Twelve Hours is a Long Time to Think

Yesterday, immediately after work, I made the long 12-hour trek by car from Ottawa, Ontario (my home) to just outside Saint John, New Brunswick (where my parents and siblings live.) My brother, Josh graduates from his Nursing program at UNBSJ tomorrow and I wouldn't miss the ceremony for the world. (Congratulations Josh!)

So four energy drinks, 1000+ calories worth of snacks and many, many text-Twitters after setting out, I arrived here at my parent's lovely home in scenic Quispamsis. (Don't act like you've never heard of it.)

First of all, I owe you an apology. I know my weakest best traffic day on this blog is Wordplay Wednesday, and yesterday, I truly let you all down. You probably sat there all day clicking Refresh over and over, wondering when you were going to get your pun-fix. But alas, I was on the road until 6am this morning and could not put a post together in time (unless you count this text-Tweeted entry to @rjleaman's little game where she asked fellow Twitterers to come up with a phrase to describe the horrible things most of us would like to do to Twitter because of its tempermentality of late...)

But the good news is that twelve hours was a very long time to be in a car by myself (well, except the small dog in my lap), and the radio station selection in rural northern Quebec is not the greatest, contrary to popular belief. So I had lots and lots of time to think. And as Sonia Simone advised us today in her regular Copyblogger article, thinking is what makes for good writing. (Well that and being a bit of a dork.)

The bottom line is this: I have some great topics that I have now thoroughly fleshed out in my head, and I am excited to publish them over the next 3-4 days. I am especially looking forward to annoucing a new Contest I am cooking up that will be launching this coming Monday - so watch this space for more than enough action to make up for yesterday's quietude!