Well … here we are in October which is three months or so since that last post.

I blame social media. There is just too much other distraction what with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instragram, Vine, etc., etc., etc.

I also blame The Boyfriend. He was here for the summer and that distracted me a lot of the time. That was good.

I also blame “Avenue Q.” I started directing the local theater’s production right when The Boyfriend headed back to school. That ate up a week of casting, seven weeks of rehearsals and three weekends of performances. We ended up with a better cast than I could have ever hoped for and they made the show really shine. This a good thing too!

I also blame stress and worry. I have had several major car repairs. And I ended up having to have the house re-shingled (not a cheap bill) because of a leak only to discover there is still somewhere that the water is getting in. Argh. And I have some plumbing issues that need to be looked into. And Blue Cross Blue Shield North Carolina is using the Affordable Care Act as an excuse to jack my monthly insurance premium about 120%. Seriously.

Seems like the bad stuff in 2014 is outweighing the good stuff. Sometimes I am not sure how people make it all the way through life.

I don’t hate you, blog. I really don’t!

This life. This year.

Every day I think “I need to post something.” And then I never get around to it.

I have been in a little bit of a funk so far this year. It makes life dull and tedious. It also makes thinking about this blog a little difficult.

Do you, humble reader, really need to hear about me hanging around the house all the time and not going out much? Do you really need to hear about all the time I spend on the sofa staring at Netflix movies? Do you really need to hear that I have too much work to do?

It can be as tedious as it sounds.

Hopefully the newly arrived warmer weather will help improve my mood.

Also, the boyfriend is back from Michigan in a week or so for the summer.

And there is some new Pet Shop Boys coming …

And the Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit …

And “Avenue Q” in September/October.

Wow. Not one single post during the month of February!

I guess that tells you just how busy (day job/freelance work), distracted (apparently the mindset for my 41st year) and stressed out (car repairs/travel worries/pissing people off) I have been.

The year of monetary woes continues. When the Beetle got repaired from the ignition coil issues, the mechanic noticed what bad shape my timing belt was in. So that got replaced at a nice little price of $760. I traveled up to Michigan to visit the boyfriend and on the way back the entire front grill (even the fog lights!) of the Beetle got destroyed by a large piece of road debris outside Dayton, Ohio. For the last few weeks I have been dealing with insurance and trying to get the car fixed ($100 deductible). Add in buying more heating oil (plus the previous car repair and tooth pull) and I have had one expensive winter.

I know … whine, whine, whine.

I would be less fussy if there had been more snow this winter! Maybe I need to move to Maine.

The theater has a fundraising campaign going to build a second stage and so my couple of months down time from extra work were non-existent this winter. I had a monster “Case for Support” brochure to do that took a lot of time to get right. Good thing is that the professional fundraiser said it’s one of the best he has seen. So, it looks like I might get some more work off him for similar items. That will be good so I can continue funding my ever returning record obsession.

Alrighty. That’s the updating update for those of you who are still hanging around. Hopefully I won’t disappear for another month.