My friend Katy and I have made a blogging pact for the month of September. That means that we will be posting every day this month — 30 posts. An all time record for me (it will beat this past August which clocked in at an amazing and admirable 27 (if I do say so myself)). This will be both easy and hard. Easy in the sense that I have a TON to write about. Hard in the sense that I will have limited time to actually write things. I will say that I think I am at a bit of an advantage in that I currently have a backlog of 28 posts and have 7 posts scheduled.
At the same time, September is historically a rough month for me. I appreciate my friend agreeing to do something with me. It will keep me distracted (hopefully) from the fact that this month has a lot of bad memories. I cannot believe that my dad died 7 years ago. I just can't. I also cannot believe that I'm spending another birthday with my life in complete chaos. Last year, my birthday was spent with an apartment half-unpacked with no A/C and not in the best fiscal position. I was testing out the whole stay-at-home wife thing while waiting to start work at BigLawNYC LLP and felt like I was drifting along. This year, I'll be spending it in my 450 sq. foot studio with my husband and 2 cats and more stuff piled around and hopefully I'll have at least decided where I'm going to be working in Palo Alto. A week after my birthday I'll be quitting my "dream job". So yeah, it's hectic again but in a good way. In a way that's full of promise. I hope the rest of September 2011 turns out as pregnant with possibility. And no, that's not a way to hint at anything!
Sounds like if Erik is in town tomorrow, and your place is that hectic...he'll be taking you out for a nice dinner :) There are TWO pluses in this - 1) you'll be with Erik - yay! and 2) you get to try yet another NYC restaurant before you leave. So what's all the complaining about your bday about? Sounds fabulous to me.
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