this is my sad lament

when my work schedule changed 4 or 5 months ago, the amount of time i was able to devote to reading blogs reduced significantly. back then, during the course of the workday i could easily browse through the list of the "people i've met" and many of the "people i haven't met" and still somehow manage to get my work done. it was a beautiful time in my life.

don't get me wrong... i do LOVE my new work schedule, but i just don't have the time to devote to the internets the way i used to. i'm busier now. i actually get more satisfaction out of my job these days. i'm leading that purpose-driven life, i think. (actually, i just made that up... threw in a bestselling title to pump my image up a little. it sounds good, right?)

anyway, i'm busy but i can still manage, as you can see, to find a few minutes here and there to pump out a lame post about shoes or church signs, but it's clear that the content here has significantly decreased since my schedule changed.

but what i really really miss most is reading all you bloggy people. i'm lucky if i can find the time ONCE A WEEK to read your posts. often it approaches two weeks before i can find the time to check in with you. (and i haven't visited the "people i haven't met" in months.) even my best friends who blog... i just can't make it over to your space anymore. how did i ever find the time before? it's incomprehensible to me now, the way my life used to be.

and consequently i feel really out of the loop. i'm very, very sad about that. there are so many wonderful, lovely, funny creative people who i consider my friends that i feel myself becoming distant from... largely because i don't have the time to read the blogs. i'm not really sure what to do to fix it, either. i feel myself becoming detached from you all, and it makes my heart hurt a little.