Sherms In The Middle

I had many great ideas about what I would do with my time once Adam had left. None of these have come into fruition. Sometimes you fall into a funk and it can be difficult to dig back out again. I'm trying, getting there slowly. I've called my best friend; I hadn't spoken to her in a month. Which for her is one of the greatest crimes against friendship. But for me, I just didn't have the energy to focus on anything else but missing my husband and finding a way to move forwards.

I'm also (still) in the process of de-cluttering my life, getting rid of things that I've held onto for silly reasons and selling other things that I won't be able to take to the US. I'm not sure if the de-cluttering counts as moving on because it's kinda in preparation for immigrating but it most certainly needed to be done. And I've made a little extra pocket change through selling on Amazon.

One thing I vow to start tomorrow is picking up my writing. Since I had to leave my course I haven't written anything. I'm not surprised by this, to be honest I'd stopped writing because life got in the way, which is why I was so excited to be on a creative writing course in the first place. The assignments to write pieces weren't a challenge but an opportunity to make my pleasure a priority. I truly enjoyed reading my pieces to the class and having constructive feedback. Putting your emotions onto paper and sharing them with people you don't know that well...well, I was gonna say it can be daunting but I suppose that's what we all do with our blogs. Maybe there is less pressure with a blog because there is a certain level of anonymity but either way we make our inner thoughts and feelings public knowledge with a quick online search. Sometimes I'll get the notion to be raw and honest with feelings I've kept bottled down but on the whole, I blog from the top frosting layer.

When I move to TN I do plan on looking into fees at the local university, I already know that they do a Creative Writing course, it'll just be a question of the costs. Not sure if I'd still be considered a foreign student if I hold a greencard. I also plan on joining a writers group but I suppose all those ideas have to wait until I've actually been approved!

The other thing I'm working on is trying to loose weight. It has been a long time battle of mine and I know it won't happen over night but I would like to feel a little more comfortable in my own skin. Guess I just have to get used to feeling hungry all the time!