Did you know that I get distracted easily?
Seriously! This is why I scrapbook, sew, read, knit, quilt, write, blog, read blogs, sleep... (Well the last one is when my brain says "Enough!" of the project jumping and shuts down.) I can't stick to one project for more than a few days, a week if I'm lucky. NaNoWriMo is always a huge stretch for me because the rest of the year, I'll edit a few paragraphs in some other novel collecting dust on my hard drive and call it a day. For months. Look, something shiny!
I'm having trouble with the project jumping again at the moment. See Tuesday I decided to look up some of my ancestors online. (I like Ancestry.com so far.) Some of my relatives did a ton of work and research a long time ago and have traced my family tree way back. Like arriving in the colonies in the 1630's way back. As in I could join the Order of the First Families of Maryland (Doesn't that sound a bit stuffy? Also not sure if I want to fill out miles of paper work and provide a library of book references). But it's cool! Because hey I'm living in Maryland! And my ancestors helped found the state! This should totally get me a discount on my car insurance or something.
(Okay so this really isn't of any interest to anyone. Greg's already told me to be quiet about the subject, it's not that exciting.)
Now I want to travel to Charles County and St. Mary's County to dig through their historical libraries just because. I have this image in my head that driving there will be like going back to the 1600's and I'll find all sorts of fun stuff about my ancestors. (And money. Damnit they risked their lives to worship their religion, there should be something in it for their great-times 10-granddaughter. Give or take a great). And then I have to remind myself that those counties are going to look just like the rest of Maryland with subdivisions, office buildings, and strip malls every mile. Plus the fact that most of St. Mary's County's records were destroyed in an 1832 fire and there likely won't be anything to find. (Damn fires, this problem pops up a lot in genealogical research.)
But the project jumping... There's this little thing called NaNoWriMo going on this month. And being a Girl Scout Brownie leader. And knitting Christmas sweaters and stockings. Plus traveling to New York City and a friend's house warming party. A 30 before 30 list to work on. And I finally sold something on Etsy so now I should sew up more items to sell. Oh and I have children and a husband and a house to take care of (nice afterthought there huh?).
Is this really the time to chase after dead people from the 1600's whose bodies are probably buried under an interstate and a 7-11?
Sure! Until the next thing comes al... Look, something shiny!
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