Because I didn't lose my brain when I became a mom

Last night, having been inspired to witty effusiveness by book club, I determined at long last that I would start this blog. And I came up with all sorts of witty, effusive things that I wanted to say. They were golden, I tell you. But they're all gone now. I've been thinking of starting a separate blog for some time, just to say things that I had to say, that I didn't really feel like putting on my family blog. I realize the distinction is moot, since most people will read both, but it was a distinction I wanted to make.

Sometimes, I like to write. And, my life being what it is, I don't do it very much. It's a change I miss especially since I graduated, and again since I quit my job. I don't sit down and create things anymore. I miss sitting down and thinking hard and deep about a topic, writing it down, and developing my thoughts into a cogent argument. I miss creating narratives that, even if no one else reads them, satisfy me. So this blog will be my place to do something to help me hold on to that core part of my being-ness, that has been neglected of late. And it may be something of a journal, since I'm much too lazy to pick up a pen.