Hey guys. Well, I've been back and stuff for a while. Once I got back to the cottage I wound up spending a lot of time with my various cousins and uncles and aunts, did a healthy amount of wakeboarding (might get pictures soon), and otherwise have been bumming around. I've been trying to work on the book some, but I've been irritatingly slow at it lately; a paragraph or two here and there. Between a slow part to write and just laziness on my part it might be a bit before I manage to plough through; but I've got the next few days to myself and it might happen then. I'm cycling past sociable into more of a loner bent the past few weeks, just waiting for things to get out of my hair a little so I can work on the stuff I want to work on, which is selfish at more than one level, but it's still the way I feel.
I want my book to keep getting written while I'm still otherwise unemployed, but when I write, I need a long break-in sort of period to get started, and I need it after almost any interruption longer than getting up for a snack. So while I'm needed by anyone else, writing goes soooo...slowly...and the nature of my prose seems to get thicker and more choppy. Once I've gotten rolling paragraphs start coming out so tight that they defy editing; nothing else will fit in without breaking the flow like a big rock in the river.
Anyways, I'm looking at getting back to Grand Rapids around the end of the month. I'm planning on picking up a job in technical writing. I actually found the report-writing aspect of the projects at school to be the easiest part of the task, so I think it would be a good spot in the industry for me to start in. After the job...moving out? One of my friends is pressing me to get some money so we can go in on an apartment together, which honestly is sounding good to me at this point. Not that I don't want to take advantage of my parents' hospitality and love for a while longer (and get some money banked while the cost of living is low...) but having my own place, even if it's shared a little, doesn't bother me at the moment. Maybe I'll come to feel otherwise, heh.
So for the moment I feel like I'm on cruise control to an extent. My hands have been almost (not quite) not even on the wheel this summer. I don't know if this is a good or bad habit, but I feel like sometimes just letting external forces push me around a little can help me feel out His Plan to an extent, coupled with prayer and time in the Word anyways.
Hope you guys are doing great :)
