Speaking of Blogcation... Where has Vanessa been?!

Oh where oh where has Vanessa been?!
{I get this question a lot}

I have been on a MAJOR blogcation for a while! It began late last year when I decided to quit my job, go work for my uncle's car business a few days a week, and finally go back to school. Yayy right? I started out with such high hopes and motivation! I felt like I was finally on the right track. Unfortunately things at work didn't go quite as planned. My uncle started demanding I work more days a week (6 to be exact with the same measly pay) and had me working longer hours. Ahhh, the joys of working with family. I quit school AGAIN because I just couldn't keep up. Then my grandfather falls down, breaks his ribs and comes to live with us a while. Although I loved having him there because he's my everything, it took a toll on me since I was taking care of him at night and then had to go to work the next day. 

After a few weeks things started to look better and I felt like I could finally take on more bloggy work. I started working towards this crazy little dream of mine {That I'm totally still keeping secret :P} and enlisted the help of some amazing fellow bloggers. It felt soooo good to finally be working on a project that I believed in! It was great. We had awesome teamwork and everyone believed in the project as much as I did and the work that was being turned in was amazing. Then, once again, tragedy struck. I'll just say it involved more hospital visits and more drama. I fell into a depression because things just didn't seem to get any better. I hated work, I didn't have motivation for anything.... I was in a HUGE funk! I even stopped hanging out with my friends and didn't pick up a book for months! *GASP* I hate to say it but because of this stupid funk I missed out on some pretty cool author events with my bloggy besties {Isalys, Nely, Ash, and Jen}. At the time I just didn't care. Ugh! I hate feeling like that.

I'm happy to report though that I'm really trying to snap out of it. Life is not any easier - heck, just these past two weeks alone there have been more accidents and hospital visits - but I'm really trying to look at life differently and have a positive attitude. 

Sorry if I've sounded like such a Debbie Downer! I just needed to to kind of get things off my chest and share this with my bloggy friends.

I miss blogging and reading and just hanging out with my girls drinking tea and talking about the latest book cover! I'm going to try to post as much as possible and get back into the swing of things. Isalys will still be checking in and lurking around so do not fear! She just needs some time off from blogging and worrying about scheduling posts. 

Aside from posting as much as I can, I also hope to revive the challenges that have fallen wayyyy behind. RAK will still be kept up to date and after I go through the 9,091 emails in my inbox {I'm not kidding} I promise to try and answer any emails I may find in there that pertain to the blog. And guess what... I may even finally write a friggin review! It's time to get over this shyness of mine. I even bought a magazine by Writer's Digest called Writing Basics, lol. Wish me luck!

It's funny, just the thought of blogging again has me all cheerful! Yayy! I'm back!