Intervention 14

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Hello. My name is Marty Mankins and it’s been ten days since the last blog post here on Banal Leakage. [thanks to Hilly]

To be more accurate, it’s been twenty days since the last time I [me personally] posted a real blog post. Sure, there was the post of photos that I put up here on my last day in Hawaii, but March 5th was the last time I posted anything of substance out here.

It’s not that I don’t love blogging. And it most certainly isn’t that I don’t like making videos and posting them here for my readers. Because I still love doing both.

A planned episode of Snowy Sunday still sits on my hard drive, almost completed.

There’s another almost completed post where I will tell you all about my trip to Hawaii.

And there’s a bonus video of some footage I took in Hawaii that I’m sure everyone will like. [a suggestion by a few of you]

But there’s no hiding the obvious: I’ve been pretty quiet here this month.

In my defense, I do have some good reasons.

I was ordered not to blog or make videos while on vacation in Hawaii, which was an order I willingly obeyed. I twittered some and updated Facebook from my phone a few times, but left the blogging to my guest hosts.

I can attribute some of it to being busy at my day job, which gets credit for doing a great job at saving almost all of the work on my projects until I returned back from Hawaii. I’m catching up, but still have a monster load of work to do in a short period of time.

I have spent time working on some of my stories, one of which looks like it will see publication here soon [more details coming soon].

I also have my share of personal interruptions from all sides: family, friends and others who have various questions, physical needs [moving desks for sister-in-law] and help with random tech needs. No complaints, but in reality, it’s time that takes me away from blogging.

I really didn’t plan to let this happen. Perhaps I really needed a break, even after a vacation.

I’m not stressed about it. Really, I’m not. I’m more wanting to make sure that I don’t turn this into some unplanned, extended hiatus. No worries… I don’t think that will happen.

I’ll be back to posting on a regular basis again [which is at least two posts a week]. In fact, I should have my Hawaii vacation recap post and a new Snowy Sunday video up here soon, [hopefully before this coming Sunday] as well as that bonus video I mentioned above. But for now, this is what it is – for the last twenty days and most likely until the end of the month.

I’ve got a great month planned in April for this place. So sit tight, enjoy the temporary silence, and I will post again soon. I promise.

14 thoughts on “Intervention”

  • kapgar

    Who are you again? Oh yeeeaahhhhhh…

    BTW, when you say “Physical needs,” you’re supposed to say “insatiable sexual urges” in parentheses, not that crap about furniture.

  • Kevin Spencer

    I’ve found myself posting less and less of late and it actually feels kind of refreshing in a way. Takes the pressure out of blogger’s block. Post however frequently feels comfortable to you. We’ll still be around to consume your leakage.

    Wait, that didn’t sound right at all.

  • Penelope

    I was going to say something nice and then I read Kevin’s comment and spat out my tea!
    “Consume your leakage”?? Blimey!
    Anyway, we’ll be here, and in the meantime we can chat about cocktails and worst hangovers EVER! ;o)

  • martymankins Post author

    delmer – Good to know. That means I’ve got 3 more days (it’s fading faster with this new batch of cold weather here)

    iron fist – Thank you, Vahid.

    dutchbitch – Not apologizing, just informing. Thanks for the support.

    kapgar – HA! HA!… you are a funny man. That moving desks was a ruse to distract my wife’s sister. 😉

    sybil law – I should have Snowy Sunday back this weekend. At least that’s my plan. 😉

    nilsa – Thank you for the support. And yes, the break probably was much needed. And I will bring the noise in April.

    tori – Kapgar is one funny man. I should have the post up here before the weekend (I’ve said that before, too… thanks for your patience)

    kevin – This “leakage” theme can generate some disproportionate verbiage, can’t it? The break was nice. Now if I could have only had more of it happen in Hawaii than at work, it would be much more enjoyable.

    penelope – Seems people named Kevin have a great wit about them. And yes, chatting about cocktails never needs a break.

  • kilax

    It always feels busier to me when I get back from vacay then before. Take your time. I am excited to hear about Hawaii!

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