limes…

I really don’t have any reason to entitle this post “limes” other than the fact that (bear with me): limes are the opposite of lemons, idiomatically speaking. Limes are less sour, a little more likeable than lemons, a sparkling shade of green, and, interestingly enough, the best garnish for a margarita (on the rocks, double salt, please)…which is the long way to say…things are looking up.

The wallpaper came last night, but that’s not why I’m feeling better. The sun comes up earlier and stays out later, but that’s not why I’m feeling better. Ate junkfood and ice cream with my mom and sister yesterday after shopping, but that’s not why I’m feeling better.

I’m feeling better because I feel like writing. I feel those creative urges to get out paper and a pen and start scribbling. I have to temper my desire to start a new word document at work with ideas for articles with the fact that I have to finish some observations and school visits (so I compromise by writing article ideas on a post-it pad in my observation notebook). I *literally* get article ideas everywhere I look (a profile for a new store going in on the corner I drive by every day; a series of articles for parents on how to get cooking with your kids after a casual conversation with a friend).

If you’re a writer, you know exactly what I’m talking about. There is truly nothing in life more exciting or consuming than being in the beginning stages of a new writing project. Now, if I could just get a pill to keep that excitement and motivation going…maybe I should flavor it with a little lime…