After much hemming and hawing, I finally signed up for Thing-A-Day 2011.  I could not for the life of me remember my user name, so I chose one that I thought it was, but sadly, I was wrong.  lol

This year, I am probably not going to be doing a lot of posting.  Not that I don't like TAD, in fact, I really, really enjoy it; the creativity of TAD is phenomenal, but there are issues going on in my life that prevent me from enjoying the full experience.

For starters, I don't feel inspired.  For TAD 2010, my mind was bursting with ideas and thoughts, so much so that I felt compelled to act on them.  And I did.  Looking back at my work from then, I found that I did so with frightening speed and tenacity.  My whole being was poured into TAD 2010, and I got a wonderful result back.  Back then, lateral thinking was the nom-de-joure, today work demands that sequential thinking rule my brain.

I am also going to school full time.  I don't have the time I used to devote to other pursuits, as my homework has gotten more involved as the classes progress.  Granted, with my abilities, the classes are easy, but there is no way to shortcut writing a forty page paper on the history of business ethics.  Add to this school schedule the fact that I am working two minimum wage jobs just to try (and fail) to make ends meet, and my time is rapidly eaten up.

Lastly, but most importantly, my grandfather is sick.  He broke his leg a few weeks ago, and ended up catching some horrible lung disease followed by having open heart surgery.  (This is why I fear hospitals.  Go in for a broken leg, end up with major surgery.)  He's currently recovering from his quadruple bypass, however, the process has been long, slow, and very difficult.  For me, my family is very important.  I'm sorry TAD friends, but I have other duties to attend to.  Something must give, and right now, its TAD.

I will be around, but just not as much as I was last year.  I hope you understand.

-Gordon