshelf at home. I keep it double stacked and overflowing. Unfortunately, I cannot read on my Kindle for long periods of time. After a while, reading the screens give me a nasty headache. That is the one thing I hate about meeting such wonderful indie authors, most of their books are digital and so I tend to be a really slow reader when reading their works.

Thanks Mia for the tag!

Till next time,

~AJP

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Wordless Wednesday (kind of); Tree Trunks

Posted by AJ on July 22, 2015
Posted in: Photography, Wordless Wednesday. Tagged: friends, nature, photo challenges, photo of the day, tree trunks. 2 Comments

Each week I participate in a weekly photo challenge with two friends where we have to send each other our best picture taken that week. Some weeks we do themes, sometimes they are just random photos that we are proud of. (Once T sent a creepy one of Barbie that she had to do for her psych class.) Seeing as how I occasionally participate in Wordless Wednesday, I decided to combine the two.


Since it’s Wednesday, you should check out my post over at the Twisted Writers blog today.

Till next time,

~AJP

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Breathless

Posted by AJ on July 20, 2015
Posted in: Flash Fiction, Writing. Tagged: blogging, Carrot Ranch Communications, Charli Mills, flash fiction prompt, Mother Nature, word counts, writing prompt. 14 Comments

Breathless

The storm bellowed on the other side of the glass. It was as if Mother Nature was on my side, her angst and anger lashing out on the world, as my body betrayed me. Screams vibrated against the walls until my throat seared.

“We cannot find a heartbeat…” The doctors earlier words replayed in my head as I lay mangled in the delivery room. My husband cried out. I hissed. I hated them all for the commotion down below.

The screaming continued, but it was no longer my own.

Faulty machines, they said.

My baby sighed, full of life.  

 

The July 15, 2015 prompt over at Carrot Ranch Communications: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a breathless moment. Write about life.

 

Till next time,

~AJP

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