Big News!

Picture of Hawaiian beach courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
So, as friends from facebook and my family are aware, my lovely partner and I will be moving to Hawaii in.. 30 days. Minus two weeks for leave to see our families before shipping off of the mainland (I can call it that now, right?).

We have 12 days to have everything packed and ready to head out. So much for routine!

In an effort to keep a hold of my sanity while my carefully managed schedules are shredded, I've decided to put a halt on most of my side projects. Basically, all I'll be doing is blogging, writing, and maybe some reading. This Place and any of my other in-development media projects are on a shelf until we're settled - which could take up to a few months.

Instead of seeing this is a tragic flooding of my project cemetery, I think I'll look at this as a chance to get really focused on writing. Writing is an easy, portable kind of creative endeavor and maybe I'll actually get some finished work out of it.

Wish me luck! Not that I need it; I'm already moving to freaking Hawaii.

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