Those kinds that come unsolicited and out of nowhere from a stranger that make your day and give you yet another reason to know you are doing exactly what you’re meant to do:
“…I have to admit you’re the only blog I’m following and your posts are inspiring! Keep up the good work!”
Thanks Mark! YOU just inspired me. I’m so thankful to have you as a follower!
…I notice that your posts have been just sporadic over the past couple moths.”
That’s a question I’ve gotten a lot lately and of course I understand! I went from posting every single day for 3 years to every few days at best this fall. Oh the things I have been working on while I’ve been sporadic here.
I can’t tell you yet, but I will tease you by sharing that a dear old friend who I saw in September put an idea in my head that for some reason hadn’t dawned on me over these past few years. That created a stir with some other thoughts and transitions I’ve been planning for BLR and something utterly fantastic has been born. I will make the official announcement after the new year.
I love those stories of people who end up creating something amazing and when asked later about how they got there, they reply: “For years and years I just plugged away, I worked on this because I was so passionate about it even though it seemed endless and exhausting at times. I could never get myself to stop because while I wasn’t sure what it all was going to turn out to be- I always knew it was going to be something…”
Well my friends, dear readers, supporters and followers- Blue Lollipop Road is going to be that kind of story, and change lives. I believe that more than anything. I’m incredibly thrilled to bring it all back to where this journey began years ago.
I will leave you with that for now and share more soon…
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I’m here, had a great Thanksgiving with friends this year, still lots of buzz and work for BLR going on behind the scenes and a bunch of goodness to be updated this week- finally!
I am so thankful during the holidays to have a fantastic warm apartment to home base in for a year, so many amazing people in my life to share time with, reflect on the fact that I’ve done exactly what I have wanted to do with my days, and thinking/planning the next year of great adventure.
Here’s to living fearlessly. Whoop whoop!
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I’m currently spending some very important time with a friend who’s going through an unimaginable traumatic loss. If you’re visiting here and wondering where my regular posts are, know that I’m using my BLR time to be with that friend right now.
2012 is coming fast and furious, so watch for the launch of the next phase of Blue Lollipop Road.
Life sure throws unexpected and difficult curveballs sometimes. I’m so thankful for my health, and time I have with family an friends. I’m reminded of that more and more everyday, especially recently.
More soon…
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As I work behind the scenes of the next BLR project, you’ll notice I’m moving some pages around, adding updates, photos and more. I like to switch things up to keep them fresh and shiny. (Like glitter of course!)
Have you ever clicked on the “i” above in the middle of the photo reel above to read about where and when I took each photo?
When was the last time you clicked around the other pages?
Are you checking in on the daily awesome? How about posting a comment and sharing what’s awesome in your day?
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I know. Alert the presses. Probably one of the hardest things I have ever admitted.
To say I have been running on all cylinders or burning the candle at both ends for years is an understatement. In fact, if you Googled “Balls-to-the-wall” (I’m so classy..) right now, I’m sure there’d be a photo of me there waving like a poster child for that saying. I’ve relished in the momentum and madness, I love a seemingly impossible challenge and I’ve previously believed I could be and do anything in 2. 5 seconds. Â Well, I reached a spent point a few weeks ago:
Just friggin’ tired.
I never thought this would happen. I think it’s been 17 years since I’ve taken a nap until this month. I’m that girl who would bleed out of my eyeballs before going to bed without washing every dish in the sink, returning every call or email, and I always think I can fit just one more thing in before sitting down. I am a master multi-tasker and I have far more energy than most humans. (We are all still trying to figure out where I came from 🙂 I’ve somehow kept up a consistent lighting speed go go go pace, even during some serious tragedy, when I’ve been hosed, and when I’ve been so exhausted it’s felt impossible to keep my eyes open. I’ve recently joked several times that someone could beat me in the face with a steel stiletto heel while I was running a marathon and I’d be able to say “That’s all ya got?.”
