Growing up I played the board game “Chutes and Ladders.” The premise of the game is to move through the spaces of the board from the bottom to the top. As you progress through the game you hope to land on spaces with ladders to skip squares and avoid the spaces with slides. Each time you land on a space at the top of a Chute, you slide back towards the start. The past couple weeks felt as if I was landing on every slide.

Since Dec 16th I have been off work for a surgery. Being home alone all day, I feel isolated and distanced from reality. I know things will get better. It is just a matter of time. It has provided a chance for my to explore myself, learning about how I handle different emotions. It has been a taxing time, but I will get through.

Not much to really say today. not sure where this post started and where it ended, but there you have it.

What was your favorite childhood game? Leave a comment below.

As 2011 comes to a close, and tomorrow brings the dawn of 2012, I want to thank YOU, my readers, my friends, and my family. I know I have been absent from this blog more than I have been here this year, but who knows what 2012 will bring.

Without further ado, my #1 post for 2011 was about making excuses. Something I am still fighting a hard battle with everyday. take a read and join the conversation.

The Dog Ate My Blog Post

I hope everyone has fun tonight, but stay safe. If you drink, don’t drive. Do the Watermelon crawl. (or call me if you are in CR, I will deliver you safely to your front door.)

As we are getting close to ringing in 2012, I am of mixed emotions about what the coming year might bring. In my writing, I strive to always come out as honest as I can about things going on in my life. For those who don’t know, I have been off of work for the past 2 weeks while recovering from a minor surgery (don’t worry, it went well and I am doing fine). During this time away from my normal day to day routine, I have had a lot of time to think about the upcoming year and years past. I will follow up on some of what has been going on in my head in future posts.

But until then, check out the 2nd most commented on post for 2011 where I talk about how I am a hot mess.

Take a moment to read it and post a comment.

I am getting really excited about the upcoming year.  This 3rd post about Changing Tastes is one of my favorites. In a way it is a prelude to what I am expecting in 2012.  More on that later.  Until then, Keep reading and commenting. I thank you all for visiting.

The 4th most commented on post was a post I wrote after returning to hometown for a visit over Independence Day week. I don’t get back there very often, and this trip opened my eyes to a few things.  Take a read and don’t forget to join in the conversation.

A Trip Down Memory Lane

And check back tomorrow for post #3

Well 2011 is almost over. I started this blog back in June and posted regularly until August. Then I allowed life and excuses to get in the way of my writing.  As I sit here now looking back on “Course Adjustments” I am thinking about what I want to do differently in 2012. I will post more on that in a few days, but until then I thought over the next 5 days I would reshare the 5 most commented on post of 2011.

Post #5 was about Changes. Rereading the post, I realize that some of the changes i talked about have stuck. I had given up running for a while but have been back at it recently. (I have had to stop for the last 2 weeks while recovering from a minor surgery.) I have gone back to my natural hair color, but I am still finding my style.

Check out the post or leave a comment here.

And stay tuned for new things to come in 2012.