Long Time, No Write

It's been quite some time since I have posted on this blog. I had actually forgotten about it until I was compiling my playlist for writing. I'm actually participating in NaNoWriMo this year, and by actually, I mean that I'm on track to hit 50,000 words by November 30th. It's funny though, I haven't written much since the end of my college career until now. I've started this novel about four marching band kids and now I have ideas for all kinds of story lines. I'm trying to keep snippets of them saved so that when December comes, I can draft them too. This is a hobby I'm hoping will hold. I seem to come across hobbies that hold my interest for a bit and then fade. Some are just seasonal things though like knitting. For me it's a cold weather hobby and not one I want to be doing in the middle of the summer. Reading and writing though, I'm a fan of both during all seasons.

I won't say much more tonight, other than I hope to start blogging again in some aspect. I need to write everyday if I'm going to commit to this, even if it's only 50 words. Today I've written over 2000 probably. It always amazes me too when I look back through my blogs what I'll find. This quote is one that I found, said to me by one of my favorite college professors:

Not many people can do what you did. Don't take yourself for granted. -Dr. Trejos

She was talking in regard to my study abroad experience. I feel like I need that posted by my office computer for day to day encouragement. Sometimes I get down on myself about my abilities, but I just have to step back and realize that I'm the girl who got on an international flight by herself two years ago to spend four months in a country where I knew no one. Surely I can discuss loan options in the town I've been born and raised in. There is really nothing foreign about that.