Writer's Block

"I've locked up these words, in fear that I'd say them wrong." - Dawes

I've been in a weird place today. I feel numb. I just went through the motions of the day without much feeling one way or the other. I tried to do some writing, but it's crap. I thought I would start with a vingette. I remember my first English class in college that's what we started with. My teacher came in the first day with a umbrella. He taught a little while then walked over to the door and put the umbrella out in the hallway. He then told us to write a vingette about the umbrella. He wanted to see how observant we were. I thought that was pretty cool! The next week we had to write a vingette about any person, place, or thing. Of course, I chose to write about Jordan Catalona from My So Called Life. It worked out for me (I got an A) because he was something I was really passionate about at the time. LOL!

I need a Jordan Catalona today. I started writing about the old barn behind my house. Since I can see it from my bedroom window, it was kinda the obvious choice. I'm not feeling it, though. This writing thing is going to be tougher than I thought. Maybe I'm just not cut out for it. I guess I'll try again tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow, I have it off work, and I've decided that I need to make a trip to Anthropologie. I don't want to spend another day like today moping around this house, so I'm going to make the trip to Durham to do some dressing room reviews.

Today, I'm wearing one of my new sale purchases, the Hellebore Sweater Skirt. I had bought this skirt back in December, but returned it because my husband said it reminded him of some old drapes. Well, when it went on sale last week, I decided I didn't care what he thought and bought it. Customer Service tracked one down in D.C. for me, so I called the Georgetown store and had it shipped to me in a size small. I just love it so much!

It did my spirit good to get out this afternoon and take these pictures. We went back to the abandoned house down the road. Some locals pulled up while we were out there. I was afraid I was going to get in trouble, but they instantly recongnized me and said, "Oh yeah, you're one of us." We asked if it was ok we were taking pictures there, and the guy pointed at me and said, "Well, you're home." Then he pointed at my husband and said, "But I don't know about you." LOL!

Today's song is one my favorites. It's by a band called Dawes and the song is "Love Is All I Am." It's such a beautiful song. I keep listening to it tonight, hoping it will give me some inspiration. The first verse gives me chills: "I need a silent true-way to admire. Like you as a sunset and I as a wildfire." Sigh. Why can't I write something like that? I'm going to go see what I can come up with. Good night!