Mea Culpa

I've become the type of blogger I complain about.

All gung-ho in the beginning, then erratic posts. When I started this blog, I swore that wouldn't happen. I knew it would be different for me - I'd blog a few times a week without fail. I'd be witty, insightful and otherwise brilliant.

Then life happened.

First I didn't write because I had nothing to write about. No crime there unless people want to read my grocery list.

Then I had stuff to write about, but no time or ambition to write about it. I'll admit it - my blog came in last.

Quick recap of December: work - crazy; home life - crazy; dogs - certifiably insane.

Had a scare with a layoff - escaped being part of it, but now I have a new job that I'm learning. Funnily enough, I am back working with my mentor. I had hoped I'd wind up back working for her now that we are at the same company again, but not this soon. It's all good, but unexpected.

Home life has been nuts. Mom broke her arm while walking one of the certifiably insane dogs. A total accident, but seeing as how my otherwise competent father becomes a helpless ball of hot-mess the second he walks in the door, it's me and my now one-armed mother taking care of the house. Let's just say that mom and I have different standards of cleanliness among other things. All together now: my poor mother.

As for the pups, my lab Bogey seems to be acting like a teenager - sulky and insolent, while my beagle Candie (originally Candy Cane, now dubbed Candie Finnigan after one of the counsellors on Intervention - yes, I'm sick) is figuring out that I'm a soft touch. She also apparently has allergies that our vet has no idea how to treat with anything other than Prednisone. So, I'm living at various boutique pet food stores, trying to find foods and homeopathic meds that will treat it, all the while reassuring Bogey that he is still my good baby.

So, the chaos of Christmas is behind me, and I am having a thrilling New Years Eve at my kitchen table multi-tasking: drinking cheap champagne, catching up on my NetFlix (Rent Young At Heart - inspiring) and writing this blog.

Happy New Year - may you have health, happiness and prosperity in 2009!