September

September has always been one of my favorite months. Generally beautiful weather, a great time to work in the garden, that delicious leftover beginning-of-the-school-year feeling (I was one of those nerds who l-o-v-e-d school and couldn’t wait for it to start — still am, in a way).

This September seems to have snuck up on me, though. I still love it, and I’m glad it’s here, but I don’t feel quite as mentally prepared for it as I usually am. It’s been a crazy, busy year — a crazy-busy year, really. By the end of June I had invoiced as many editing and proofreading projects as I had for the whole of 2010, and more of them were editing than the year before, too. I completed (with the help of my mom) a couple of big garden projects and put down fifty bags of mulch, although I didn’t get to everything I had hoped to tackle this summer. I’m glad that there will still be some time yet this fall to try to get a jump on at least one of those projects for next year. I spent some of my rare downtime this summer thinking about and putting into place some systems and doing some reorganizing to help me move more efficiently through my work and personal projects (thanks in part to Jennifer Hoffman of Inspired Home Office). I want to write about some of that, too, in case it can help someone else in my place.

So, hello, September. I’m glad you’re here.