![I cleaned my desk today!](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6308124180_2dfe4a07e5.jpg)
It seems like everything has been a mess in my life lately. The last two weeks of October were just incredibly rough, with mostly unexpected things... the latter of which was that I've gotten a nasty flu and have been sick for nearly two weeks, sicker than I've been in years. So things piled up, including letters and mail, and I barely had the energy to get anything done. My desk got messier than it's been in ages! I'm not a neat freak, but I firmly believe that a clean and organized desktop makes for a more inviting workspace... and it was such a mess before that I didn't even want to look at it, let alone write letters at it!
![Freshly cleaned desk](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6213/6307603311_17d5360be8.jpg)
Tonight I sort of started to get my energy back, and I cheered myself up considerably by cleaning my desk. The piles are still daunting, but at least the writing space is cleared and all my tools are organized.
![Soda's desk job: postcard duty](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6110/6307603791_76a2e1c445.jpg)
Naturally, moments after I settled into writing a Postcrossing postcard to Japan, Soda had to jump on up to be a part of the action.
![Soda in the limelight](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/6308125576_d626ee172f.jpg)
She appreciates the clean desk, too - now there's room for her to stretch out there again!
Sorry for my lack of posts, and my severe lack of mail output... it's been a bad month, but I think I am on the upswing. I did manage a lot of postcards in October - 50! - but only wrote 12 letters. I'm hoping to do a little better in November.