It has been some months since I have posted. Various topics have rattled around in my head however they have failed to flow through my fingers to my computer keyboard.

It is somewhat challenging to pick up again however there is a restless creative side of me that is happiest when I am writing regularly. The time to do so lately has been severely limited due to long work hours.

In January, we lost a key employee when she moved out of state. In almost 6 years of owning our business, we have been somewhat spoiled as we have always been able to fill that position with excellent, hardworking young college grads just starting out in their career. This last round of trying to get someone into the position has been horrendously difficult though. Several times we started people in the position then it became obvious they were struggling in the hectic, warp speed multitasking environment of our business. They each realized the lack of a fit and chose to leave after a few weeks leaving us back at the beginning of an employee hunt again.

We have decided to split that role and for the first time will bring on two people…one just started and the other will start at the end of the month. How to know when it is time to hire? My hubbie and I have realized that absorbing the 50+ hours a week of work from our departed employee into our already full work loads has transformed us into exhausted worker-bees toiling most nights on quotes and paperwork until 11 or midnight, sometimes later in an effort to keep in the air the client balls we are desperately juggling.

We have managed to fulfill the client requirements, it’s the rest of life that has suffered…those minor little needs like getting enough sleep (can’t remember what that feels like), writing a blog, having enough down time. I watch a movie on Netflix sometimes when I’m getting ready for bed so for 10 minutes I feel like I kind of, sort of, almost have a life outside of work.

I’m determined to pick up the writing again even if the posts are short as for the next few weeks I will still be working long hours. Back to writing again, back where I belong. Feels good. The business is what I do but writing is who I am.