I was browsing through one of my old journals a few weeks ago, and noticed that on more than one occasion, I had left big white gaps on the pages. Sometimes there would be a date written with a big blank space under it, other times there were up to 3 or 4 empty pages in a row. Undoubtedly, this was my way of saving space to go back and write about an event or time period. I would get behind in writing in my journal, keeping a mental list of everything I wanted to write about. Finally, I would realize that I was just getting more and more behind, so I would just leave a space for the stuff I missed, then start writing about the present time again. Of course I rarely went back and filled in the gaps, and now those blank spaces just fill me with curiosity about what important events I failed to record. Why didn't I just write a bullet-list summary or at least stick a post-it note on that blank page to remind me what it was being saved for? Hopefully by now I have learned my lesson. I've been quite busy with some pretty noteworthy events during the last week or so, and I have been playing with a new camera, so I have huge mental list of events and photos I want to blog about. Hopefully I'll get to most of it during the next few days, but if not, I am determined to not leave a big white space in the middle of my journal:
- New Camera
- Swimming lessons
- Worth Reunion (my dad's siblings) in Lava Hot Springs
- A full house (and a missionary visit?)
- Recipes for sweet and sour chicken & chicken curry
- Birthday celebration with cousins
- Ashby Picnic (my mom's siblings)
- David's trip to the E.R.
- A few more outings and restaurant visits
- New He Said, She Said
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