inexorablyloved

I edited my About page. And it was hard, finding 5 things about myself. I’m doing a genogram for Marriage and Families right now, and I’ve found that the hardest thing in the world is categorizing people. We had to think up short descriptors of our families, and mine ended up being lame. But on the plus side, I helped my roommate categorize her family perfectly. Go me!

So I give you this question: If you had to sum up you in 3 words, what would they be? They can be either a phrase or single words.
OK, GO!

Have you recently started reading inexorablyloved? Liked what you saw? Linked here?

If you have, and you are not on any sidebar of mine, please post a blog comment with the link to your site! I read most of the sites that link to me (in a news reader), but I often forget to link back.

So post a comment!
-Sarah

Thanks to all those faithful readers who have visited my blog, whether it be here at WordPress or back when it was at Blogger. Because of you, I hit 20,000 page views today:D.

If you could see me now…you’d actually just see me sitting in a carrel at the library. But in my mind, I’m jumping for joy!

Oh happy blogging day!
Alla herni,
-Sarah

So I of course am excited that now it’s ‘07! But I have to say that 2006 was a good year. I turned 18, picked a college a week later, flew again for the first time in 9 years, graduated, worked at camp, went off to college, and survived my first semester with a 3.97 GPA!!

And in the midst of it all, I learned a lot. A lot. Because I learned so much last year, I’m excited for this next year. I’m excited for what God will do in my heart and my life. I have a lot of things that He brought up last year that I’m ready for Him to get to working on–get that surgeon’s scalpel out, you know?

But I wanted to say thanks to all those who have kept reading my blog through all the changes and the infrequent postings. Cheers to a new year!
Au revoir,
Sarah

So I’ve been blogging for what will be 2 1/2 years in April…pretty big deal, eh? And as you hopefully have figured out, I just switched within the past few months from Blogger to WordPress, following the fiasco that is Blogger Beta (Now not in Beta). Thus far I have absolutely loved it, though with my first week of college finals and all my computer mess I have not had the chance to really get into some steady posting.
But as I’ve moved over I noticed that I lost a lot of readers, commenters, visitors, etc. And that makes me very sad. Of course it could be because my blogging has just…gotten worse–no one wants to read what I write. It could just be that they don’t spark discussion. I’m just not sure. But in any case, I’d really love some more exposure. And of course, I’m not one to just ask for free stuff. As you should know, I have a hard time with grace…but anyway, so of course I need to get my recipricol blogroll back up–I meant to transfer it over along with my favorite blog list, but somehow it didn’t make it. I think I was so tired of transferring everything that I just quit.

I do read all of the blogs I link to, so if I link to you I definitely will read your blog. Anyway, that’s pretty much it. If you think my blog is lame then don’t link to it. But if you like what I’ve got to say, then link away, and leave me a comment saying you did, so that I can do the same
Thanks,
Sarah
(Picture from here)

Why did I switch blog sites? After all, I had that lovely layout at Blogger, and with over 2 years strong, it was strange that I’d switch now. So why?

I did not write a novel in a month. Oh sure, I could theoretically type 45,000 words between now and the end of the month, but then I’d have to skip all my classes, which I cannot do because then my GPA would drop from high to very, very low. Plus I’m sure everyone would miss me.

So because it wasn’t looking so good, I transferred my blog over to WordPress this weekend, along with doing some more stuff for ThirdDayFans.Net, uploading some pictures, sending a few e-mails, and doing some shopping. All in all, I utterly avoided the idea of thinking about the novel.

You see, I failed. I failed big time. The point of NaNoWriMo is to write a novel in a month. It’s not National Novel Writing Year. The purpose is to write it in a month. And unfortunately, I lost. Which stinks.

But in some little way, I didn’t fail (and no, this isn’t one of those lame “we are all winners” speeches. It’s one of those lame “I’m a winner” speeches). I got to busy, yes. I tried to undertake something during a month where my weekends were all full. I tried to write a novel with absolutely no plot. And yes, my novel is still stuck on 6,000ish words. And yes, I probably won’t finish it. But in that mess of words, there are a few characters I like, that I may try to resurrect. That makes me happy. But does not make me a winner. This does:

I failed. I went to the movies with the girls on my hall instead of typing away. I played numerous games of What Word instead of writing. And somehow, in the midst of all that, Hello Ohio sat there on my desktop, just…doing nothing. I didn’t purposefully give up, it just happened.

Now you are probably really, really confused at this point. Well don’t be. You see, I’m a perfectionist. And I didn’t fail because I was frustrated that I wouldn’t get it done so I ditched it. I just failed because I didn’t care if I failed. I failed because I was too busy living.

And Hello Ohio isn’t over. Even though I failed, this story’s life is not over. There’s still some characters to be saved, some ideas of plots that can be resurrected. Despite my losing NaNoWriMo, I don’t have to give up. For the perfectionist in me, that’s a win in itself.

So hello, WordPress. Hello to you. And hello to the part of me that is ok with failture. That can clap myself on the back and actually be ok with those lame speeches. And hello reader, whoever you are. I hope you stick around.
Mucaale kabotu,
-Sarah