Well, well, well. We are 21 days into the month of January and the new year, for that matter. And this is officially the first blog of the year. Its really been difficult getting a blog posting up lately, for some reason. I'm beginning to think about taking a break from blogging for awhile to refresh my batteries, if you will. I am not totally sold on that idea yet - so I'm not saying for sure if that'll happen. But writing lately has become more of a drag than being fun, so I think it might be the direction I may want to go. However, with the new season of American Idol starting, I don't know if I want to stop blogging at this time. If anything, I'll probably take a break during the summer. So in the meantime, I'll just keep plugging away. At this pace, seeing 10 blog postings in a month will really be an accomplishment for me. And honestly, that's kind of a sad statement for me because writing has always been a passion for me. But that fire recently has been diminished.
And what might really be shocking for those of you who follow my blog on a regular basis - I have yet to get really involved in this season of American Idol. This past week, I watched a few minutes of Wednesday's episode and I saw a few promising singers. But for some reason I just can't get hooked like I have in the past. Maybe I really do miss Paula Abdul more than I thought. I don't know, something just seems to be lacking this year and I'm hoping that once we get into the Hollywood Rounds, my perception of season nine will change. Maybe the show is getting too stale and it needs a dramatic change. Especially if even loyal viewers like me are beginning to tire of the show. But I will say this; the audition shows have never been a favorite of mine. I would just rather they show the better singers than the truly horrible singers. And I know they show the bad singers just for the entertainment value of things. But oftentimes, I find it to be distasteful. So that could be a large part of why I have had nothing to do with season nine so far. Like I said, hopefully that'll change because otherwise I won't be blogging about American Idol, either!
A few weekends back, I was really going to push out some high quality blogs for you. But then I came down with this horrible stomach flu. My nephew was over at my parents house when I showed up there. He was planning on spending the night and I showed up to spend a few days there, as well. So I got to spend some quality time with my nephew. The only thing is, none of us (my parents included) knew that he was going to be as sick as he was. I was playing Super Nintendo with my nephew when he started to get really tired. Eventually it got to the point where he was just watching me play and he soon fell asleep. So I shut off the game and left the room and sat with my parents in the living room. About an hour later, we heard a noise coming from the spare bedroom where my nephew was, but we really didn't thinking anything of it. Well, he was throwing up in bed. It ended up being an all-night affair for my mom, as my nephew was throwing up in bed, had diarrhea in bed, was running to the bathroom all night, and she had to wash his clothes many different times because he only brought a limited supply with him! I honestly felt really bad for my mom as she really shouldn't have had to deal with a sick grandson all night. But out of the kindness of her heart, she did. But my nephew was very sick and it was definitely a concern for all of us. Thankfully in the morning, he was a bit better. Unfortunately, his weekend stay and grandma and grandpa's was cut short by the flu.
Seeing that I was the last one to play with my nephew before he got sick, I was definitely concerned that I would come down with the illness. Seeing how sick my nephew got, I knew it wouldn't be just a walk in the park. About 24 hours after my nephew got sick, I started getting sick. My stomach started aching and I soon got nauseated. I wasn't the only one to get sick at that same time, either, as my dad came down with the flu as well. And yet, he still ventured into work that morning and suffered with it there. There was no way that I could make it into work in the condition that I was - so I called in sick. I was scheduled to work afternoon shift and if I really pushed myself, I probably could've made it. But I decided that the best course of action was to rest up and try again the next day. I still wasn't cured of the flu the next day either and I suffered from stomach pains at work. Gradually it got better and I finally gained my appetite back. It was definitely a struggle, though, and one illness I certainly don't want to catch again anytime soon.
So here's hoping for a stronger end of the month to my blogging activities here - although at this point, that's definitely a stretch. I'm still planning on bringing you a brand new Songs I Dig as well as recapping my top ten songs of 2009 (yes, I STILL have to do that). So it's not like I've ran out of things to talk about. But with being a new homeowner, I am a lot more busy than I was living in an apartment. For one, I have to shovel and snowblow my driveway after a storm! But hey, the positives certainly outweigh the negatives when it comes to home ownership. I am hoping to find more time within my schedule to blog and write more about the things that happen within my daily life and those newsworthy items that occur in the news. I mean, it's not like I lead that extremely busy of a life. But it's certainly more active than it once was. For those loyal readers of my blog, please continue to have patience while I struggle to post blogs. Hopefully we'll get to a point where these blogs aren't so spaced apart and more frequent again.
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