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I haven’t blogged since the day Lisa came home from Italy. I think it’s because I’ve structured my life to be dichotomous - there are work hours (9 - 7), and then there are non-work hours. So when Lisa was in Italy, I was spending my non-work hours living my “online life” - blogging, reading blogs, sharing posts, keeping up on twitter, reading about friends via Facebook, tracking Etsy using Summize. Now that Lisa is back, I have almost completely replaced those activities with spending time with Lisa, which has been wonderful. I get home from work and dive right into the life we have together.

But it got me thinking - shouldn’t I be able to balance work, life, and online life? How can I fit in my online life without feeling like I’m ignoring the person in my home in favor of a virtual internet community? Just to be upfront, Lisa has been encouraging me to take time and blog and read and do all the other things she knows I like to do. I guess I just have my priorities straight - I like her better than the internet.

So I’m making an effort to come back to my online life, which should make Mark Blumberg happy (a friend of mine from high school who encourages me to blog, not this guy). I’ll fit it in before work or before bed, and we’ll see how it goes. I should probably declare bankruptcy on my Google Reader - it’s been a month since I’ve done more than skim headlines.

OK, time for a real post.