2006 was...

Happy New Year!

I haven't posted since mid-November because I haven't finished any knit projects. In lieu of pictures, then, let's do a quick year-in-review!

So, 2006 was:

The year we bought a house.

Home ownership, man. Heavy. I love my new house. This was a major step in my life and in my partnership with CM, and we're still adjusting to the changes it's brought. Fun, though!

The year I got a new job.

I was bored and restless with my old job. Now I'm stressed and happy(ish) with my new job. I'm moving away from the career that's gotten me to this point, and moving into a new one that I find more interesting and challenging, although a vast majority of the world would not. That's what we calling filling a niche!

The year I forgot I was a writer.

It was a difficult twelve months on the writing front. I got an insignificant number of words on paper, and an even more insignificant amount of plot movement forward. 2006 was definitely not the year of the book, as I had been hoping.

I did do a lot of thinking this year about writing to audiences, and ultimately found the concept unattractive. What makes me tick is not the possibility that other people will read and enjoy my work; it's the hope that by writing this novel, I produce something beautiful that I can appreciate as a creation wholly my own.

Then I started thinking about babies. And slowly backed away...