Back From a Vacation of Sorts

As the summer begins, so will the return to my blogging activity.  Sorry for the long pause since the last time I wrote.  It won't happen again...until the fall.  But really, I make no promises.  Anywho, I hope any and all readers of my blog have been happily entertained by other things in their lives in the meantime.  I certainly have, hence my long break from writing.  I don't know of a particular topic to write (well) about, so I'll just go with whatever comes to mind.  

Let's see, I just got home from a bachelorette weekend for my friend, Abby from high school.  We all went down to Isle of Palms and stayed at a pretty fabulous resort by the beach.  Heaven, as it is also called.  Last night was the big party night.  We ate at Poogan's Porch, a cutesy little, low-country cuisine place, followed by nonstop dancing at Charleston's version of Buckhead Saloon.  The lady of the hour was never empty-handed, a great success, and more importantly, I know she had a great time.  We even got a peepshow out of the deal, to our surprise!  As we were walking up to the hotel from dinner the first night, we all noticed a man in a second-floor window, wandering his hotel room with nothing on but (probably) a surprised look on his face when he noticed a group of girls outside pointing and laughing.  Not exactly a stripper, but hey, it was free!

I also got the worst sunburn of my life.  Normally, I'm the one who feels a touch guilty and relieved when all my friends go home with severely sunburned body parts, and I walk away with a golden-brown tan.  Oh, how the tables have turned on my little lobstery body.  Clearly, I'd forgotten the importance of reapplication of sunscreen after several ocean swims.  My b, body.

As always, my vacation didn't last quite as long as I'd like it to.  Now, it's back to part-time work, lounging, and finding random activities to keep me busy.  I need to make a checklist of things to do/finish/start for the summer because the list keeps getting longer, and I feel an ever-growing need to keep track of those things.  One that I need to focus on soon is graduate schools: where, how much, and which program.  As of right now, SCAD is at the top of my list only for its infinite options, but I'm open to other places as well.  All a matter of research now.  I've decided that knowledge really is power and I want as much as I can acquire before I jump into a career.  I'd really like to give back to my family and friends one day, and I don't know if simply having a BFA will help me do that.  I'm thinking an MFA is where it's at.  

I also want to keep fine-tuning my writing skills.  They've been on the back burner for a while now, so I feel like it's time to reunite that passion.  See?  I just wrote "reunite that passion."  I'm clearly a little rusty on the writing front.  Hopefully this third blog of 2009 will get things going...