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Washington, DC: The People

This is my 700th post on this little ‘ole blog.  Seven hundred little pieces of my brain/heart/soul are now flouncing about The Internet.  Sometimes it makes me a little queasy to think about.  Most of the time it gives me happy butterflies in my stomach.  In the last several years I have become a better writer, have honed the ability to think outside the box, and have increased my vocabulary–both legit and acronym-ed and have begun to at least contemplate my skills as a very amateur photographer. I attribute these directly to blogging.  That is all lovely and all, but the biggest benefit of this little Blogging Experiment has been the relationships I have developed with so many wonderful people around the world.

I started reading Janet’s blog before I started blogging…mostly because as the Queen of Love Is Blonde she had the URL I wanted.  Initially, I was bugged that someone had already stolen my idea, but after reading her for, oh, 3 minutes, I quickly decided she was lovely and absolutely the best owner of that particular site.  Over the years we’ve exchanged dozens of emails and comments and I think she knows more about me than many of my “real life” friends.  It was absolutely delightful to finally be able to meet her.  And who knew, but we could probably pass as sisters most of the time.

We chatted about families, friends, boys, relationships, and how the mountains in The West are far superior to any others.  It was just like meeting any girlfriend for lunch.  Goodness, she is delightful!

I have also been reading Mel‘s blog–full of book reviews, art, recipe’s and her travel adventures–for a few years now and we have exchanged vents and complaints on boys for ages now.  Mel showed me around Georgetown and where one should go for the best cupcakes.

I am well aware that I have been woefully absent from my little corner of the Internet the last several weeks.  For heaven’s sake, I’ve been back from Washington DC for a month (with two other trips in the meantime) and I still haven’t finished blogging all my adventures!  Here’s the thing, lately I have felt frightfully censored.  Some of my “real life” friends have been reading far too much into my writing, and others have passed my blog address to people I’d rather not read my inner thoughts.  There is drama all over the place and I feel like I can’t talk about anything important, and I don’t want to talk about fluff.

I made a resolve today.  I will not let my audience, or potential audience, have such a say in my writing.  I will not be mean-spirited or cruel, but I will be honest.  And if you (you know who you are) don’t like it, don’t agree, or are otherwise offended, you can just go ahead and close this window, delete me from your feed and let me be.  Alrighty?  Alrighty.

That being said, please anticipate a rash of updates, I need to churn out the rest of my Washington DC thoughts, whirl through a lovely weekend in San Francisco, and at least touch on a windy-but-otherwise-relaxing weekend in Utah’s Red Rock Country.  You’ve been warned.

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