I can't believe that July is almost over. Summer's going by way too fast for me and it kind of sucks, I had all of these wonderful plans that simply didn't happen. I wanted to start writing again, lose ten pounds or so, take a vacation somewhere... did any of it happen? Nope. It's alright though; I've still got a solid month before the crazy school schedule begins and I've already got some things planned.
First of all I'll be taking my first camping trip. My friend Samantha suggested a few of us go for a couple days and for a while I wasn't sure (never been the outdoors-y type) but then I thought, well, maybe i'm not the outdoors-y type because I never really have a reason to stay outside for long. Maybe a camping trip is just what I need. Either way it will be nice to get away for a while and I'm really looking forward to it. Hopefully while camping I can work off a couple of those pounds I want to lose. I'm sure we'll be doing alot of hiking, swimming and such... either way I'm looking forward to a great trip.
As far as the writing, it's been coming along really... not, I'm sad to say. Getting through writing so much as a blog post is daunting for me lately. It's scary to think that maybe I've lost interest. I didn't think I could ever lose interest! I use to write every day, and now I feel as though I have to force myself to get through even a simple post like this (explanation for the lack of posting over the past couple of months).
Even so I refuse to give up on it completely. Though I haven't written anything in a long time, I still think about writing every day. One would assume that that would make it easier to just get to it and start a project, but it doesn't. Still, because I miss it so much, I know that I still love it. I just have to get myself started again.
That said even though I haven't been writing any of my own stuff I have made it a point to read every day this summer. Right now i'm in the middle of a book by Regina Jeffers called 'Vampire Darcy's Desire'. It's (you guessed it) a retelling of 'Pride and Prejudice' only Mr. Darcy is a vampire. Honestly I'm not sure that I like it very much, but sense I like vampires and I like Mr. Darcy I'll give the book a chance and finish it before I judge. The concept intrigued me to begin with and that was what caused me to buy the book in the first place. I want to find out how this story plays out; if vampires mixed with Jane Austen doesn't work lesson learned; it will be on to the next book.
So, here it is. July is coming to a close and soon the very last month of summer will begin. I'm hoping to make the most of it. Even if I don't end up writing a word I want to atleast get a decent amount of reading in... hoping for a great camping trip and some pound losage as well. After next month it's back to the grind, which will leave little room for books or the gym.
