In January 2006, I moved from my home state to the Lone Star State for my first teaching job. I was, after six months and two crappy minimum-wage jobs later, finally going to use my degree.
I've moved a helluva lot since then. I started this blog when I was living in a different part of my home state. I blogged from overseas. I believe I started this thing in 2007. Holy shit. It boggles the mind.
There have been long periods of silence. The name has changed. Witchin' in the Kitchen was so good everybody kept stealing it. Nar's Witchy Kitchen replaced that. Better Hearths and Cauldrons came to me and made me laugh a long time ago. I have the domain name, and I will be getting a website together one of these days.
I'm still Nar Leoterra. I still keep a witchy kitchen, but mostly in my mind. I'll explain:
A lot of things have kept me from blogging. A scroll back through my history will show you that. I, however, will not rehash any of the last nearly 13 years. What I will say, though, is that I am back in Texas, in the very same city, but teaching at a different 'school'.
It's never easy to meet new people and make friends when you move as often as I tend to do. The Aussie and I pack up alllllll of our crap (a considerable amount), our animals (4 at the moment), and truck on over to the next job. Even this job's stability is on the line because of contract expirations and all that jazz. Who knows where I will be this time next year.
Right now, I can say that I am here. I am doing my best to keep my shit together. The Aussie and the animals help. And, perhaps best of all, I have encountered a few more like-minded people who may actually try to meet with some regularity. You know how I lack both consistency and self-discipline. Come onnnn. I need the kick in the pants that a group of people I like can provide. So maybe I'll be more active and actually leave the house after work once in a while.
Hopefully they will let me feed them. My kitchen doesn't feel very witchy right now. It feels too small, too cluttered, and in need of a deeeeeep cleaning. The whole place could use a thorough scrubbing, but I'm usually in some sort of pain and can injure myself easily. But! But I am going to try to get my ass in gear, dust off the cobwebs, get the boogers out of my third eye, and...gross. Anyway...
I have some witchin' to do! Let's just pray I have the fortitude for it.
