Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Checking In (very quickly)

I haven't fallen off the earth.
Nor am I tormented by self loathing or despair.
Life has not battered me.
Loved ones have not been lost.
I haven't run out of things to say
Adventures to share
Ideas to contemplate
Nor have I forgotten my on-line friends
(Hopefully I still have on-line friends).
It's just that there is so much I want to do
Never getting to do it all
Even as I push aside the things I must do
Until the clutter gives birth to clutter.
I will return.
I just don't know when.
And while I'm gone
The talking and listening continues
Without me.
And I'm so very glad that it does.

15 comments:

Lorraine said...

I love this lol I click on your blog everyday and say hi, hope you're doing well, even if you're not postin lol..
I've started making myself mini-promises
like
I vow to spend one hour outside everyday, walking or gardening or sitting and reading.

Well it's a start:)
oh and also no more dieting...I just want to enjoy food good news is I do have summer clothes that fit lol
Take care my friend x

ArleneWKW said...

Good for you, Lorraine! I'm glad you've made that mini-promise to yourself. Also that you have summer clothes that fit.

Mick & Cathy said...

Glad to hear you are ok Arlene, take care.

ArleneWKW said...

Thanks Mick.

Nola said...

I really like that....you should submit it to somewhere!! You write beautifully:) I am sitting here at 6am in the morning while the rest of the house sleeps.....that is when I do most of my blog reading. I am not one that can sleep in.....even on a Sunday!!

ArleneWKW said...

Nola, I wish I had your morning
get-up-and-go. Unfortunately I've done too much of my blog reading in the wee hours of the morning (from the other end) - which then results in me waking up at 10 a.m. and lazying through an unproductive day. I'm glad you're still checking my blog and thank you for your compliment.

raccoonlover1963/Lisa Myers said...

Hi Arlene
Waiting for you to come back. I haven't been posting much lately myself, but I did post last night.
Hope all is well and that you have a great week.
Lisa

ArleneWKW said...

Thanks Lisa. All is well and I'm enjoying life. I'm looking forward to catching up with the blogs of my on-line friends at some point in the next several weeks.

Rebecca said...

Ah here you are! I checked a while ago, and you hadn't posted this yet. Emails have gone unanswered, and I was beginning to worry about you again. Glad to see this post, even if it is a week old by the time I found it.
Good luck with the clutter. I need to take a day or a week off myself to deal with mine. Sometime.

ArleneWKW said...

Oh gosh Rebecca. I thought I had responded to all of your e-mails. I was wondering why I hadn't heard from you and was planning to write at some point in the future. I've been dealing with a broken front tooth, courtesy of a baguette I bought at Trader Joes, since Tuesday, April 14th. I'll get an e-mail off to you soon. I promise. Tomorrow I have an appointment scheduled with my oral surgeon, having seen him also on Tuesday and my dentist today, Thursday.

40 Something said...

hope your well Arlene, keep posting when you can

ArleneWKW said...

Thanks Graham.

40 Something said...

miss hearing from you, hope you have a wonderful summer!

Pandora Woman said...

Arlene!

At least you are checking in now and then! Means that when I finally make it back, all the people whose blogs I love to follow are still there.

Hope I get to read more of you!

ArleneWKW said...

Graham: Thanks again for checking in. I will get back to blogging at some point. The default world is currently keeping me pretty busy.

Pandora Woman: I look forward to both of us making it back to blogosphere. Thanks for commenting and checking up on me.