I love those little “Under Construction” images people put on unfinished websites.

And when I say love, what I really mean is loathe.

Not because I don’t support construction workers — heaven knows, someone needs to face the ever-present threat of rebar impalement and IT’S NOT GOING TO BE ME — but because people tend to leave those images up FOREVER.

MONTHS.

YEARS.

As though some tiny cartoon crew continues to dig holes endlessly behind the scenes and take tiny cartoon breaks where they eat from tiny cartoon lunchboxes and ogle tiny cartoon women walking by.

Wait. That’s awesome. I’m putting up a GIF right now.

BUT.

I’ve been so inconsistent about posting lately that I considered putting up a tiny cartoon dude today just to be ironic (or annoying, which is what people become when they consciously try for irony.) But I didn’t, since I can’t really afford cartoon labour insurance.

What AM I talking about?

Oh, yeah. I haven’t been posting much lately.

Which is the OTHER MOST ANNOYING THING SOMEONE CAN POST ON A WEBSITE.

“Sorry! I’ve been super busy lately!”

“Oops, just catching up! Will post soon!”

“I’ve got some posts in the pipeline I’m working on… please come back soon!”

I mean, true, true…. some people are so popular in terms of readership that no one can go longer than a day without hearing from them.

But, save for my dad and his love of “Refresh”, I think everyone is okay if I take a wee break now and then to do what I do when I’m not doing this.

Which is:

1. Sleep, kind of. Sometimes.
2. Eat, kind of. Sometimes.
3. Work. Definitely.
4. Write. See 3 and 5.
5. Laugh. Frequently.

And cookingsingingdancingrunningaroundlikeachickenwithmyheadcutoff.

You know?

I’m kind of up to my neck in life, but that’s no excuse not to tread water like a good girl and tell you how everything is going down.

So!

Here are my four goals and obsessions as of late:

1. California! April! YES! Still working out a schedule with the lovely Eric but I MUST GET TO THE PALM TREES. And L.A. And penguins. All of which are unrelated (but also related.) I. cannot. wait. I need to renew my freckle count and see waves.

2. MacBook Pro! I have to upgrade. I use my computer too often not to. And as a friend was saying to me the other day, “I feel like you’re lacking the technology you need to do the big things.” And to you, my friend, I say YES. But as with Lawrence’s Rocking Horse Winner, “there must be more money!” Which I am also working on. Because that’s how you make money, unless you inherit it or steal it, neither of which really seems an option at this point.

3. Wedding! My brother is getting married in Yellowknife (yes, you read that right) at the mid-end of this month, and… wait for it… the ceremony is in a SNOW CASTLE. So I have to figure out how to pack for both a nice dinner reception and FREEZING TO DEATH LIKE THE TASTIEST MORSEL IN THE DONNER PARTY.

4. Self-marketing. I’m still working on this. I suck at it. Truly. (AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO HIRE ME, HELLO! I WRITE. CAN I WRITE FOR YOU? FOR MONEY? HI! I HAVE MANY WORDS TO CHOOSE FROM!) But I think I could get better at it if I just started operating more professionally and effectively, rather than exceedingly casually. And Other Words That End in “LY”.

(Irony: The first time I published this, I forgot to bold the words “Self Marketing”.)

But enough about me.

How are you?