Where did March go?

What's that? I have a blog? When did that hap-....oh right, I did start a blog! And the last time I posted was....almost a month ago. Wow Kristin, way to fail your readers. Reaching the point of utter exhaustion really takes the creative spirit out of a person.

My newly formed sorority

This rotation (med safety at St. Jude) is amazing but, even though the hours aren't that bad, I still find myself wanting to crawl into bed the moment I get home every day. I slept 12 hours last night, came home from church and took a two hour nap - and I still had to drink a V8 V-Fusion energy drink and a cup of green tea to be able to form complete sentences. I think I am broken.

All day every day

The other, and probably more honest, reason that I fell out of posting on this blog is that my chosen topic isn't something I'm truly interested in. Running and working out don't really whip me into a verbal frenzy, so it is harder to motivate myself to write about those things. My race is just a little over a month away, so after that is over and I write a final race day recap post, I will probably not write about running again.

I am giving some serious thought about whether I will continue this blog at all, and if I do, what topics I would like to write about. I've got a couple rough posts about different things that I've felt passionate about, and lots of ideas of topics I would like to cover (see graphic below). I also have a large collection of photos and graphics saved on my computer which could be springboards for future posts.

I have to decide if I am willing to share some of my more serious ideas, knowing that some of you will disagree with me and possibly be angry that I dare to write about them at all. For some of those topics, I already know what will be said, and by whom, and who will be offended and why. It's the unexpected hate mail that I have to decide if I'm ready to take on. I do enjoy stirring things up occasionally, especially if it challenges people to rethink their own preconceived ideas, and even more so if I have had to rethink my own preconceived ideas on that topic, too. I think there is power in talking about issues that no one wants to talk about, in bringing to light things some would rather keep in the dark, out of sight and out of mind.

Politics is not one of those things - because let's be honest,
politics is just a bunch of rich people in suits
yelling meaningless soundbites at one another,
and I'd rather write about things that actually matter.

So I'll see how it goes. Next month should (in theory) be easier than this month, so maybe I'll have more time to blog. Maybe I won't. Maybe I'll just give up on the whole enterprise. Right now, though, I've got some thrilling articles on stability testing to read for my final presentation Friday.