I’m here to announce that I crashed after my Honda September trip. I mean crashed. I’ve rested and relaxed like I was on a beach with a bucket of Coronas (except I’m in Chicago on a couch) for about a month now. I’ve allowed myself to leave dishes in the sink, I’ve let myself fall into bed right after work if I have felt tired, and even powered my phone off at times. (Livin’ on the edge I am!) It’s been amazing. I feel like a new woman. Really, I feel like an entirely recharged new human. This step away, reflect, rework and rest time has been one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself and gotten me even more jazzed up for what’s next in the Blue Lollipop World than I’ve ever been before.
If you have been checking in here wondering when I was going to post my September Honda trip wrap up, the Million Mile Joe celebration and more, those posts will be here soon and are promised to be awesome. While the timing to rest when coming off such a big exciting trip could’ve been better, when my body, mind and soul got to a point where they couldn’t even see straight anymore, shut down mode happened and I had little choice in the matter. Believe me, I am a pusher (My Mother is laughing right now along with a lot of other people) and if had been humanly possible to maintain my typical pace this past month I would’ve, but it simply wasn’t so there you have it: I’m human.
Man that feels good to say.
So reading this now if you have concluded that my pervious post titled “Site Maintenance” really meant “Diane Maintenance”, but actually really does mean site maintenance in the end. (Yes, this would be the first time I caught a clue that it’s possible to get more work done while actually “doing” very little.) Two gifts I have been given by cutting myself some slack these past few weeks:
1.) A clear vision of where I want Blue Lollipop Road to go from here and how I am going to get there.
2.) Being reminded once again that Blue Lollipop Road is my heart and soul, I love spending time here and doing what I do more than anything else.
Awesome.
So does this mean the rested me is going to move at a snails pace and keep taking lots of naps? Heck no! It’s engrained in my DNA to be a million miles and hour and I wouldn’t have it any other way. The difference is I’ll be less hard on myself when I need a breather. I’m already back up and off to the races like the energizer bunny. Of course I can give you all the dish in one night, so you’ll just have to check back and see what’s next. It just might involve you…
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Blue Lollipop Road will be doing some behind the scenes work and site maintenance from 11/1- 11/9.
Thanks for being patient while we take care of some business!
Take a gander HERE.
…because even on hard days, crazy days, and busy days- there are always so many awesome things!
Want to add to the awesome list? Come on- it will be fun.
Thanks for being patient with me as I FINALLY get internet installed in my apt. today! I will be so excited to finally upload at “lighting speed” so I can post videos about my Honda September trip wrap up, food photos from life changing Sicilian pizza in Portland Maine last weekend, and all the good stuff I have from the Million Mile Joe celebration.
Here’s to TGIF and weekends planned for catching up on that giant list of to-do’s!
Oh the stories and videos I have to post this week from my long weekend away in the Vacationland.
Life changing pizza in Portland, whoopie pie making and feasting in Cape Elizabeth, and parades with color guard teams flipping flags with Million Mile Joe’s head on them in Saco. All so fun.
Back in Chicago already and running off to job #2 now so more soon…
Turns out that Spirit Airlines is actually no b.s! Ok, so you don’t get any TV, drink or any other extras, but who likes that freeze dried chicken sandwich crap other airlines serve anyway? I’d rather have a $39 plane ticket for a quick flight and save my loot for the good food once I get “there” thankyouverymuch. So I am in Maine, flight Chicago to Boston was an easy breeze, direct too, departed and arrived within 1.5 hours or so. Fabulous. Spirit is going to stay on my radar for future quick, easy, cheap getaways for sure.
It’s near 3am, I must be up an atem early to help make (and sample of course) whoopie pies in last minute prep for Saturdays Harvest on the Harbor, so I will keep this short as I need to get some shut-eye. A big weekend is about to unfold here in the Vacationland of the Northeast. I was even contacted today by a radio show host and newspaper columnist in Bangor via someone in Detroit about the Honda fun and celebration with Million Mile Joe on Sunday. We shall see what happens with that.
Plenty to report back soon. I got to eat a preliminary BLR flavor whoopie tonight right out of the airport gate; Nutella filling squishing out of a chocolate cake. Mmmm….