Dear Abandoned Readers,

I hope this letter finds you well. I have been missing for quite some time and have no doubt missed much of your life and many of your creative ideas. I try not to discuss work much but I no doubt have some 'splainin' to do so let me just say this - WORK IS CRAZY!!!! Oh my, goodness! This has been the first time in my short career (2 years in January) where I really felt entirely overwhelmed for an entire month. Yes, I've had my days - but an entire month? Never! Oh, it has been crazy. While I am still not beyond this craziness, I do see the light at the end of the tunnel. As that light draws nearer I hope to see all of my blog friends waving and welcoming me back with open arms - although I may not deserve it after deserting you all for so long!

Soooooo - I'm back! There isn't really a whole lot to catch up with on my side. I'm still working a lot, playing tennis, and training for my marathon in December. I ran a 15K race last weekend! Woohoo! As a warm up I ran 2 miles - that may have been stupid - bringing my running distance now to just over 11 miles. I am about a month and a half out and really need to step up my daily running.

Also, I got my barn star in the mail yesterday! I am going to have to find a special place for it then show it off to all of you.

And guess what? 3 weeks from today I'll be at the beach!! Yea!

So now I'm back to work. I have another pretty heavy task to complete before a Friday morning meeting. I hope to finish it up as quick as possible so I can start to catch up with all of you. I'll do my best.

Sincerely appreciating your patience,

Ashley