So it happened again...

Here I am, once more, to apologize for not updating. I'm reasonably sure nobody reads my blog at this point, but I hope to start updating it more, even if only for myself. Here's some of what's happened in the last (sigh) two-and-a-half years or so since my previous post.

^ That's me, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed on my first day of grad school

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I went through the rickety, poorly-maintained roller coaster of emotions that is the MFA application process. Nine rejections and six acceptances later (a list, for the curious), I ended up right down the road at Texas State University's fantastic MFA program. I quit my dead-end grocery store job and moved out of Austin for the first time in my entire life. Now, I'm here in San Marcos, and I'm the luckiest person in the program by far. I definitely don't deserve to be here with all of these brilliant, staggeringly talented writers, but I'm exactly where I want and need to be. I'm halfway through my second year (of three) in the poetry program and I couldn't be happier at any other school. I feel like we've built a family here. We're not completely drama-free, and we definitely have a few black sheep (some days, I'm pretty sure I'm one), but there's a lot of love here. At least, I think so. I'm having the best time time here, though I miss Austin and my friends and family there so much. It's only 30 miles away, but I don't have a car, and public transportation in Central Texas is notoriously lacking. I also might have developed a teensy bit of a drinking habit, but as anyone who's spent any time in this town will tell you, that sort of comes with the territory... Anywho, not much else to report at the moment.

^ Chalk-graffito at Texas State

I mostly returned to this blog in hopes that regular journaling might help me become a more disciplined writer, and maybe even a better person. I don't know how well I'll keep up with it, but this is a first step. I have a Lent "resolution" sort of post brewing in my mind, so hopefully I'll work that up soon. Until then, dear ones, be well. Thanks for reading, whoever you are.

Love y'all.

Timothy