Unfortunately, I think I'm now an adult

Ahh, General Convention. That triennial behemoth of Episco-nerds gathered together, mostly to argue (lol jkjkjkjk...but only kinda). The Young Adult Festival meets with Presiding Bishop Curry (Photo cred: Episcopal Young Adult Ministries ) Let me start by saying I had a great time, overall, despite some serious pain due to fibromyalgia and migraines. I got to catch up with some absolutely excellent folks that I love and adore.  I was able to meet a whole bunch of new people who have now been added to that list for the next time.  And I count myself as lucky that recovery time for this ended up being a 1:1 endeavor (i.e. a one week event, and it took 1 week home before I was functional again. If this seems ridiculous to you...welcome to life with Fibro, because that's actually a 50% improvement from my average). All in all, I enjoyed it enough to go back. Which is good, because there were enough things that frustrated me that signifies I'm probably going to HAVE to go b...

I think I have completely forgotten how it was I used to do this whole blogging thing.  I think I need to relearn and rebuild my momentum again. So I'm putting out my "tricks of the trade" so that you know, and I'm held to them by all the lovely people out in internet land. How to write a Rachel-style Blog post: 1. Pick a deadline for writing 2. Think about a million possible topics 3. At one day before deadline, decide on one topic and start to formulate phrases and ideas. 4. On day of deadline, completely forget/procrastinate and write nothing. 5. On day after deadline, feel kinda guilty for not having written anything.  Seriously think about writing, though.  Still write nothing. 5. 3-5 days after deadline, after all the thought on topic of choice, decide to write something totally different and spontaneous. Submit.  Feel relieved about having posted a week late. 6. Never proof read.  Only make corrections weeks later when my sister messages me ab...