OK, so I let work and life get in the way of staying on top of blogging responsibilities. Darn! I even made a point to double check the LOL post date a couple of weeks ago so I would make sure not to forget. Ahhhh well I hope y’all will understand why I was distracted.
Last week I had to drive to Houston (7 hours each way) in a rental car that I could not adapt to (BT cruisers are NOT short leg person friendly and standard models DON’T have cruise control). Some readers may already know that I’ve become a somewhat reluctant driver especially when it comes to high speed traffic in congested areas. Well, I ended up situated in a hotel 8 miles from my duty point. Seemed like a smart choice considering the route to and from was a straight shot both ways. Well it wasn’t. 8 miles in the thick of rush hour traffic on one of Houston’s more dangerous and less well engineered freeways became 20 - 40 minutes of merge/weave/jockey and sweat. I never did get the mirrors set so I could actually see without craning. That car has blind spots like no other! Not to mention that torrential rains fell as I entered Houston, went to work and returned to my hotel for three of the four days I was there.
I didn’t sleep much at all while I was up there. Once I got home late Friday, I was exhausted.
I wanted to post a lurker tribute montage video with some of my older drawings. I will do it soon actually but I simply haven’t had time to further build it from where I had it when the idea came and I first began working on it. I have an office week this week so I will try to use my evenings blogwiser. I’m back on the road again next week so I’d better use this week wisely … in fact it may be a while after that (mid December) before I get some predictable home time. I will be staying at a hotel with liberal and safe free internet access next week though so maybe I will get to be online within this community.
Wonderful thing, depending on if you’re a kitty or not, is my kitty’s travel with me now. My trips with this new job take me farther afield than they did in my old job but they are concentrated over 4-5 days instead of just one overnight stay like they were. Cost constraints mean that it’s more cost effective to rent a car (under corporate contract agreement) with unlimited mileage for a week (if I travel more than 200 miles) than it is based on the federal $0.55/mile rate using my personal vehicle and being reimbursed for mileage. So,,,, I now will be making no money on travel. EEEEP! I’d sorta counted on it. It used to net me 3 to 4 hundred bucks extra every few weeks over and above gas & maintenance. Good thing is It’ll save the wear and tear on my car and future heavy use related/unknown maintenance costs.
OK so enough excuse making. I missed Love our Lurker’s (LOL) day. I apologize. I did plan to participate but my assignments got flipped around and I got buried under work stuff I didn’t plan for or anticipate. I know I have a lot of lurkers just based on the traffic statistics I get. Thousands of unique weekly visitors translate to comments made by just a few. Hey, I can relate. I’m an appreciative daily to weekly lurker to hundreds of sites and blogs. I delurk only very rarely now. Shyness seems to overwhelm me lately.
I would like to hear from any regular visitors who’ve never commented, or who rarely comment. It’s nice to know who’s there. Of course if you’re new and plan to come back it would be nice to hear from you too 
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Oh and George, you will be happy to know that new chapters of Winter Wonders and Lindy’s Choice are almost ready for posting. They will be my Thanksgiving/Christmas presents to my readers along with some new drawings I’m holding onto for them.
Well folks, sorry this is the best I can do for LLL (late lurker loving). Like all the other bloggers who posted, I really want all of my readers to know that I really appreciate your visits and look forward to seeing your footprints through my cyberspace home.
All the Best & come again, even if you don’t feel like posting a comment.
:) patty
