Twilight Obsession Leads to Terrier Blogging Block

Wow...I really became obsessed with the Twilight vampire book series, by Stephanie Myers. So much so that I couldn't focus on ANYTHING until I finished that series. So I apologize to my loyal fan(s?) for not spending time ruminating about Tenacious Terriers lately.

But seriously, I am NOT a love-crossed teenager, or twenty-something, or thirty-something (I stop there), but the Twilight books (although spell-binding) are not literary masterpieces. But they are so engaging!!! Ah, young love, even vampire love, just sucks you in.

So, Coconut, my cute, crazy, lovable Westie and I would find excuses to read a few more pages, curled up on the couch, while I ignored the duties of the day. She was more than happy to oblige. As she ages (she is only one), laying around on the couch is an admirable objective for her, a birthright, so-to-speak. And to have a companion! Wow, anything to make my little Terrier content.

By day, when I am not obsessing over teenage vampires and their unrequited love, I am a marketing consultant. I work with respectable large and small companies to help them market and promote their products and services. Mostly, I work from a home office. Having the "next" book of this spell-binding series just up the stairs (my daughter read them all so that was the beginning of my twisted journey) was TOO tempting. Should I work on that proposal or just begin to read a "few" pages of Book Three, Eclipse? I could do some background research for a current client, or, what the heck, let's grab the dog and relax for a chapter or two (or three, or four). Before you know it, the day is gone.

So, now I am going through withdrawal. The series is over. No more vampire angst. Werewolves (or shape-shifters?) and bloodsuckers are friends...("Oh, the Farmer and Cowman should be friends..."). Life is back to normal. Coconut, our fun-loving terrier, will go back to hanging out on the back deck, alone. And, I will not begin another time-sucking series like that for awhile. I've got to get back to business and blogging!